Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
Starting Monday, March 22nd, Caltrain will offer free transportation for all those who need get to a vaccination site to receive the inoculation within the counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Francisco.
The Bay Area rail system will provide the benefit free of charge, until further notice, to people who show proof of an immunization appointment or an immunization card, which will allow them to board the train.
"Since the beginning of the pandemic, Caltrain has helped ensure that essential workers and riders who rely on public transportation can stay on the move and get where they need to go," Caltrain's director of rail operations, Michelle Bouchard, said in a news release, which noted the importance on Caltrain for free transportation.
She noted that by offering free transportation to and from the vaccines, she hopes to eliminate cost barriers so that all those living in the three counties will have access to the vaccine.
Caltrain's free service joins VTA and SamTrans, which already offer free rides to vaccination sites in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, respectively.
For more information on transportation from Bay Area transit agencies to vaccine sites, you can access the following website http://www.healthytransitplan.com/vaccination-sites/.
