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How to apply for a department Zipcar
This document explains how UW-Madison departments can set up a Zipcar account to pay for designated UW employees to use a Zipcar for work purposes.
- Check the list of department Zipcar administrators to determine if a Zipcar already exists for your department.
- If not, the requesting department must designate a primary contact person to act as the department's Zipcar administrator. Ideally, the Zipcar administrator has purchasing authority for the department.
- The designated Zipcar administrator completes the Zipcar Membership Application on the Transportation Services website.
- Transportation Services will contact the Zipcar administrator for more information to determine eligibility.
- Transportation Services will forward the Zipcar administrator's workplace contact information to Zipcar.
- Zipcar will contact the Zipcar administrator to set up the account and communicate additional information regarding the reservation process, driver approvals, acquiring membership cards, and payment.
- After account setup is completed, theZipcar administrator can approve drivers to apply for use of the Zipcars under the departmental account. Designated users then apply for Zipcar memberships under the departmental account via a special web link and receive membership cards. Those drivers can then reserve and use the Zipcars for business purposes.