How much does the Student Pass cost? The pass is free and allows students to travel free of charge on the AC Transit system and provides a 50% discount on BART until you turn 19 years old.
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In 2022, BART helped launch the Clipper BayPass Pilot Program offering pre-paid free transit passes to participating students at San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, the University of California's Berkeley campus and Santa Rosa Junior College.
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The Downtown Berkeley BART Station is located on Shattuck Avenue between Allston Way and Addison Street. It is conveniently located close to the University of California campus and to many shops, restaurants, theaters and other attractions, and has valet bike parking.
The BART Higher Education Fare Discount Program (HEDP) offers fare discounts to students at colleges and universities. San Francisco State University (SFSU) is the first program participant, and SFSU students and administration worked with BART to develop the SFSU program, which is the model for other schools.
Bokovoy said more than 10 percent of UC Berkeley students are homeless and even more go hungry. “We don't want new students to have to live in cars, campers and hotel rooms like they are in Santa Barbara,” he said.
Youth 5-18 years old get 50% off BART with a youth Clipper card. Seniors 65 and over get 62.5% off BART with a Senior Clipper card. Qualifying low-income adult riders get 20% off BART with Clipper START. Riders with qualifying disabilities get 62.5% off BART with the RTC Clipper card.
AC Transit (local bus) is Free!All Summer Sessions students will receive an Easy Pass for AC Transit, providing unlimited use all summer long. AC Transit is the bus system serving Alameda and Contra Costa counties (Berkeley is in Alameda county), with some service to San Francisco.
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Free condoms and other safer sex supply samples are also available during Health and Wellness Coaching appointments, as well as through Health Promotion outreach events and workshops.
No: it is not worth the debt, especially if you yourself classify it as “crippling.” However, being a Berkeley student does afford you a different opportunity set in Silicon Valley than if you were from an OOS school.
Starting on Aug. 15, 2022, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and BART began to offer free Clipper BayPasses, giving over 50,000 Bay Area students access to free transit on bus, rail, and ferry. This pilot program was created by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Bay Area transit agencies.