Traffic & Transit
Caltrain To Provide Free Rides To San Mateo County Vaccine Sites
Beginning Monday, anyone showing proof of a vaccine appointment or a vaccination card will be able to board a train for free.
BAY AREA, CA — Caltrain is providing free rides for anyone traveling to receive a COVID-19 vaccination within Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties.
Beginning Monday, anyone showing proof of a vaccine appointment or a vaccination card will be able to board a train for free. The policy will be in place until further notice.
“Since the onset of the pandemic, Caltrain has helped ensure essential workers and transit-dependent riders can remain mobile and get to where they need to go,” said Michelle Bouchard, Caltrain’s Chief Operating Officer of Rail, in a news release. “By offering free rides to and from vaccinations, we hope to remove cost barriers so that everyone across the three counties we serve has access to the vaccine.”
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VTA and SamTrans have also been offering free rides to vaccination sites in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, respectively.
For more on Bay Area transit agencies’ transportation to vaccine sites, click here.
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