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.

Caltrain operational and financial updates

Some Stanford commuters have expressed concern about whether or not Caltrain will continue to operate given the financial challenges caused by ridership decreases due to COVID-19. We have developed a Caltrain Updates: COVID-19 page to help provide context about Caltrain’s current situation and the proposed eighth-cent sales tax measure to provide the agency with a direct funding source.

If you choose to take public transit for your commute, please take a look at some tips that we’ve created to help protect yourself and others.

Free Transit and Incentives

AC Transit EasyPass

AC Transit EasyPass is eligible for benefits-eligible university and hospital employees who reside in the East Bay.

Highway 17 Express and Monterey-Salinas Transit

Express bus service is no longer included as part of the VTA SmartPass. Stanford will reimburse eligible customers who submit their receipts for commute-related transit passes (e.g., Highway 17 Express) through August 2020, while we determine how to respond to this change on an ongoing basis.

SamTrans

Employees at Stanford Redwood City can request a free SamTrans pass. The pass allows riders unlimited travel on buses the serve San Mateo County, including service to SRWC.