Zipcar is an on-campus, on-demand car sharing service that lets you reserve cars when you need them by the hour or by the day, with the price of gas, insurance and roadside assistance included. Need to make a trip to the grocery store or want to get away for a weekend with friends or go see family?

Zipcar is the perfect solution. The cars are located on campus and can be unlocked through the Zipcar app after making a reservation online or on your smart phone. They are available to everyone 18 or older, including international students. It only takes a few minutes through the Zipcar app for your membership to be approved, so apply in advance at Zipcar’s UMass Lowell landing page, or better yet, through the app.

Zipcar Locations

  • East Campus Garage
  • North Campus Garage
  • South Campus Garage
  • Hall Street Garage

As a Member You Get

  • Discounted hourly rates for UMass Lowell faculty, staff, and students aged 18 and older.
  • International students can join too.
  • Access to Zipcars is 24/7.
  • Gas, insurance, maintenance, and roadside assistance are included in the price!
  • Sign up today via Zipcar’s UMass Lowell landing page.

Zipcar for Departments

Zipcar is an on-campus, on-demand, car rental service which lets you rent by the hour or by the day, with the price of gas, insurance, and car maintenance included. Zipcars are located on campus and can be unlocked with a membership card after making a reservation online or on your smart phone. Your department can create an account which university employees can then join and use in lieu of mileage reimbursement, keeping miles off personal vehicles and enabling employees who walk, bicycle, carpool, and take transit to work to have an option when they need to drive for work-related trips.

Joining an existing departmental account

Go to https://www.zipcar.com/universities/university-of-massachusetts-lowell and click on "Join Now" under "I'd like to Join my Department's Existing Account." It usually takes about one week to get approved and receive your membership card in the mail. If you don't see your department listed, email letsgo@uml.edu or call 978-934-1866 to have one set up.

Setting up a departmental account

When you set up an account for your department, employees who join Zipcar will be able to bill that departmental account whenever they use a Zipcar to make a work-related trip. Zipcar will bill your department directly for each trip. Cars no campus rent at rates starting around $7, including gas. Your department will also be charged a $25 annual membership fee for each person who joins. In many cases, using Zipcar will cost the same or less as mileage reimbursement, but departments should make a determination of cost on a case-by-case basis - the Zipcar website will give you a price for a whole trip before you finalize each car reservation.

Sign up today via Zipcar’s UMass Lowell landing page.