VTA SmartPass Eligibility | Stanford Transportation

Check the status of your university-provided transit passes

University-provided Caltrain Go Passes, VTA SmartPasses, and AC Transit EasyPasses remain valid. Current pass holders, or those eligible, can continue free, unlimited travel on Caltrain, VTA, and/or AC Transit.

No action is required if you already have your pass(es).

To check the status of your transit passes, see our Transit Eligibility and Status Checker.

To request a free Go Pass, SmartPass, and/or EasyPass, fill out our Transit Pass Request Form.

VTA SmartPass Eligibility

For university and hospital employees residing off Stanford property and within typical commuting distances.

Please visit our Caltrain Go Pass and AC Transit EasyPass pages for the eligibility requirements for those two passes. Find out the Stanford-issued transit passes for which you are eligible by using our automated eligibility checker.

Eligible	Not eligible
University, SLAC, and hospital employees who meet all of the following conditions: work 20 or more hours per week receive regular university or hospital benefits are at Stanford primarily for employment residence address is not on Stanford property (outside of the 94304, 94305, and 94309 ZIP codes) [Note: This ZIP code exclusion doesn’t apply to university employees whose primary worksite is Stanford Redwood City.]* residence address is within a typical commuting range of Stanford's main campus (i.e., Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, and Yolo counties) are not in a classification listed under "Not eligible"	students postdoctoral scholars temporary and casual employees, contractors, and visiting scholars employees working less than 20 hours per week employees on leave of absence anyone whose residence address in the HR database has a 94304, 94305, 94309 ZIP code* [Note: This ZIP code exclusion doesn’t apply to university employees whose primary worksite is Stanford Redwood City.] anyone whose residence address in the HR database has a blank ZIP code* employees whose residence ZIP code and/or worksite is/are not within typical commuting range of Stanford's main campus (e.g., outside of California, Southern California, etc.)

Eligible

Not eligible

University, SLAC, and hospital employees who meet all of the following conditions:

work 20 or more hours per week
receive regular university or hospital benefits
are at Stanford primarily for employment
residence address is not on Stanford property (outside of the 94304, 94305, and 94309 ZIP codes*) [Note: This ZIP code exclusion doesn’t apply to university employees whose primary worksite is Stanford Redwood City.]
residence address is within a typical commuting range of Stanford's main campus (i.e., Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, and Yolo counties)
are not in a classification listed under "Not eligible"

students
postdoctoral scholars
temporary and casual employees, contractors, and visiting scholars
employees working less than 20 hours per week
employees on leave of absence
anyone whose residence address in the HR database has a 94304, 94305, 94309 ZIP code* [Note: This ZIP code exclusion doesn’t apply to university employees whose primary worksite is Stanford Redwood City.]
anyone whose residence address in the HR database has a blank ZIP code*
employees whose residence ZIP code and/or worksite is/are not within typical commuting range of Stanford's main campus (e.g., outside of California, Southern California, etc.)

* Proof of residence off Stanford property will not be accepted for ineligible (94304, 94305, 94309) or blank ZIP codes in the Stanford Transportation database, and no exceptions can be made.

Please note: If your affiliation has changed or is going to change, the passes on your Clipper card may be deactivated. Please contact commuteclub@stanford.edu to check the status of the passes on your Clipper card and whether you need to take any additional action.