Santa Clara

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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 & Rideshare
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
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
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
Santa Clara 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! Santa Clara County Department of Public Health sccgov.org
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Safe Routes to School: Take advantage of a free family bicycle workshop. Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition bikesiliconvalley.org
Tax Benefits
Commuter Tax Benefits: Save money by paying for transit and vanpools with pre-tax wages. N/A 511.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 VTA, SamTrans and Caltrain discount passes as well as BART High Value Discount tickets. Metropolitan Transportation Commission clippercard.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
VTA Eco Pass: Ask your employer about Eco Pass—the annual transit pass for use on VTA, including guaranteed ride home. For purchase by employers. VTA vta.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
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
Express Lanes: Carpools and vanpools travel free in Bay Area Express Lanes (may require FasTrak®). MTC/Local Agencies bayareaexpresslanes.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