Announcements
For the most up to date information, be sure to turn your radio to UB-Alert 1620 AM
Transportation Alerts - Current and Upcoming
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Due to the observance of Yom Kippur on Thursday, October 9, an abbreviated Fall 2008 Bus Schedule will be followed.
- Buses will service each stop every 7 to 9 minutes through 6 PM. The regular schedule will be followed from 6 PM through the end of the evening.
- The Red, Green, Yellow, Orange and Blue Lines will follow their normal weekday schedules.
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Final Exam and Winter Intersession Schedule Changes:
- The Exam Schedule begins Monday, December 8.
- The Fall 2008 UB Stampede Schedule will remain in effect through Sunday, December 7.
- The Fall 2008 Weekend Schedule will be followed on December 13 and 14.
- The Winter Intersession UB Stampede Schedule takes effect on Tuesday, December 16.
- The Orange, Green, Red, Yellow and Blue Lines will follow their regular semester schedules through Monday, December 15.
- The North Campus Circulator Winter Intersession Schedule will take effect on Tuesday, December 16.
Road and Lot Closures - Current and Upcoming
- Saturday, 10/11 - UB Football - Road closures
- Thursday, 10/16 - Khaled Hosseini DSS Lecture - Lot closures
- Saturday, 10/18 - UB Football - Road closures
UB Goes Greener; Joins Regional Ride Sharing Program
This fall, UB community members have another transportation alternative to help lessen the pain at the gas pumps, decrease the number of single-occupancy vehicles on campus, and reduce our carbon footprints.
UB Parking & Transportation Services has engaged with Good Going WNY (goodgoingwny.com) ridesharing program, created by the Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council. Good Going WNY is free and open to all UB students, faculty, staff and UB’s affiliates. To enroll, a user visits goodgoingwny.com and sets up an account, choosing University at Buffalo as their "employer/school," and indicating their commuting preferences. Once enrolled, users get immediate access to other ride-sharers from every UB campus, or from outside UB.
"The skyrocketing cost of gasoline, coupled with UB’s earth-friendly strategy, makes it mandatory for UB to seek out more efficient transportation methods," said Dennis R. Black, Vice President for Student Affairs at the University at Buffalo. "Good Going WNY and systems like it have been successfully introduced around the country. We want to make it part of UB’s culture."
The website offers information on public transit (Metro bus/rail), park-and-ride, bicycling, as well as CommuteTrack, a tool that enables users to input their commuted mileage and keep a running tally of money saved, emissions reduced, and calories burned, etc. Good Going WNY is also developing an online 'ride board' which would facilitate carpooling for students traveling over breaks. Tips on safe and productive carpooling are also included, as well as some important terms of use.
"There are many reasons why ridesharing makes sense," said Maria Wallace, Director, Parking & Transportation Services. "A community as large as ours can reduce pounds of CO2 emissions each year. The more transportation alternatives UB can offer, the better it is for us all."
To encourage ridesharing and the use of the CommuteTrack option, each semester, UB Parking and Transportation Services will randomly award one Trek bicycle and other prizes to UB registrants who share their commuter logs on goodgoingwny.com. Winners will be informed by email.
2008-2009 Faculty/Staff Parking Permit Registration
Register now for your 2008-2009 faculty/staff parking permit! Your current permit expires August 31, 2008. Sign-up before July 28 and your permit will be mailed to you in August before the start of the fall semester. Visit "My Parking Permit" on MyUB 
. Before you begin, you will need to know your vehicle's plate number, make, model and year, as well as your UB person number (A UB IT name and password are necessary to enter MyUB.) Have a credit card ready, faculty/staff permits cost $9.65.
2008-2009 Student Parking Permit Registration
Register online beginning April 14, 2008 for your new student parking permit. Visit
"My Parking Permit"
on MyUB.
