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The research center is located at 800 Welch Rd in Palo Alto, 35 miles south of San Francisco and 20 miles north of San Jose (The building is also referred to as the CTRU or FCTR.).

Parking Options:

1. Free parking for research volunteers. Volunteers should park behind 800 Welch in the “Special Permit” spaces, then pick up a parking pass from the front desk of 800 Welch and place it on the car’s dashboard.
2. Pay parking for all others. There is plenty of visitor parking behind and beneath 780 Welch Rd. Park in any numbered spot and enter that number in the pay machine next to 780 Welch. Parking is $1.50 per hour and limited to three hours max from Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. All other times parking is free.

For Mass Transit:
Get off at the Palo Alto-University Avenue Caltrain Station. The Stanford Marguerite shuttle picks up riders near the southbound train platform. Take the dark-purple MC line and stop in front of 780 Welch. A shuttle map and schedule details shuttle frequency and bus stops.