Public transportation, walking, and bicycling are great ways to get around Platteville and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. You can do your part to help the environment, while using convenient and reliable ways to get around.
City Bus and Taxi Service
UW-Platteville partners with the city of Platteville to provide affordable, sustainable transportation options in our community that allow our students to come to campus without needing a personal vehicle. The Platteville Public Bus operates five days per week on a fixed schedule, and all UW-Platteville students ride free with their campus ID. Shared-ride taxi service is available seven days per week. Students with disabilities may contact the Disability Access Center to obtain a voucher for the taxi.
Learn more about Platteville Public Bus with up-to-date fares, schedules, and emergency cancellations, or use the bus option on Google Maps to find your quickest route.
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Regional bus service with daily stops in Platteville is provided by Megabus.
Bicycling and Skateboarding
UW-Platteville encourages the campus community to get around by bicycle and skateboard as much as possible. Bicycling and skateboarding both provide convenient modes of transportation to travel around the UW-Platteville campus and the city of Platteville. You can help cut down on traffic and parking congestion, and you can save time, considering the time needed to park a car on each end of the journey.
Learn more about registering your bike, parking, locks, and maintenance.
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Bicycle racks are installed near the entrance to most campus buildings. Students may also rent an outdoor bicycle locker near residence halls or an indoor parking space at Rountree Commons for $70 per year or $35 per semester.
Students are allowed, during the winter months, to bring their bicycles into their dorm room to store until the spring. Once the bicycle is taken back outside it must remain outside for the remainder of the year. You can rent a locker for your bike at the residence halls.
When not using your bike, be sure to use a high-quality lock to chain it to a designated bike rack.
If you need to tidy up after your ride, showers and lockers are available in the Williams Fieldhouse. Students, staff, and anyone with a Pioneer Activity Center membership may rent lockers on a semester or yearly basis from the Athletic Administration Office in the Pioneer Activity Center.
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We strongly encourage all bicyclists to wear a helmet, use a light at night, yield to pedestrians, use proper hand signals, and review bicycle safety procedures.
Bicycles are welcome anywhere (outdoors) on campus. You may not, however, go faster than 15 mph. You must yield to pedestrians. The two main east-west paths on campus have a yellow dotted median. Use this path like you would a road, keeping to the right except to pass.
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UW-Platteville offers a bicycle repair station located on the north side of the Markee Pioneer Student Center where you can fill your bicycle tires and make basic repairs to your bike at any time, for free.
Karrmann Library also has a hand pump available for rent at the main desk.
Platteville Trail Network
Platteville has over 10 miles of public trails connecting campus to most areas in the city, a portion of which is lighted and paved. For the more adventurous, the east end of the trail connects to the regional trail network that can be taken all the way to Madison, Wisconsin; Freeport, Illinois; and beyond.
Parking
All parking questions should be directed to the University Police, where you can also learn more about parking maps, pricing, and options.
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Increasingly, parents and guests are driving electric vehicles. UW-Platteville has 80 AMP chargers, with J-1772 plugs located in parking lot 33 and 30. The charging station is available free of cost, we only ask that drivers move their vehicles once the charge is complete so that the station is available for other users. Violators will be towed at the owner's expense.