Current permits are valid through August 31, 2008. Before you begin, you will need to know your vehicle's plate number, make, model and year, as well as your UB person number. (A UB IT name and password are necessary to enter MyUB - Contact 645-3542 for help with your UB IT name or password.) Choose the "mail" option to have
your permit delivered by mail before fall semester begins.
Reminder: Motorcycle & Moped Parking
Motorcycle, moped, motor scooter, and motor bicycle parking is permitted only in spaces designated for "Motorcycles Only." Click here for more information.
Ready to Roll: Bicycling at UB - Spring Kickoff 4/17
UB kicks off bicycling season on Thurs. April 17, 2008, with an event designed to encourage this healthy and environmentally friendly transportation alternative.
"Last year was UB’s first official bike-friendly fall, as we rolled out the Bicycling at UB initiative," said Maria Wallace, Director of UB’s Parking & Transportation Services. “This year we hope to expand the bicycling community by registering more bikes and reminding the campus about Buffalo Blue Bikes, bus-bike racks and other services that make biking fun and safe.”
UB Connects North, South, Downtown Campuses
Update: Beginning Monday, February 25, three stops have been added which include Roswell Park, Buffalo General, and Women and Children's hospital. We encourage use of the shuttle by all of our affiliates. Many are in close proximity and will share stop locations, such as COE and HWI. With these additions and our hopes to keep this route effective, the 2nd EOC location at 290 Main St., will be by request only. Shuttle drivers will accept any UB identification or our affiliated organizations' employee badges/ID's.
Effective January 14, 2008, UB will link its three Western New York campuses. UB students, faculty and staff now have a seamless transportation alternative to travel between all three UB campuses. At South Campus, take the Orange Line, which will drop off at the NFTA Allen Street station. There you may either walk to downtown offices or catch the Blue Line Circulator.
The Blue Line Circulator will operate Monday to Friday when University offices are open, and will connect all UB downtown offices including the NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, the Research Institute on Additions, the Educational Opportunity Center, the Jacobs Executive Development Center and the Ross Eye Institute. Riders will need to display their UB ID or identification from one of our affiliated sites to board the shuttles.
The complete route and schedule is available here.
“With UB 2020’s commitment to growth of our Downtown Campus, we now are piloting a shuttle service that connects South Campus and Downtown Campus, to make it easier for UB students, faculty and staff to get around our three-campus network,” said Maria Wallace, UB’s Director of Parking & Transportation. “Riders have already requested additions to the Blue Line route, and we expect to revisit the route in a few weeks to ensure it meets users’ needs.”
New Service: Downtown Circulator Shuttle
The Blue Line, University at Buffalo's Downtown Circulator Shuttle, is the latest addition to the growing presence of the University in Downtown Buffalo. The Blue Line seamlessly connects UB properties downtown, while also providing a link to the Metro Rail at the NFTA's Allen Medical Campus Station, Monday to Friday when University Offices are open. View Blue Line schedule/additional information.
Parking Permit Pick-up Locations
When you register for your parking permit online you are given options for your pick-up location preference. If you choose the "North Campus" pick-up option, your permit is in the Parking and Transportation Services office, 102 Spaulding Quad, in the Ellicott Complex. The "South Campus" pick-up option is our 104 Harriman Hall office.
The office hours for permit pick-up are 8:30 - 5 pm Monday - Friday in 102 Spaulding and 104 Harriman.
2008 - 2008 Parking Rules and Regulations
View or download the Annual Parking Rules and Regulations Service Brochure as 2 page PDF (63KB) or Word (115KB) file.
UB Parking & Transportation in the News
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UB-Alert 1620 AM Advisory Radio - Event Notification Procedures
Do you have an upcoming event that will impact parking, transportation or vehicular traffic on campus? If so, submit an announcement to the Campus Advisory and Parking Radio Station, UB Alert 1620 AM. FCC regulations prohibit commercial use of this radio station, however any campus unit or department may request to broadcast a message. Messages will be reviewed, recorded and broadcast at the discretion of the Campus Advisory and Parking Team.
