Bay Area Transit Month
Ride Contest 2025 Prizes
Keep an eye on this page! Additional prizes may be added throughout the month!
Last updated: 10/03/2025
All prizes are for the entire month, unless otherwise noted. You cannot win more than two prize categories per household.
Prizes will either be shipped directed to winner’s mailing addresses, claimed at the Rider First Award Ceremony at 375 Beale Street, San Francisco on October 10th, 2025 from 6-8pm, or can be picked up at a transit agency headquarters or customer service office. The delivery method for each prize is indicated on its entry.
We love our transit operators, but Ride Contest prizes are available only to transit riders, not transit operators who log the routes they drive professionally. Do you know a transit operator who goes above and beyond? Nominate them for a Rider First Award before September 24th.
Rules: Winning Prizes
The majority of prizes will be distributed via a raffle system. Each transit trip you take will count as a raffle ‘ticket’ for a transit agency specific prize.
When agencies have multiple prizes (ex: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place), we will randomly select three ‘tickets’ from the pool of rides for that agency. Of the three ‘tickets’ selected, the rider with the most rides will be awarded the 1st place prize, the rider with the 2nd most rides will receive the 2nd place prize, and the rider with the least will get the 3rd place prize.
Raffling prizes ensures that more riders have an opportunity to win prizes! Riders who take a lot of trips will have a greater chance of winning and will be more likely to get the top prize.
2025 Prizes:
Grand Prize
Tour of the TJPA Salesforce Transit Center Trainbox (10)
Rules: Use the hashtag #TransitMonth2025 on Instagram, Twitter, BlueSky, Facebook, Mastodon, Threads, and LinkedIn throughout September and the people with the best posts will be invited to the tour! Your post can be about anything Transit Month or public transit related! This includes attending a Transit Month event, how you're doing in the Ride Contest, transit-related media or art you've created, etc. Posts that disappear (such as Instagram stories) and are published on private accounts are not eligible as we need to be able to find them by the end of September.
AC Transit
1st Place: Clear Rally Bag with t-shirt, water bottle, phone battery charger, stickers, pens, pins, pencil pouch, stress ball, carabiner, more historical act pins, notepads, and a lanyard.
Delivery Method: Pickup at AC Transit Customer Service Building
ACE
1st Place: ACE Backpack with water bottle, notebook, stickers, pen, and other ACE goodies.
BART
1st Place: Ride in the BARTmobile in a 2026 local parade of choice (e.g. Chinese New Year, St. Patrick Day, SF Pride, etc.)
2nd Place: BART legacy car number plate; BART legacy fleet HO Scale model train car
3rd Place: BART merch goodie bag
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
Blue and Gold Fleet
1st through 10th place: PIER 39 Premiere Passes, provided by Blue & Gold Fleet and PIER 39
Offers admission to The Aquarium of the Bay, a ride on The PIER 39 Carousel, admission to The Flyer @ PIER 39 and a 1-hour Bay Cruise with Blue & Gold Fleet.
Delivery Method: Pick up at the Rider First Awards on October 10th, 6-8pm at 375 Beale Street, San Francisco
Caltrain
1st Place: Caltrain skate deck
2nd Place: Caltrain Bandana and sticker bundle
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
Capitol Corridor
1st Place: Capitol Corridor Swag Bag with various items + 2 roundtrip tickets on Capitol Corridor
2nd Place: Capitol Corridor Swag Bag with various items
3rd Place: Capitol Corridor Swag Bag
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
County Connection
Multiple winners: 20 beanies
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
FAST
At the moment, no FAST prizes will be awarded through the Ride Contest.
FAST is organizing a separate month-long contest where riders can win prizes. More information can be found here:
Golden Gate Transit
1st Place: 10 Free Ferry Tickets
2nd Place: Bridge, Bus, and Ferry posters
3rd Place: Tote Bag
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
Marin Transit
1st place: Marin Transit 31-Day Pass, Marin Transit Cloth Bag, Marin Transit Water Bottle, Marin Transit Keychain Flashlight, and Marin Transit Pen
2nd place: Marin Transit Reusable Shopping Bag, Marin Transit Water Bottle, Marin Transit Keychain Flashlight, Marin Transit Pen
3rd place: Marin Transit Water Bottle, Marin Transit Keychain Flashlight, Marin Transit Pen
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
SamTrans
SMART
1st Place: Swag bag with a SMART branded coffee mug, hat, notepad, squeezie train, and two luggage tags.
2nd Place: A SMART branded coffee mug, Hat, and two luggage tags
3rd Place: SMART squeezie train and SMART branded notepad
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
SF Bay Ferry
1st Place: SF Bay Ferry swag bag + “SF Bay Ferry Pass Pack” (10 tickets)
2nd Place: SF Bay Ferry swag bag
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
Muni (SFMTA)
1st and 2nd Place: Swag bag with a beanie, tube socks, and other Muni merchandise
Delivery Method: Pick up at the Rider First Awards on October 10th, 6-8pm at 375 Beale Street, San Francisco
Santa Rosa City Bus
1st Place: Santa Rosa City Bus hat, stickers, and pride shirt.
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
SolTrans
1st place: SolTrans swag bag with merch
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
Tri Delta Transit
1st place: Tri Delta Transit Gift Pack - Backpack, various goodies, and a 31-day Tri Delta Transit Pass
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
VTA
1st and 2nd Place: $50 Gift Cards, and VTA-branded Yedi bottle, backpack, flask, and a choice of jacket or hoodie.
3rd through 6th Place: VTA-branded Yedi bottle, backpack, flask, and a choice of jacket or hoodie.
7th through 10th Place: VTA-branded backpack and flask.
11th through 20th Place: VTA-branded flask
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
VTA is also running there own Smart Commute program throughout September where you can earn points with every ride and have a chance to win a bike, San Jose Monopoly Game, or a $25 gift card. Learn more here.
WestCAT
1st Place: Lynx 20 Year Anniversary Swag Bag with limited edition mech and a free bus pass.
2nd Place: Lynx Swag Bag with various goods and 10 Ride pass.
3rd Place: WestCAT Swag Bag
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.
511 Contra Costa
Rules: Each ride logged on County Connection, Tri Delta Transit, and WestCAT will be entered into this prize pool.
1st place: $75 Clipper Card
2nd place: $50 Clipper Card
3rd place: $25 Clipper Card
Delivery Method: Prize mailed directly to winners.