Skip to main content

Stanford University

Transportation

SP&TS Header Navigation

  • Order or Apply
  • My Commute

SP&TS Primary Navigation

  • Bicycle
    • Learn About Bike Safety
      • Bike Safety Tips
      • Love Your Brain
      • Attend a Bike Safety Event
      • Bicycle Safety Testimonials
      • Take the Stanford Bike Safety Pledge
      • Comply With Bike Laws
      • Register a Bike
    • Bike Questions and Answers
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Helpful Hints for Your Active Commute
      • Explore Routes and Maps
      • Take Your Bike on Transit
      • Buy, Sell, or Rent a Bike
      • Keep Your Bike Secure
      • Start a Departmental Bikeshare
      • Bike Information and Resources for New Students
    • Gear Up and Tune Up
      • Get Ready to Roll
      • Bike Safety Repair Stands
      • Tune Up
      • Reserve Bike Storage
    • Learn About Citations
    • Attend an Event
      • Bike Safety and Bike Citation Diversion Classes
      • Bike to Work Day
    • About the Bicycle Program
      • Bicycle Friendly University Award
      • Meet Sprocket Man
      • Bike Comment and Suggestion Form
      • Bicycle Safety Educational Efforts at Stanford
      • Contact the Bicycle Coordinator
  • Marguerite
    • Shuttle Lines
      • Line AE-F
      • East Bay Express
      • Hospital: Direct
      • Medical Center
      • Oak Creek Apartments
      • Research Park
      • Line RWC
      • Line S
      • Line X (Counter-Clockwise)
      • Line Y (Clockwise)
      • 1050 Arastradero -- Suspended
      • Line C -- Suspended
      • Line N -- Suspended
      • Line O -- Suspended
      • Line P -- Suspended
      • Shopping Express -- Suspended
      • Shopping Express: Special -- Suspended
      • SLAC -- Suspended
    • View Maps and Schedules
      • Marguerite Live Map
      • Marguerite System Map
      • Printable Schedules
      • Obtain a Printed Map and Schedule
      • Limited Holiday Marguerite Shuttle Service
    • Contact Marguerite Bus Service
      • Comments and Suggestions
      • Charter Services
      • Lost and Found Items
    • About the Marguerite
    • Advertise with Marguerite
    • Marguerite Service for Event Parking
  • Rideshare
    • Find a Rideshare
      • Sign up for Ridematching Services
      • Current Vanpools
      • View Stanford Rideshare Listings
    • Learn About Carpooling
    • Learn About Vanpooling
  • Parking
    • Purchase a Parking Permit
      • Permit Prices
      • Order Parking
      • Permit Cancellation/Return Policy
      • Commuters
      • Resident Students
      • Visitors and Departments
    • Learn About Tickets, Enforcement, and Lost/Stolen Permits
      • Parking Enforcement
      • Pay a Parking Ticket
      • Appeal a Parking Ticket
      • Rules and Regulations
    • Find Parking, EV Charging, and Off-Campus Sites
      • View Parking and Circulation map
      • Find an Electric Vehicle Charging Station
      • Construction and Other Impacts
      • Off-Campus Worksites
    • Request Tour Bus Parking
      • Reserve Tour Parking
    • Find Event Parking
      • Reserve Galvez Lot for Your Event
      • Take a Shuttle To or From Your Event
      • Request Charter Shuttles
      • Reduce Peak Hour Trips at Stanford
    • Learn About Carts, Service Vehicles, and Access
      • Parking Garage Height Restrictions
      • Persons With Disabilities
      • Golf Cart-Type Vehicles
      • Service/Delivery Vehicles
      • Pedestrian Zone Access
  • Charter Services
    • Find Rates and Request a Charter Reservation
    • Review Terms and Conditions
    • Learn More About Charter Services
    • Contact Charter Services
  • Transit
    • Free Transit and Incentives
      • Pre-Tax Payroll Deduction
      • Line U
      • Caltrain Go Pass
      • VTA SmartPass
      • AC Transit EasyPass
    • Train
    • Express Bus
      • Updates for East Bay Commuters
    • Bus and Light Rail
    • Community Shuttles
    • Caltrain Go Pass
      • About the Caltrain Go Pass
      • Go Pass Eligibility
      • Request Your Go Pass
      • If Your Clipper Card is Lost, Stolen, or Damaged
      • Pilot Go Pass (Grad Students & Postdocs)

Rideshare

Our office will be closed on Jan. 18 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day; 24/7 parking enforcement continues; limited Marguerite and transit service

Visit our Parking Enforcement Continues on Martin Luther King Jr. Day article for details on parking enforcement and Marguerite and transit service.

Parking Permit Reinstatement: Updates for Carpools and Vanpools

While parking permit requirements resumed at Stanford's main campus and Stanford Redwood City as of Wednesday, July 1, we are unable to offer the Clean Air Cash and Carpool permit programs at this time.

 

Stanford's commute incentive program is intended to encourage eligible commuters to choose a  sustainable commute instead of driving alone. While telecommuting helps to reduce trips and emissions, the program is not intended to provide incentives for full-time telecommuting. Since we do not have a way to determine levels of telecommuting among tens of thousands of individual Stanford commuters, we are unable to reinstate the Clean Air Cash and Carpool permit programs at this time.

We have, however, continued to offer free transit passes for eligible commuters and Scoop carpooling app subsidies for riders and drivers. To learn more about the return of parking permit requirements and your commute options as you return to campus, please refer to our Returning to Your Stanford commute page.

Carpools

All carpool permits have been returned, carpool groups closed, and carpool members unenrolled from the carpool program. Former carpoolers must purchase a commuter permit as of July 1, if they intend to drive to campus.

While free or reduced-cost permits and reserved carpool spaces are not available, you may informally share the cost of commuter permits and expenses. To do this, one person purchases the permit and the carpool partner(s) split the cost of the permit and related commuting costs among themselves and not through the system. 

Scoop carpool app

Stanford's Scoop subsidy ended on Dec. 29, 2020. While the carpooling app remains available, the Stanford subsidy is no longer offered for financial and other reasons.

Vanpools

While we are continuing existing vanpools currently, we are unable to offer the vanpool subsidy to new groups.

Vanpool vehicles for existing vanpool groups may be parked in any 'A,' 'C,' or 'Z' commuter space. If any member of an existing vanpool drives to campus in their personal vehicle, a daily parking permit for that vehicle must be purchased in  the online ordering system to avoid a potential citation. Monthly commuter permits are not available for individual vanpool program participants and personal vehicles are not associated with vanpool permits. 

For directions on how to purchase a daily permit, visit our How to Purchase a Daily Parking Permit guide.

If you have any questions about the vanpool program, please contact us at commuteclub@stanford.edu or 650.736.9923 for assistance.

SP&TS Primary Navigation (Second Level)

  • Find a Rideshare
    • Sign up for Ridematching Services
    • Current Vanpools
    • View Stanford Rideshare Listings
  • Learn About Carpooling
  • Learn About Vanpooling

SP&TS Footer Navigation

  • Visitors, Vendors, and Departments
  • Maps, Resources, and Access
  • Getting Started at Stanford
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • News

Stanford University

SU Navigation

  • Stanford Home
  • Maps & Directions
  • Search Stanford
  • Emergency Info

SU Policy Links

  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • Copyright
  • Trademarks
  • Non-Discrimination
  • Accessibility
© Stanford University. Stanford, California 94305.