Tap, tap, tap.
What's that sound? Over a million fare-free transit trips taken by UCLA undergraduate students all over Los Angeles these last two years thanks to Bruin U-Pass — the public transit program from UCLA Transportation currently up for renewal.
Not on board yet, Bruins? Have a seat: Bruin U-Pass launched in the fall of 2023, the product of a Universal Access Transit Pass Referendum passing in an Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) spring election, granting the entire undergraduate population at UCLA unlimited access to L.A.'s public transit system for a small quarterly fee.
For a nominal charge only three times a year, Bruins can take limitless rides – at no additional cost – on all the local and long-distance lines serving the campus, which include LA Metro (bus and rail, plus on-demand rideshare service Metro Micro), Santa Monica Big Blue Bus, Culver CityBus, Antelope Valley Transit Agency, Long Beach Transit, Santa Clarita Transit, LADOT Commuter Express, and more, in fact: thirteen different transit agencies in total.
Physical or virtual TAP card transit pass in hand, undergraduates can get out of the residential halls, leave their off-campus apartment, or use the pass for their commute to school to reach places across L.A. County – be it to hit the beach in Santa Monica, shop at the outdoor mall in Century City, for a bite on Sawtelle, to see art and explore the garden at the nearby Getty Museum, to different concert venues, or a favorite away from UCLA study spot.
Not just affordable, Bruin U-Pass supports accessibility and sustainability, providing all students with a means to get where they need to go, car or no car, that is environmentally friendly.
Bruin U-Passes are still available for the spring, with registration for the summer in less than a month, starting June 2. The program, set to expire in the spring of 2026, is on the ballot for renewal in the current USAC election. If approved, the pass will extend through 2030, with a fee increase to $6.80 starting in the fall of 2026. Voting on my.UCLA.edu runs May 9 through May 16. Students can access the ballot after logging in on the site, then going to Campus Life, Surveys and Notices, and Election.
