Welcome to Casual Car Pool News.
This page lists
casual car pool locations
in the East Bay and San Francisco.
Disclaimer notice.
"Casual car pools" are informal car pools that form when drivers and passengers meet – without specific prior arrangement – at designated locations. There are a number of East Bay morning meeting locations, which are listed below. Drivers drop passengers off at Fremont and Mission Streets (or nearby) in downtown San Francisco. There is also evening return service from San Francisco to some of the East Bay locations. More info; etiquette. Frequently asked questions. If you have any information to share, please email Updated 11/07/2019. SF Location MovedDue to construction near the Beale St. site, afternoon casual carpool pickups have been moved to Spear St., on the west side, near Folsom. More info Toll for carpools. Carpools pay a toll – by Fastrak transponder – of $2.50. There have been numerous discussions whether and how the toll should be shared; at this point the standard seems to vary from location to location. Certainly at the more distant locations it seems that almost all riders make a contribution. At other locations, such as North Berkeley, it appears that drivers typically do not expect riders to do so. On the other hand, I've found that drivers do appreciate an offer, even if they don't always accept it! Missing or non-working transponder? If you have a FasTrak account, just drive through the carpool lane – your license plate will get read and your account charged without penalty!
Drivers needed at Emeryville Marina. At Powell St. between Admiral and Commodore at 7:30 am -- passengers available! See this message. Emeryville - Christie south of 63rd St. apparently working. The pick-up spot in front of the Pacific Park Plaza tower (map) is marked by a "Casual Carpool" sign. See this message. Also see additional info on the discussion board. Evening car pools. As of October 2013, evening car pools leave San Francisco from Spear St. between Howard and Folsom. These car pools run every weekday afternoon/evening from San Francisco back to East Bay morning pickup locations. The pickup location on Spear St. between Howard and Folsom in San Francisco is active between 3:30 and 7 PM. Signs are posted on Spear St. for the different East Bay destinations – passengers and drivers meet at the appropriate spot. The most popular East Bay destinations are Richmond, Hercules, Vallejo, and Fairfield. Some destinations have only sparse activity in the evening – Oakland/Grand Lake, for example – and some destinations are not active at all in the evening – North Berkeley, for example. The Sterling St. car pool-only on-ramp gets you onto the Bay Bridge faster than regular traffic. The northbound car pool lane starts after the Bridge a bit before the 80-580-880 interchange and continues to Route 4/Hercules. Please do not stop in bus zones to pick up passengers. It is illegal. The fine is $250! Your helps keep this site up to date. Casual car pool locations
Unless otherwise arranged (see North Berkeley, below) all car pools from the East Bay drop passengers at Fremont and Howard streets -- or nearby -- in downtown San Francisco. To give feedback or provide information, email For car pool and van pool assistance throughout the Bay Area, contact: http://rideshare.511.org, or call the Bay Area travel information number, 511. Disclaimer notice While we try to provide accurate and useful information on this site, we make no warranties or representations regarding this information. Maintained by wysiwygit web-page editor |
Information Exchange9/14/14 Perkins/Grand needs drivers! 4/28/14 Vallejo lot - my car's wheels stolen! 1/30/14 Fruitvale car w/o FasTrak 1/27/14 Oakland/Monte Vista unsafe driver 10/1/13 Perkins/Grand erratic driver 8/14/13 Rockridge reckless driver 6/25/13 Car w/o FasTrak - Hercules 1/10/13 Strange-acting rider - N. Berkeley 11/15/12 North Berkeley car w/o FasTrak 7/26/12 Monte Vista, Oakland irrational driver 7/2/12 Perkins/Grand dangerous driver 6/28/12 Pierce St. dangerous driver 6/13/12 Avoid Park Blvd driver 4/9/12 Vallejo aggressive passenger 3/28/12 Claremont/College Dangerous Driver 1/16/12 Aggressive rider - Del Norte 1/10/12 Strange male at Grand/Perkins 12/13/11 Vallejo - strange lady 11/22/11 Grand/Perkins has riders at 9:00 am 11/18/11 Fairfield - avoid gray Mercedes 2-seater 11/16/11 Alameda - avoid red Jeep Cherokee 11/3/11 Claremont/College road rage 11/2/11 Park/Hampel rudeness 10/7/11 Another Oakland driver 9/7/11 Oakland driver - anger management 3/16/11 Fairfield - not unsafe 2/18/11 Mugged when driver kicked me out 2/11/11 Unsafe/aggressive driver - Grand & Lakeshore 10/8/10 Unsafe driver - Grand & Perkins 9/16/10 Passenger pickpocket - Vallejo 6/22/10 Unsafe driver - Oakland 6/1/10 Unsafe driver - Vallejo 2/23/10 Unsafe driver - North Berkeley to Civic Center 2/1/10 Unsafe driver - SF to Fairfield 1/29/10 Unsafe car - Grand Ave. 11/24/09 Too-fast driver - El Cerrito 11/5/09 Too-inquisitive driver - Claremont & College 11/3/09 Update - Fruitvale & Montana driver 10/7/09 Car stolen in Vallejo 9/30/09 Reckless driver - Vallejo 9/23/09 Bad driver - Fruitvale & Montana 8/14/09 A driver's view - etiquette 8/9/09 Oakland/Monte Vista car to avoid 6/8/09 North Berkeley car to avoid 5/19/09 Emeryville car to avoid 4/27/09 Car break-in Fruitvale & Montana 3/2/09 North Berkeley Civic Center line 2/19/09 High & MacArthur new location 2/19/09 Rockridge - car to avoid 11/19/08 Unhappy with Gold Lexus 11/6/08 El Cerrito Del Norte Jaywalking Citations 8/15/08 Careful, please - addition 7/31/08 Please, clean your car! 7/30/08 Grand Ave/Perkins - drivers wanted! 7/25/08 Car to avoid 7/24/08 Careful, please 7/13/08 Drivers needed at Emeryville Marina 5/15/08 Car to avoid 2/26/08 North Berkeley driver to avoid 2/6/08 Oakland Ave driver to avoid |