transportation
Saint Mary's facilitates carpooling arrangements between community members and offers participants the chance to win prizes. Students can ride the local bus for free. Saint Mary's launched a car-sharing program in August 2009. The campus fleet includes electric vehicles.
Consider alternate means for getting to the St. Mary's College Campus.
• Join a Carpool to SMC
• College offers discount for "green" limo service
• Bike to Campus - Pedal for the Planet 2009
Car sharing begins in fall, 2009
Having a car on campus will no longer be a necessity. Saint Mary's has partnered with WeCar to provide on-campus car share service.
- Access to cars 24/7;
- Cars located on campus;
- Hourly, overnight and daily rates;
- Online reservations;
- Fuel, maintenance & basic vehicle damage protection included; and
- All hybrid vehicles.
Expanded Bus Service
In an effort to accommodate students’ transportation needs, Saint Mary’s College along with the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (CCCTA) will begin late night and Sunday bus service on March 1, 2008.
Designed as a pilot program, the GAEL RAIL will begin running every hour on the hour to and from the Lafayette BART station via Moraga Road. The 15-person passenger bus will offer “flag stops” which allow students to flag down a bus and get on or off the bus even between scheduled stop locations. The service is free to students—all they need to do is show their student ID. The service is also open to the general public, but will cost the regular $1.75 fare.
Buses will run after the regular scheduled CCCTA bus schedule ends — from 9:30 p.m. to 1:25 a.m. on Thursday and Friday, 6:30 p.m. to 1:25 a.m. on Saturday, and noon to 1:25 a.m. on Sunday. The schedule is designed to have a bus waiting at the Lafayette BART when the last train arrives at 1:25 a.m. so the students can have a seamless ride back to campus.
