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

Commuters and residents are required to have a valid ‘A,’ ‘C,’ ‘Z,’ ‘C-SRWC,’ ‘MC,’ or resident parking permit to avoid citations. Please refer to our announcement for more details.

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.

Caltrain Go Pass

The Go Pass is available FREE to eligible university employees, hospital employees, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars. The pass allows unlimited travel on Caltrain between all zones.

Effective Jan. 1, 2018, the Go Pass is on Clipper. Request a Go Pass online.

Go Pass Eligibility

The Go Pass is available to university and hospital employees, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars residing off Stanford property and within typical commuting distances.

About the Caltrain Go Pass

The Go Pass is valid for the full calendar year, seven days a week. The pass is free, and allows eligible off-campus employees, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars unlimited travel on the Caltrain for the calendar year.