In December, the Bay Area's transit card is getting an upgrade that will save you money and make it easier for you to travel throughout the nine Bay Area counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.
Instead of being penalized when changing from one agency to another, Clipper 2.0 comes with free transfers. This means that no matter where you're going in the region, there's no need to worry about getting overcharged.
Interested in finding out how much you can save on your trips? Use this trip calculator to find out how much you can save in transfers starting December 10th.
Your Trip
Enter each of the transit agencies you use on your trip in the order you take them.Your Savings
Total Savings
That's $— over a year's commute (500 trips)!
Before Clipper 2.0
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Celebrate Clipper 2.0 by hiking with Hiking by Transit!
To celebrate the easier, more affordable regional transfers, Hiking by Transit will be leading a hike up to the summit of Mt. Tamalpais on Sunday, December 14th. East Bay to Marin trips will be up to 40% cheaper with Clipper 2.0!
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Tap and Ride with contactless credit & debit cards
If you ride transit infrequently, or just don't want to have to keep track of yet another card in your wallet, the new Tap and Ride system will allow you to use your normal contactless credit or debit card to pay. This reduces complexity for riders and means less confusion for new riders, occasional riders, and tourists.
Clipper cards will still be quite useful for many, though. Discount programs, like Clipper START, Clipper RTC, and youth and senior discounts will not be available when paying with Tap and Ride. Likewise, transit benefits programs and BART's High Volume Discount programs will not be available with Tap and Ride.
Fixing the BART excursion fare
Today, if you enter the BART faregates and then realize that they've suspended service, tapping back out of the faregates will charge you $7.10. This fare was designed for people who wanted to explore the system on an "excursion".
With Clipper 2.0, people who tap out less than 30 minutes after tapping in will not be charged an excursion fare. This "grace period" is especially useful when BART experiences service outages, since riders will be able to leave the platforms and catch alternative transit without having to speak to a station agent.
For more information on Clipper 2.0, visit the official Future of Clipper website. The Clipper Card Where to Use page will also updated with the new transfer policies at launch.
About us
The Transbay Coalition is a grassroots public transportation advocacy group championing bold near-term solutions to the Bay Area’s regional transportation crisis. Founded to campaign for dedicated bus-only lanes on the Bay Bridge and its approaches, we’re striving to create an equitable and efficient public transit system and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more about the Transbay Coalition »
Seamless Bay Area is a not-for-profit project whose mission is to transform the Bay Area’s fragmented and inconvenient public transit into a world-class, unified, equitable, and widely-used system by building a diverse movement for change and promoting policy reforms. Learn more about Seamless Bay Area »
Hiking by Transit connects people in the Bay Area to our beautiful parks and preserves, car-free, by providing maps and hiking guides across the nine-county region and through advocacy for increased access and increased understanding. Visit Hiking by Transit »
About this tool
This website calculates the current fares and transfer policies using GTFS data from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. This is the same data used by apps like Google Maps and Apple Maps to provide transit directions and fare information.
For Clipper 2.0 fares, the following rules are applied:
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Each time you transfer to a new agency, your next fare is discounted up to:
- Adult: $2.85
- Youth & Senior/RTC: $1.40
- Senior/RTC on BART: $1.10 (to reflect the further Senior/RTC fare discount on BART)
- The discount value does not depend on your previous fare, so AC Transit ($2.50) to BART will give a $2.85 discount off of your BART fare
- AC Transit is introducing a new transfer policy with Clipper 2.0, allowing one free transfer between local buses
Other agencies may have updated their transfer policies, but at this time this tool is not aware of any other changes. This tool does not take into account the transfer timelimit; Clipper 2.0 interagency transfers have a 2-hour timelimit from first tap, while Clipper 1.0 fares have various different timelimits depending on the specific agency pairs.
Fares on this website are an estimation only, based on the current information provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. As some details have yet to be released, some assumptions have been made. This website will be updated as possible to reflect new information.