The Clipper BayPass allows students free access to all Bay Area transit agencies. (Courtesy SRJC)
Santa Rosa Junior College is extending its student public transit pilot program through the spring, the college announced this week.
SRJC partnered this fall with Bay Area public transit agencies and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) on a two-year pilot program aimed at studying the benefits of a transit pass that provides access to all transit services in the nine-county Bay Area, called Clipper BayPass.
Originally, the pass was only going to be available to students registered in fall 2023, but the program has now been extended to students who enroll in spring 2023.
The Clipper BayPass allows unlimited free travel on all Bay Area transit services, including such local options as Golden Gate Ferry, Golden Gate Transit, SMART, Marin Transit, Petaluma Transit, Sonoma County Transit, Santa Rosa City Bus, among others.
“The intention of the program is to study the effect of an all-transit pass on public transit use, with research based on information generated by the Clipper System, as well as through student surveys,” SRJC officials said in a press release. Findings from the study will inform the development, pricing and implementation of future institutional pass products, concluded the release.
More information is available at clipper-baypass-faq.
