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Bicycle
Bay Area Bike Share: The region’s bike-sharing system with 700 bikes in 70 locations across the Bay Area. Motivate bayareabikeshare.com
Bike Mapper: Plan your trip with Bike Mapper! 511 gis.mtc.ca.gov
Bike Racks on Buses: Take your bike with you on the bus. 511 511.org
Carpool
511: Sign up for Merge to find your own carpool matches 511 merge.511.org
Carzac: Carpool whenever you need, and pay through the Carzac app. Enter SPAREAIR05 for $5 in free rides! Carzac carzac.com
Duet: Find the commute that fits your needs and join or create a carpool with community members. Enter SPAREAIR05 for $5 in free rides! Duet duetinc.com
Scoop: Schedule carpools at your convenience via the rideshare service app. Enter SPAREAIR05 for $5 in free rides! Scoop takescoop.com
Carshare
Enterprise CarShare: Pay a membership fee to join, and get rental access to cars by the hour or day. Reserve online or via app. Enterprise enterprisecarshare.com
Getaround: This peer-to-peer carsharing service lets you rent out your car when you’re not using it, or rent someone else’s car when they’re not using it. Getaround getaround.com
JustShareIt: This peer-to-peer carsharing service lets you rent out your car when you’re not using it, or rent someone else’s car when they’re not using it. JustShareIt justshareit.com
Scoot: Shared electric scooters you can ride anywhere in San Francisco. Scoot Scoot.co
Turo: This peer-to-peer carsharing service lets you rent out your car when you’re not using it, or rent someone else’s car when they’re not using it. Turo turo.com
Zipcar: Pay a membership fee to join, reserve cars by the hour via website or app. Zipcar zipcar.com
Emergency Ride Home
San Francisco Emergency Ride Home: Get a free taxi ride or rental car in case of emergency if you work in San Francisco. Employers must be pre-registered. SF Environment sferh.org
Ridehailing
Lyft/LyftLine: Catch a ride on your own, or share your trip with others. Lyft lyft.com
Uber/uberPOOL: Catch a ride on your own, or share your trip with others. Uber uber.com
Schools
San Francisco Safe Routes to School: Learn how to safely walk, bike, and carpool to school while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making our communities healthier for all. Find out if your school is participating! Shape Up SF sfsaferoutestoschool.org
Tax Benefits
Commuter Tax Benefits: Learn how to save money on commuting costs with pre-tax benefits. SFEnvironment SFEnvironment.org
Transit
BART Carpool Parking: Carpool to BART for special parking privileges. BART bart.gov
Clipper: The region's all-in-one transit card is the only way to get Muni discounted monthly passes, BART High Value Discount tickets, SF Bay Ferry discounts and more. Metropolitan Transportation Commission clippercard.com
NextBus: Muni riders, find out exactly when your bus will come. NextBus nextmuni.com
Transit Apps: Plan trips, find out departure times and get alerts using a variety of apps. 511 511.org
Transit & Trails App: Get to parks and open spaces near you with the Transit & Trails app. Bay Area Open Space Council transitandtrails.org
Vanpool
Commute with Enterprise: The Bay Area Vanpool Program provides $350 per month to qualifying vanpool groups who rent their vanpools with Commute with Enterprise 511 511.org
Vanpool Seat Subsidies: The Bay Area Vanpool Program will subsidize empty seats in your owner-operated vanpool up to $300. 511 511.org
Preferred San Francisco Vanpool Parking: Vanpools get preferred parking in designated areas of San Francisco. Must have SF vanpool parking permit. SFMTA sfmta.com
Other Incentives
Merge Promotions: Log your carpool and earn prizes! 511 merge.511.org
Discounted Carpool/Vanpool Tolls: Carpools and vanpools pay discounted tolls on bridges. Caltrans 511.org
HOV Lanes: Get there faster in a high-occupancy vehicle lane. 511 511.org
Park & Ride Lots: Take advantage of 150 free, convenient Park & Ride lots to meet carpool partners, meet your vanpool or catch your bus. Caltrans, transit agencies, and local cities 511.org