{"id":810,"date":"2018-07-23T09:41:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/nso\/?page_id=810"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:45:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:45:31","slug":"810-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/?page_id=810","title":{"rendered":"Commuting and Amenities Around UPEI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Trius Transit (T3) Bus Service<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are living in West Royalty, Sherwood, Downtown, Spring Park, East Royalty, Winsloe, Sherwood, Stratford or Cornwall;<em>\u00a0Trius Transit (T3) <\/em>reaches you! <strong>All UPEI students may use the T3 Bus for free,<\/strong> you will simply have to show your UPEI student ID when getting into the bus! <a href=\"https:\/\/t3transit.ca\/\">You can view the bus schedule HERE!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Driving Around UPEI<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>If you own a vehicle and in PEI, you should consider purchasing a <strong>UPEI Parking Pass!\u00a0<\/strong>These passes may be purchased at the\u00a0<strong>Parking Kiosk\u00a0<\/strong>which will be located on the main level of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. To receive all adequate information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/office-vice-president-administration-and-finance\/security\/parking-services\/get-student-parking-permit\">we recommend students to read the information HERE!<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Note: UPEI Parking Passes are sold until they run out. Typically, these passes sell out QUICKLY! Passes are sold during the first couple of weeks of school, keep that in mind!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions or require additional information, please contact Parking Services at parking@upei.ca.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Amenities Available to You Around Campus<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lockers <\/strong>are available for rent around the UPEI Campus. Find them located at the breezeway in Robertson Library and McDougall Hall. If you are interested in renting out a locker for the remainder of the year, read the instruction notes plastered in the front of each locker.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Showers\u00a0<\/strong>are located at both the Chi-Wan Sports Centre and the Sustainable Design Engineering Building.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food Bank <\/strong>is located at the at the <a href=\"https:\/\/upeisu.ca\/\">W.A. Murphy Student Centre.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Storm closures<\/strong>: PEI can get some rough weather and storm closures are bound to happen. A notice will be made by 6:30 AM if the campus isn\u2019t opening. If there is a delay, there will be a further announcement at 10:00 AM. Download the UPEI SAFE app to be alerted with updates. For more information click<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/communications\/news\/2021\/12\/important-reminders-about-winter-weather-and-university-closures\"> here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have some <strong>free time between classes<\/strong>? There are so many things you can do and so many places to hang out. Free periods in your schedule are good times to get some studying or class readings done to stay on top of your work. They are also the perfect time to go to the campus pub and get a bite to eat, or go to the gym.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some <strong>popular hangout spots<\/strong> include the campus pub, the library, society lounges, and MacMillan Hall in the Student Centre. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trius Transit (T3) Bus Service If you are living in West Royalty, Sherwood, Downtown, Spring Park, East Royalty, Winsloe, Sherwood, Stratford or Cornwall;\u00a0Trius Transit (T3) reaches you! All UPEI students may use the T3 Bus for free, you will simply have to show your UPEI student ID when getting into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2143,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/810\/revisions\/2143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/welcomeweek\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}