Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
Starting Monday, March 22nd, Caltrain to offer free transportation for all those who need to reach 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 persons who show proof of a vaccination appointment or a vaccination card, with which they may board the transportation.
"Since the beginning of the pandemic, Caltrain has helped ensure that essential workers and passengers 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 press release, which noted the importance on Caltrain for free transportation.
The executive highlighted that by offering free transportation to and from the vaccines, it is expected to eliminate cost barriers so that all those who live in the three counties mentioned 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 about transportation from Bay Area transit agencies to vaccine sites, you can access the website at http://www.healthytransitplan.com/vaccination-sites/.
