More trips, transfers, and transit options — MTC’s Clipper BayPass pilot shows promise

by Andres Jimenez Larios, Bay City News August 6, 2025August 5, 2025

Travelers use the fare gates at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on July 1, 2025. Navigating the disconnected maze of public transit systems that encircle the Bay Area has long been the bane of riders needing to reach their destination. Clipper BayPass, a pilot project that allows unlimited rides on all transit systems that accept the Clipper Card, may be the solution that gets more riders to ditch their cars, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. (Sobhan Hassanvand/Bay City News)

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS of initial trials of an unlimited Bay Area transit pass, universities and major employers are deciding whether they would like to join the BayPass program.

A collective effort organized by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the region’s transit planning agency, between all 27 public transportation providers across nine Bay Area counties and Cubic Transportation Systems, the company that oversees the technical operation of the Clipper card system, has resulted in the BayPass program that allows unlimited rides and transfers across all operators utilizing Clipper.

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