{"id":8667,"date":"2021-06-30T11:21:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T16:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/transportation\/?page_id=8667"},"modified":"2026-11-02T08:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:41:00","slug":"parking-and-transit-accounts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/transportation\/resources\/parking-and-transit-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Parking and Transit Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"lead-in wp-block-paragraph\">The Universities of Wisconsin offers eligible employees the opportunity to pay certain work-related parking and transit expenses with tax-free dollars through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/spending-savings-accts\/parking-transit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parking &amp; Transit Accounts<\/a>. This is a benefit offered by the University and managed by <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Resources<\/a>; Transportation Services is not involved in its administration. Please direct all questions to HR <a href=\"mailto:benefits@uwm.edu\">benefits@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-eligibility\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All employees, including rehired annuitants and student hourly employees, are eligible for this program,&nbsp;<strong>except:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Student Assistant with one of the following titles: Fellows, Scholars, Trainees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employee-in-Training with one of the following titles: Grad Intern\/Trainee, Post-Doc Fellow\/Trainee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-account-types\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Account Types<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two types of accounts offered to Universities of Wisconsin employees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-parking-account\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Parking Account<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covers work-related parking expenses such as parking ramps. If you pay for University parking through payroll deduction, your costs are already deducted pre-tax; therefore, they are not eligible for reimbursement with a Parking Account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-transit-account\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Transit Account<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covers work-related commuting expenses such as public transit passes to and from work (for example: bus, train, subway), and commuter highway vehicles (such as: vanpools). Employees with a bus pass, or Commuter Value Pass, through Milwaukee County Transit System already have their monthly fees deducted through payroll deduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/spending-savings-accts\/parking-transit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please see the UW System&#8217;s Parking &amp; Transit Accounts page for more information<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on enrollment, eligible expenses and contribution, and carryover amounts, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/ohrwd\/benefits\/spending-savings-accts\/parking-transit\/\">Parking &amp; Transit accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"uwm-block-otp-nav \"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7615,"featured_media":0,"parent":10893,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/centered.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-8667","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uwm_unpublish_requested":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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