Greening Your Commute

Whether you take light rail, catch a bus, ride the train, carpool, vanpool, bike, or walk to work, you'll save money, reduce your impact on climate change and feel more relaxed at the end of your commute.

Here are some options to help you green your commute…

• State Employee Transit Vouchers: Find out more about the state of California's Commute Program that offers you big discounts for using alternative transit.

• Alternative Transit: Below is a list of alternative transit options in both Northern California and Southern California. If you have a transit suggestion or solution, please contact us at: workinggreenatDGS@dgs.ca.gov.

  Northern California Transit Options

  511 Transit Info - Bay Area

  511 Transit Info - Sacramento / Northern California

  Amtrak California
  Amtrak Capitol Corridor Trains 

  Bay Area Rapid Transit/BART

  CA Bicycle Coalition

  El Dorado Transit

  Folsom Transit

  Placer Transit

  Roseville Transit

  Sacramento Regional Transit Capital Shuttles (listed below):

  • Route 140 travels along N, 8th and L streets, and across the Tower Bridge to the Ziggurat.
  • Route 141 serves the 3rd/5th, 15th/16th, I/J and W/X corridors
  • Route 142 operates on 9th/10th streets between I and X streets.
  • Route 143 Downtown Trolley serves East End, K Street, Amtrack
  • Sac RT Bus & Light Rail Central City Map

  Sacramento Regional Transit Trip Planner

  Sacramento Region Rideshare

  Sacramento Transportation Management Association

  San Francisco Bay Area Transit

  San Francisco MUNI

  San Joaquin Regional Transit District

  Yolo Bus
  Yuba-Sutter Transit
  
  Southern California Transit Options
  
  

  511 Transit Info - San Diego

  Amtrak California
  LA County Metro Transit Authority
  Orange County Transit Authority
  Riverside Transit Agency
  San Diego Metro Transit System
  SoCal Regional Rail Authority/MetroLink

• Telework:  Find out more about the State of California's Telework Program, an important means by which we can help reduce air pollution, traffic and parking congestion, and demand for office space.
  
• Driving Green on the Job: Alternative fuel vehicles are available for use on state business through the DGS Office of Fleet Administration. In addition, compressed natural gas vehicles are available at the Ziggurat for DGS employees to use while in the Sacramento area.
  
• Travel Green at DGS! Take transit for work trips. View a map of the Zig transit route.