Alameda County Guaranteed Ride Home

Alameda County Guaranteed Ride Home is a program that guarantees a free ride home from work for commuters who have an emergency after not driving alone to work.

Commuter Benefits Ordinance

A Berkeley city-wide program that requires employers with 10 or more full-time or part-time employees (who work 10 hours a week or more) to offer a commuter benefit program.

On-site Bike Workshops

Host an on-site bike workshop through Bike East Bay for employees covering theft prevention, urban cycling and adult biking 101.

Walk Oakland Bike Oakland

Walk Oakland Bike Oakland is a membership-based nonprofit whose mission is to improve livability, vitality and sustainability by making walking and biking in Oakland safe, easy, accessible and fun.

Bike Rack and Locker Program

511 Contra Costa’s bike rack and locker program will subsidize bicycle infrastructure for your business. They pay for the rack or locker, you pay for the installation.

Commuter Benefits Ordinance

This Richmond city-wide program requires employers with 10 or more full-time or part-time (10 hours a week or more) employees to offer a commuter benefit program.

Contra Costa County Vanpool Program

511 Contra Costa provides incentives to new vanpool passengers and drivers.

Contra Costa Guaranteed Ride Home

511’s Contra Costa Guaranteed Ride Home provides “commuter insurance” for commuters who work in Contra Costa County and need a free ride home due to unexpected circumstances.

Drive Less Campaign

The Drive Less incentive program encourages commuters who live or work in Contra Costa to try a green commute by offering a financial stipend to drive less and carpool or vanpool more.

Employer Services

511 Contra Costa provides a wide range of services to employers, including workshops, consultations, relocation assistance, transportation fair representatives, advice on how to develop and implement employee commute programs, and more.

Marin County Commuter Toolkit

This overview for Marin County employers includes the rationale and benefits of employee commute programs, options for program design, information on commuter benefits, tips for marketing, messaging for employees, and links to resources.

Marin Emergency Ride Home Program

The Marin Emergency Ride Home Program provides a free ride home in cases of emergency for employees who use alternative transportation, such as carpooling, vanpooling, public transit, bicycling and walking.

Smart Eco Pass

SMART’s Eco Passes are unlimited, flat-rate passes available only to employers, colleges or institutions to load onto Clipper cards for their employees, students or members.

Bucks for Bikes

Bucks for Bikes provides a financial incentive for individuals who buy a new bike for commuting. Applicants must live or work in Napa County and meet additional requirements.

Guaranteed Ride Home

Napa’s Guaranteed Ride Home program offers commuters a free taxi, ride-hailing app, transit or combination refunded in case of emergency if they work in Napa County.

Bike Parking for Businesses

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition helps get more bike parking at worksites, events and around town.

Commuter Benefits Ordinance

This San Francisco city-wide ordinance requires San Francisco employers with 20 or more employees to offer a commuter benefit program.

Flexible Work Arrangement Implementation Guide

The San Francisco Department of the Environment produced a resource for employers who want to formalize flexible work arrangements.

Preferred San Francisco Vanpool Parking

Vanpools get preferred parking in designated areas of San Francisco with a vanpool parking permit.

San Francisco Emergency Ride Home

When San Francisco commuters use a sustainable mode to travel to work in San Francisco and experience a personal or family emergency while at work, SF Environment will reimburse the cost of the ride up to $150 per ride. Emergency Ride Home is free to employees and no registration is required.

Caltrain Go Pass

The Caltrain Go Pass program allows companies, educational institutions and residential complexes to buy annual unlimited-ride passes for all eligible employees, residents or students.

Carpool in San Mateo County

Carpool drivers and riders can earn financial incentives for carpooling in San Mateo County.

SamTrans WAY2Go

The SamTrans WAY2Go program allows educational institutions, residential complexes, and employers to purchase unlimited-ride annual passes for all eligible students, residents, or employees.

San Mateo County Emergency Ride Home

Commute.org’s guaranteed ride home program reimburses people who commute to a workplace in San Mateo County or students who commute to a participating college in San Mateo County for the cost of their ride home in the event of an emergency or other qualifying circumstance.

San Mateo Vanpool Program

This Commute.org program provides cash to new vanpool riders or drivers.

VTA SmartPass

VTA’s SmartPass is an annual calendar-year deeply discounted pass available for institutions within Santa Clara County.

Bucks for Bikes

Bucks for Bikes provides a cash incentive for county residents who buy a new bike for commuting.

Easy Connections

Lyft and Solano Mobility will cover most of your ride-sharing cost for all trips to and from Solano County bus stops and train stations.

Guaranteed Ride Home

Solano Mobility offers commuters a free taxi, ride-handling app, transit or transportation combination refunded in case of emergency if they work in Solano County.

New Vanpools

Solano Mobility provides a gas subsidy for newly registered vanpools.

Guaranteed Ride Home

Sonoma County Transportation Authority’s emergency ride home program requires no pre-registration for employers or employees. Simply submit the travel receipt(s) after the fact, and it will reimburse up to $125 a trip.

Santa Rosa Guaranteed Ride Home

Santa Rosa’s guaranteed ride home program will provide an emergency ride in a taxi when you carpool, walk, ride a bike or take the bus to work. Employees must work in Santa Rosa, and the employer must register the employee for the program.

SMART Eco Pass

SMART’s Eco Passes are unlimited, flat-rate passes available only to employers, colleges or institutions to load onto Clipper cards for their employees, students or members.