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All the transportation services in the Bay Area can be found at 511.org or by calling 511. All the transit systems in the Bay Area, including ones not listed below, can be found at 511.org. Also, 511.org gives real-time traffic information, phone numbers to transit systems and a convenient journey planner. Click here to go to the Bay Area'a Transportation Website.

Transportation

 

SamTrans offers passengers a quick, easy and reliable way to get around the peninsula, from the San Francisco Transbay Terminal to the Palo Alto CalTrain station, overlapping with Muni, BART, CalTrain and VTA.

 

New this year is the SamTrans ECR, which runs every 15 minutes from Palo Alto up to Daly City, stopping at CalTrain stations and connecting to BART stations.

 

CalTrain offers passengers to ride between Gilroy/San Jose and San Francisco on weekdays and weekends. On weekdays, you can choose the local, limited, or express, but check Caltrain's Website before boarding an express train to make sure it will arrive at your destination.

 

The Giants are back!  Caltrain is the best way to get to AT&T Park from the South Bay and Peninsula. With the San Francisco Caltrain Station located one block from the ballpark, fans arrive energized to cheer on the San Francisco Giants. On return trips from the ballpark, check to make sure that the train arrives at your station, sometimes there are express trains going southbound.

 

Golden Gate Transit provides regional fixed-route bus service in San Francisco, and in Marin and Sonoma counties. Bus service is also available between San Rafael in central Marin and the El Cerrito del Norte and Richmond BART stations in western Contra Costa county.

 

Golden Gate Ferry operates frequent ferry service between San Francisco and Larkspur in central Marin County, and between San Francisco and Sausalito in Southern Marin County. Extra Service is also offered from larksur to AT&T Park for Giants home games and other sporting and music events. For more information on the Golden Gate Bridge, Transit, and Ferry, click here.

 

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) connects the San Francisco Peninsula with Oakland, Berkeley, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Dublin/Pleasanton and other cities in the East Bay. For more than 40 years BART has provided fast, reliable transportation to downtown offices, shopping centers, tourist attractions, entertainment venues, universities and other destinations for Bay Area residents and visitors alike. Click here for more information.

 

Everything you ever wanted to know about riding Muni buses and historic streetcars, Muni Metro light rail, and our famed cable cars, as well as getting around, parking information and taxi tips are available on Muni's website.

 

As one of the nation’s leading providers of public transportation, AC Transit offers a tremendous range of services. It provide rides for commuters, for school children, for senior citizens and for the disabled, and offers local services connecting people with shopping, work, medical appointments and friends. AC Transit also has transbay services taking people directly to downtown San Francisco. AC Transit's website offers route maps and information on fares, special programs and some of the East Bay’s leading attractions that are served by AC Transit buses.

 

Lastly, VTA provides passengers easy access across Santa Clara County, and is proud to present our Levi's® Stadium special event service plan to the 49ers community!  This plan includes direct Light Rail service from Alum Rock & Santa Teresa to the stadium as well as additional Light Rail trains to supplement the current service from Mountain View Caltrain and downtown San Jose. VTA is also introducing several event day-only express bus lines that will offer direct service from many Park & Ride lots.  

 

Fastrak

 

Whether you use it twice a day or twice a year, FasTrak makes paying for tolls on bridges, express lanes and even SFO airport parking quick and convenient!

 

  • It’s fast. Dedicated lanes let you breeze past lines at the toll booth.

  • It’s easy. The toll tag does all the work—no more fumbling for cash!

  • It’s free. There are no fees to maintain a FasTrak account.

 

FasTrak is an electronic toll collection system which operates with the use of a toll tag and special equipment installed in the FasTrak lanes. The lane equipment reads the tag information and the number of axles on your vehicle. This information is used to deduct the correct toll amount from your account balance. The time, date, and location are collected as well.

 

When the toll tag is read by the lane equipment, the tag will beep. Most bridge toll plaza lanes also have an information sign that will give you an account status update message, such as Valid FasTrak or Low Balance. That’s double confirmation that your tag was read properly.

 

Bay Area FasTrak toll facilities include bridges, Express Lanes, and the San Francisco International Airport parking garage. Click on an icon on the map below or use the links on the right for more information on each location.

You can use your FasTrak tag on toll facilities across California, wherever the FasTrak logo is displayed. The tolls will be deducted from your FasTrak account.

 

To buy a FasTrak for your car or commercial vehicle, or learn more, click here.

 

 

 

Bay Area

Clip is asking the doctor what to do, because he feels unappreciated. He's easy to use, saves time, saves money.  (From ClipperCard.com)

Can you name 4 Bay Area transit agencies that Clip works on? See if you can!

(From ClipperCard.com)

Clipper

 

Clipper is the all-in-one transit card that keeps track of any passes, discount tickets, ride books and cash value that you load onto it, while applying all applicable fares, discounts and transfer rules. This lets you customize your card for your own needs. You can also use Clipper to pay for parking in a limited number of locations. The Clipper card can hold miltiple passes, ride books or tickets (which are specific to the transit system being used), as well as up to $300 in cash value at one time and up to $250 in parking cash value. Cash value on you Clipper card can be used to ride any participating transit system.

 

You can add value (in the form of both passes and cash value) to your card as you go, or for added convenience, you can set up your card to automatically reload whenever your pass expires or your cash balance falls below $10 or your parking cash balance falls beloe $40. Or, you can add value online or on your mobile phone.

 

Clipper can be used on Muni, BART, AC Transit, VTA, SamTrans, Caltrain, Golden Gate Transit and Ferry, and the San Francisco Bay Ferry.

 

Clip feels unappreciated and unwanted. Why not buy a Clipper Card? Why not buy a Clipper Card? Plus, Clip is easy to reload and so much quicker than buying a one-time pass.

 

For more information, see the two funny videos on the right or visit Clip and his family's website, ClipperCard.com.

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