In the past year, the Lab has added parking spaces, assisted parking, shuttle routes, rideshare options, and carpool spaces. Read all about the commute options available to get you to and from work.
- 100 spaces in Tiered Lots 1, 2, 3
- Display Lab parking placard
- Upper Hill shuttle runs from LHS lot to Lab every 15 minutes between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Blue shuttle, on request, will take you to the LHS parking lot between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Attended parking Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.
- Once the lot is full, the attendant will take your key and park the car for you
- You will be issued a claim check for the key
- If you do not claim your car key by 6:30, the attendant will put the key in a lockbox and call you with the combination to the box
- Exclusive carpool spaces until 10 a.m.
- Display two parking placards to park in car/vanpool spaces OR
- Driver and passenger(s) show one parking pass and their badges at any one of the gates and Security will issue a daily carpool pass you can display on your dash.
- Available carpool spaces can be expanded by contacting commute@lbl.gov
Commute Highlights At-A-Glance
- A dynamic ride-share app that matches drivers and riders
- Decouple the morning and afternoon commute
- Riders pay drivers through a third-party app
- Carpools have preferred parking at the Lab
- Set up or join a vanpool
- A new contract with Lab lowers van rental cost
- Vanpool costs are currently subsidized through some agencies
- Vanpool seat as low as $58 per month from Walnut Creek to the Lab
- Vanpools have preferred parking at the Lab
- Designated car/vanpool spaces at the Lab reserved until 10 a.m.
- Display two parking placards to park in car/vanpool spaces OR
- Driver and passenger(s) show one parking pass and their badges at any one of the gates and Security will issue a daily pass you can display on your dash.
- Save money, meet neighbors and co-workers
- Six routes that operate from the Lab to public transit and through neighborhoods
- Blue – Lab to downtown BART via Hearst
- North Berkeley – Lab to North Berkeley BART via Hearst, University, San Pablo, and Solano
- Orange – Lab to downtown BART via Centennial, Bancroft, and Hearst
- Potter Street/JBEI – Lab to Ashby BART, JBEI, OCFO, Potter Street via Fulton, Dwight, 7th, Hollis, Adeline, and Shattuck
- Rockridge – Lab to Rockridge BART
- Upper Hill – Lab to parking near Lawrence Hall of Science and AC Transit line 65
- LBNL staff can also use Bear Transit shuttle service by displaying LBNL Badge
- Added bike storage racks and bike repair stations
- Information on eBikes
- Bike racks installed on the front and/ or back of all shuttles, depending on vehicle type
