Sharing transport
Carpooling allows you to travel to Macquarie more sustainably and cheaply. You can also gain access to priority parking on campus if you apply for a carpool permit and meet the conditions.
Carpooling (also car-sharing, ride-sharing, and lift-sharing) is when a group of people commute together.
Having more than one person in a car reduces:
- fuel costs
- tolls
- traffic congestion
- vehicle emissions, and
- is more sustainable.
Benefits
- Save time - Skip the queues with access to T2 and T3 lanes when you share a ride to university.
- Save money - Share costs for petrol, tolls, and parking
- Cut stress - Share the traffic burden and get some time back in your day when you take it in turns to drive. Plus, meet new people and make new friends on campus!
- Reduce your carbon emissions
- Access to 'priority parking'
To get started, purchase a vPermit and apply for a carpool permit (contact parking@mq.edu.au for details)
Conditions of use
- Carpool parking permits allow registered applicants to park within car parking spots marked “Carpool – Special Permit Required”.
- A Carpool parking permit is a virtual permit and linked to your nominated vehicle registration(s).
- Nominated vehicle registration(s) amendments must be made in writing to security’s client services officer.
- Carpool parking permit holders are required to travel with a minimum of two persons in their vehicle when using a dedicated Carpool parking area.
- Carpool parking permits are not transferable to another non-registered person or vehicle.
- Carpool parking permit holders may have their vPermit disqualified upon breaching any of these conditions of use
- A carpool parking vPermit does not permit parking in the absence of a valid Macquarie University carparking permit.
Note: Allocation of a carpool parking vPermit does NOT guarantee a parking space.