Parking & Transportation Services
eUpdate
May 2013 edition

It’s time to ride (or walk) to Stanford on Bike to Work Day, Thursday, May 9! Enter our Bike Safety Pledge prize drawing, rally your department colleagues to ride, or walk to work and enter our prize drawings!

Exciting prize drawings for bicyclists and walkers:

• Bicyclists, take Stanford’s Bike Safety Pledge through May 31 to be entered into a drawing to win a Fuji Crosstown 4.0 bike ($359 retail value). Thanks to the Campus Bike Shop for the generous donation! By taking the pledge, riders commit to follow the rules of the road and wear a bicycle helmet for every ride, even short trips.
• Are you a walker? Walk for your commute and stop by one of the Stanford Energizer Stations on Bike to Work Day, and you can enter a drawing to win one of two $100 gift certificates to The Walking Company. Check out our walking tips and calories burned walking chart!
• Share your department’s Bike to Work Day ride to win a free breakfast! Share your department’s team spirit and how you rally colleagues to ride during May, National Bike Month, or on May 9, Bike to Work Day. Log your ride by May 25 to be entered into the drawing. Your department could win a free breakfast through the luck of the draw!

Stanford Energizer Stations: Stop by one of the Stanford Energizer Stations on Bike to Work Day to take a break, pick up your re-usable bag and snacks (while supplies last), and be counted in the tally of riders and walkers for the day.

Stanford Energizer Station Locations	Hours
White Plaza Galvez Street near El Camino Real Campus Drive at Santa Teresa Street Palm Drive at Arboretum Road Serra Street near El Camino Real Escondido Road at Comstock Circle School of Medicine/Stanford Hospital (Clark Center/Dean’s Lawn) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park Stanford Hospital (Hospital Fountain) Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (Falk Lot)	6:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center, 450 Broadway Street, Redwood City (Garden area between Pavilions A&D)	6:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
4100 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park (Community Classroom entrance, facing 101 Freeway)	7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Bike to Work Day volunteers wanted! Volunteers are still needed for a few of our Energizer Stations (White Plaza, and Escondido Rd. at Comstock Circle) to greet riders with a smile, distribute goodies, and tally riders and walkers. Send an email to bike-information@stanford.edu if you can help during one of these two shifts: 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

For full details on all activities, tips, and incentives for Bike to Work Day in the Bay Area, visit these links:

• Stanford P&TS Bike to Work Day
• Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition
• 511’s “You Can Bike There”
• Caltrain and SamTrans "Every Day is Bike to Work Day"

For information about combining biking with transit, visit these links:

• Bikes on Caltrain
• Bikes on VTA
• Bikes on BART
• Bikes on SamTrans
• Bikes on AC Transit (including Line U)
• All Stanford Marguerite buses are equipped with bike racks, too!

For bicycle questions, comments, or suggestions, contact our bicycle program coordinator at bike-information@stanford.edu or 650.725.BIKE (2453).

Spring is a great time to try a sustainable commute, and there’s still time to enjoy extra rewards from Stanford Commute Club!

• Join the Commute Club. If you join the Commute Club by June 5 you could win a $3,500 grand prize. If you join sooner, you also could be entered to win a $1,000 “Gift of Your Choice” and iPads! Commute Club members are automatically entered into the Commute Club 2013 Spring Promotion weekly prize drawings (check your membership status at My Commute Club).
• Permit-Return Bonus. If you return a long-term ‘A,’ ‘C,’ or ‘MC’ parking permit, you could receive a $100 permit-return bonus when you join the Commute Club!

Not sure where to begin? We would be glad to help you explore your alternative commute options. Request a free transit and/or bicycle commute plan through our do-it-yourself or custom commute planning service. You also can use our free ridematching service to find a Stanford affiliate with whom to carpool or vanpool.

Visit our 2013 Spring Promotion page for more information and our “Tell Us Your Story” page to find out why thousands of Stanford commuters love their sustainable commute! If you have questions or comments, please contact us at commuteclub@stanford.edu or 650.736.9923.

When those who normally drive alone for their commute are asked why they don’t choose sustainable transportation, there are a couple of reasons commonly cited. What these commuters may not realize is that Parking & Transportation Services has answers to address these concerns.

“I need my car for business or personal errands while I’m at work.”

Stanford has a number of options to enable residents and commuters to leave their cars at home or go “car free.”

• Zipcar at Stanford provides wheels when you need them. Zipcar is a convenient on-demand, self-service car sharing program on campus, which offers free department memberships along with discounts and special incentives for Stanford affiliates, such as free driving credit.
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car has a Stanford branch with special hourly rates for Stanford affiliates. Plus, Commute Club members receive free vouchers for hourly rentals. Advanced reservations recommended.
• Stanford’s free Marguerite shuttle service takes passengers around campus and to neighboring communities. Check out the Marguerite Shopping, Dining, and Entertainment Guide.
• Stanford’s Platinum-level bicycle program offers resources to encourage biking, which some say is the quickest and easiest way to get around campus and to run nearby errands. Did you know the Campus Bike Shop offers a bicycle lease program for departments?
• Thriving at Stanford [without a car] is a P&TS publication that provides transit and bike options for those on campus who want to head off campus to destinations near and far.

“I need to get home in an emergency.”

• Stanford’s Emergency Ride Home program provides a free ride home (up to four per year) by taxi or rental car on days that an eligible Stanford affiliate uses sustainable transportation to commute to work and unexpectedly needs to get home due to a qualifying personal emergency. Stanford Commute Club members are automatically enrolled. Non-Commute Club members must register in advance.

If you have questions or would like more information about resources for those who use sustainable transportation or are considering going car free at Stanford, contact us at commuteclub@stanford.edu.

As a reminder, whenever possible, all Stanford affiliates are encouraged to avoid departing campus during the peak commute times, which include departures from campus between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. If you plan events, try to avoid having attendees depart campus during the afternoon peak. 

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