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.

Tips for carpooling or vanpooling during COVID-19

Protect yourself and others for essential carpool or vanpool trips with these tips.

Current Vanpools

Are you interested in joining a vanpool? There are 21 vanpools currently running. You can reach out to one of the vanpool coordinators listed below or contact us at commuteclub@stanford.edu to join a vanpool near you.

For information about Stanford's vanpool program in light of COVID-19 and the reinstatement of parking permit requirements, please refer to our Parking Permit Reinstatement: Updates for Carpools and Vanpools page.

Main campus vanpools

Central Valley

  • Tracy (since 2013; 8 seats)
    Pickup: Leave Tracy at 4:15 a.m.
    Arrive: Stanford at 6 a.m. (315 Bonair Siding)
    Return: Leave Stanford at 2:30 p.m.
    Contact: Art Chacon at 650.444.6435.
  • Manteca (since 2015)
    Pickups: Lathrop Target (Interstate 5/Highway 120) 3:50 a.m./Manteca JCPenny (Highway 120) 4:00 a.m.
    Drop off: Main Campus
    Arrive: 5:30 a.m. Facilities/Bonair Siding (Maples Parking Lot)
    Return: Facilities/Bonair Siding (Maples Parking Lot) at 3:00 p.m., JC Penny at 4:30 p.m., and Target at 4:40 p.m.
    Contact: Jeremy Cook at 650.444.8326.
  • Manteca (since 2017)
    Pickups: Manteca at 3:50 a.m.; Tracy at 4:10 a.m.
    Drop offs: Wilbur Dining, SLAC, Stanford Cancer Center
    Arrive: 5:30 a.m.
    Return: Leave Stanford at 3 p.m.
    Contact: Cathy Ward
  • Manteca “Altamont” (since 2019)
    Pickup: Manteca at 3:30 a.m. (2-3 times per month 2:30 a.m. departure)
    Drop off: Main Campus
    Arrive: 5:00 a.m.
    Return: Leave Stanford at 2:30 p.m.
    Contact: Casey Collins
  • Manteca (since 2020)
    Contact: Commute Club at 650.736.9923
  • Los Banos (since 2020)
    Contact: Commute Club at 650.736.9923

East Bay

  • Berkeley (since 1995)
    Pickups: Martin Luther King and Ashby (Ashby BART station) at 6:10 a.m.
    Drop-offs: Main Campus (Near the Oval); Hospital / Med School (Near Emergency entrance)
    Arrive: Med Center at 7:20 a.m.; Main Campus at 7:25 a.m.
    Return: Leave Main Campus at 4:00 p.m.; Med Center at 4:10 p.m.; Arrive at MLK & Ashby (Ashby BART station) before 6 p.m.
    Contact: Linda Heneghan at 650.906.2381. Visit the Berkeley vanpool website for more information.
  • Pleasanton (since 2016)
    Pickups: Pick up at Raley's Pleasanton 6 a.m.
    Drop-offs: Arrive Stanford 7 a.m.
    Return: Leave Stanford at 4 p.m. and arrive Raley's Pleasanton at around 5:15 p.m.
    Contact: Leah Anderson
  • Newark (since 2020)
    Contact: Commute Club at 650.736.9923
  • Union City (since 2020)
    Contact: Commute Club at 650.736.9923

Marin

San Francisco

  • San Francisco (since 2016)
    Pickups: Makes stops in Inner Sunset, Cole Valley, and Diamond Heights between 6:30 a.m. and 6:45 a.m.
    Arrive: 326 Galvez Street (near the Alumni Center) at around 7:30 a.m.
    Return: Departs 326 Galvez Street at 3:50 p.m.; Arrives in San Francisco around 5 p.m and makes stops in Diamond Heights, Cole Valley, and Inner Sunset.
    Contact: Emily Casperson at 650.725.0179. Please visit our San Francisco vanpool overview page for more information.

South Bay/Santa Cruz/Peninsula

  • Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley (since 1989; 10 seats)
    Pickups: Pasatiempo park & ride just off the base of Highway 17 at 5:49 a.m.; corner of Scotts Valley Drive & Glenwood at 5:58 a.m. (Parking on Hacienda)
    Drop-offs: Stanford around 6:45-6:49 a.m. (Jane Stanford Way and Galvez); van continues to Menlo Park and arrives at USGS at 7:10 a.m.
    Return: Leave Stanford at 3:58 p.m.; Arrive Scotts Valley around 5:15 p.m. and Pasatiempo at 5:25 p.m.
    Contact: Jason Hilton
  • Morgan Hill (since 2015)
    Pickups: Morgan Hill (near E. Dunne and Monterey) at 5:45 a.m.
    Arrive: Stanford Hospital before 6:45 a.m.
    Return: Leave Stanford Hospital. Arrive in Morgan Hill at 7:20 p.m.
    Contact: Jeremie Bensan
  • Half Moon Bay (since 2018)
    Pickup: New Leaf Market (150 San Mateo Rd) at 6:45 a.m.
    Drop-offs: Anywhere on campus
    Arrive: 7:15 a.m.
    Return: 5:15 p.m.
    Contact: Gernot Neumayer
  • Gilroy/Morgan Hill (since 2016)
    Contact: Commute Club at 650.736.9923
  • San Jose (since 2018)
    Contact: Commute Club at 650.736.9923
  • San Jose (since 2019)
    Contact: Commute Club at 650.736.9923
  • San Jose/Gilroy/Morgan Hill (since 2019)
    Contact: Commute Club at 650.736.9923