Parking permits required at Stanford's main campus and Stanford Redwood City

Commuters and residents are required to have a valid parking permit purchased through the online ordering system to avoid potential citations. Read our article to learn more.

For COVID-related transportation updates, please visit our Stanford Transportation COVID-19: Featured Topics page. If you are interested in learning more about your commute options as you return to campus, please refer to our Returning to Your Stanford commute page.

Stanford Hospital & Clinics Transportation Information

[Updated Sept. 25, 2020]

Parking for patients, visitors, and employees

Patient/visitor and some commuter parking at Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is administered by the hospitals, not by the university's transportation office. Please visit the parking information pages on the Stanford Medicine Transportation Services website for information on hospital parking. Hospital employees, please refer to the Stanford Medicine commuter parking page.

Bus service

Stanford's Marguerite bus service is free and open to the public, including all hospital employees, visitors, and patients. Most lines are operated by Stanford University.

Stanford Health Care operates bus routes, including Line BOH, Line VA, and the Patient Tram.

For a list of all shuttles available for hospital employees, visit Stanford Medicine's Shuttles page.

Please contact Stanford Health Care for information about these lines.

Questions? Contact TransportationServices@stanfordhealthcare.org or 650.736.8000.