UCSD Bus Zone

Buses in the UCSD Bus Zone come directly to campus (except Hillcrest). Staff, faculty, and students with a free UCSD Bus Zone sticker on their campus ID ride free on these bus routes only.

Stickers are available at the campus parking office or Hillcrest parking office. The sticker expires on June 30 each year and must be renewed.

Download a map of all UCSD Bus Zone routes (PDF).

Routes serving La Jolla campus (follow links for full service information):

• 30: UTC, La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Old Town, downtown San Diego
• 41: VA Hospital, UTC, Clairemont, Fashion Valley
• 101 (PDF): UTC, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside
• 150: UTC, VA Hospital, Old Town, downtown San Diego
• 201/ 202 SuperLoop (PDF): UTC area
• 921: UTC, Mira Mesa

Routes serving Hillcrest Medical Center:

• 3: Hillcrest, downtown San Diego, Euclid Avenue Trolley Station
• 10: Old Town, Mission Hills, Hillcrest, North Park, City Heights, College Avenue

For travel beyond UCSD Bus Zone routes, see the section below.

Other transit options

UCSD staff, faculty, and students can buy discounted monthly transit passes for trolleys, the Coaster and buses outside the UCSD Bus Zone through the Transit/ Coaster Club.

• San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), including all city bus routes and trolley
  • OTIS: Online trip planner offered by MTS
  • Google Transit MTS trip planner
  • Rider alerts, detours, service changes
  • September 2009 service changes

• North County Transit District, including the Breeze bus and Coaster train
  • Coaster train
  • Sorrento Valley Coaster Connection shuttle

• Amtrak
• San Diego International Airport (Lindbergh Field)

More alternatives

• Commute Solutions provides resources for bicycling, carpooling, vanpooling, and more.
• UCSD Shuttles operates a year-round network of free shuttles.

Tell us how we’re doing. If you have ideas for improving Transportation Services, please e-mail them to TellTPS@ucsd.edu.

Questions? See Transportation Services Contacts.