Now Live! New Parking Permit Management System
Stanford Transportation has launched a new, streamlined system to purchase parking permits at Stanford. Discover more about parking.stanford.edu.
Stanford Transportation has launched a new, streamlined system to purchase parking permits at Stanford. Discover more about parking.stanford.edu.
Per federal law, eligible employees may use up to $630 pre-tax dollars for their own transportation costs to commute to and from work—$315 per month in parking expenses and $315 per month in transit and vanpool expenses.
Employees should observe the following policies and be advised that transit passes or parking permits purchased via pre-tax payroll deduction may NOT be purchased for or transferred to other individuals. Additional restrictions apply.
Monitoring payments: Employees are responsible for monitoring their paychecks to ensure proper deductions are made for their purchases.
Missed payments: Participants are liable for missed payments, including in instances when an employee does not receive a paycheck during the pay period in which a deduction is scheduled. If you will miss a payment for any reason, contact Stanford Transportation.
Previous deductions: Changes may not be made to deductions already made.
Parking pass cancellations:
Parking permits should only be purchased as needed. All parking permits, except quarterly and monthly auto-renew permits, are invoiced in full and non-refundable once purchased. Only future recurring payments for quarterly and monthly auto-renew permits can be stopped by canceling the parking permit after the first effective month. Cancellation requests must be submitted by the 15th of the month to stop future recurring payments. Requests submitted after the 15th will result in one final monthly charge and remain effective until the last day of the following month.
Unused permits: There will be no refunds for the unused portion of the current month’s permit or for unused daily permits.
For more information, visit our Permit Cancellation Policy/Return Policy.
Transit pass and commuter benefits cancellations, returns, and exchanges:
Cancellations: Orders must be canceled through the Pre-Tax Transit and Commuter Benefits Portal by the 10th of the month for the next month's order to be canceled. For example, You would have to cancel your order by February 10th to stop an order for March. If you submit your cancellation on Feb. 20, in this example, the cancellation would take effect in April.
For further information, please refer to the Pre-Tax Transit and Commuter Benefits page.
Once your transit pass or transit parking pass is mailed, Stanford Transportation and/or Edenred are NOT responsible if it gets lost. If you do not receive your pass in the mail, please contact Edenred immediately at 888.235.9223 and submit a support ticket.
Since this program has the general effect of lowering a participant’s taxable income (as reported on Form W-2), Social Security benefits may be reduced for certain participants (i.e., those who do not reach the annual FICA wage cap). Stanford-provided benefits will not be affected.
Further questions? University employees can also call the Stanford Commute Club at 650.736.9923, and Hospital employees can call Hospital Transportation Services at 650.736.8000.