Instructions
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• Only staff, faculty, or graduate students who qualify for Faculty or Staff status annual parking permits are eligible for this program.
• All participants must be enrolled in the Transportation Alternatives Program. A carpool member who is a non-permit holder may sign up for an In-Vehicle Parking Meter (IVPM). If you have not signed up, please click here to join TAP.
• IMPORTANT: In the "Other Comments" section of the TAP application, please note who your carpool partner(s) will be.

• The primary permit holder is the ONE person who will have the carpool permit in his/her name and have the pre-tax payroll deduction taken out of his/her paycheck (faculty/staff) or pay by cash, check or charge (graduate students who are UCSB employed at least 45%).

• ALL UCSB parking permit holders return current UCSB parking permits to the Parking Services Sales Counter and have them cancelled, preferably before the 14th of the month.
• If you return a parking permit to the Parking Services Sales Counter, please read the following message to the permit sales staff :


"I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE TAP OFFICE... PLEASE EXTEND MY TEMPORARY PERMIT THROUGH THE FIRST WORKDAY OF THE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE I WILL BE BUYING A CARPOOL DISCOUNT PERMIT".


• Sales Counter staff will provide a Temporary Paper Permit through the first workday of the next month.

• The primary permit holder applies for a new carpool discount permit online at ThePermitStore.com.
• Place a checkmark in the "Agree" box.
• Enter a valid e-mail address. Current permit holders will enter the same e-mail and password to access the system (i.e., the same as when you previously applied for your permit). New customers begin the online purchase process from scratch.
• If you need help with logging in, please call The Permit Store.
• Select from the "Purchasing as" drop-down menu: Faculty/MSP, Staff (Career Only) or Graduate Student UCSB employed 45%+.
• Select a permit type: Faculty Carpool Permit or Staff Carpool Permit.
• Payment Type: Payroll deduction for Faculty or Career Staff.
• When asked for your account number on the last page, enter your complete UC employee ID number that begins with the number "8".
• Graduate students must use a credit card for this permit model when purchased online. Cash or check is accepted at the Parking Services Sales Office.

• On the first day of the new month you will receive an e-mail stating that you have been approved for the carpool discount permit.
• Log into your MyPermitStore account.
• Go to the next page and click on the ORDERS button.
• Find your order and click on the REPRINT RECEIPT button. You then will see an option to PRINT A TEMPORARY PERMIT.
• Print a temporary carpool permit from your computer's printer.