Transit Month 2026
Transit Month 2026
It’s all aboard for Transit Month this September!
Bay Area Transit Month is an annual celebration held every September to highlight public transportation, operators, and riders across the San Francisco Bay Area. Organized by groups like San Francisco Transit Riders, Seemless Bay Area, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the month features regional events, community ride-alongs, and a month-long ride contest.
Key Events & Activities
- All Aboard Bay Area Transit Day: A specific focal day, September 15th, where agencies hand out free stickers, swag, and collect rider feedback.
- All Aboard with Transit CEOs: Special public ride-along with transit CEOs and a social meetups, allowing riders to chat directly with regional transit leadership.
- Transit Month Ride Contest: A gamified challenge where participants log their public transit trips via an app to earn badges, build community, and enter raffles for transit-themed prizes. Tri Delta Transit can’t wait to see who wins for eastern Contra Costa County.
- Local Agency Activities: Bay Area systems host localized tours and rider appreciation events.
RIDE ALONG CONTEST
Take part in the Ride Contest! Visit www.ridecontest.com to enter to log your trips and have a chance at winning a cool prize!
As our All Aboard Transit Month prize, Tri Delta Transit is giving out a Market Swag Bag with everything in it that you need to travel to and from our local markets .
OUT AND ABOUT
We’ll be visiting the markets and the bus stops nearby to have some fun with riders traveling to the markets. We’ve got special prizes that we’ll be giving out randomly.
- Antioch Farmers Market – Sundays May to October 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Downtown Antioch
Look for staff on September 13th - Antioch Kaiser Permanente Market – April to October, Thursdays. 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
Look for Tri Delta Transit on September 10th - Brentwood Farmers Market – Saturdays Year Round from 8 am – Noon, Downtown Brentwood
A crew will be out and about on September 12th - Pittsburg Farmers Market – Wednesdays at 9:00 am, City Hall Lawn
See the crew on September 16th, which is also National Pirate Day week (Saturday). We’ll be practicing with our riders and market goers their pirate sayings and ways in honor of the home of the Pirate – - The Makers Boulevard, Community Market – Brentwood, third Saturday with the Brentwood Farmers Market.
- The Makers Boulevard, Community Market – Oakley across from City Park, fourth Sunday of the month.
Be ready as you may see staff on the buses as they thank you for riding Tri Delta Transit. You may also see us at the following events;
MORE ACTIVITIES
Find all the fun transit events Bay Area wide, and information about the leaderboard, contest prizes and more at:
For information on transit agencies in the Bay Area:
CEO RIDE ALONG
In celebration of Transit Month 2026, Bay Area transit agencies and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) on Friday, September 11, 2026, are hosting “All Aboard With Transit CEOs,” a ride-along giving the public a chance to ride with and meet regional transit leaders.
The ride-along will start in Oakland around 3 p.m. with rides on AC Transit, BART, SF Muni, and Caltrain. This event is a great opportunity for the public to chat with CEOs about transit service and transit career opportunities. Follow on social media for real time updates of the CEOs’ journeys.
Ride Along Route Details
- The ride begins at 3:00 p.m. on the AC Transit Tempo line from Uptown Oakland to Chinatown.
- Riders will walk to nearby Lake Merritt BART station, exiting at Powell Street in San Francisco.
- From there, hop on the Muni Metro to the 4th and King stop and transfer to Caltrain.
- Take Caltrain to Millbrae and the end of the ride along event.
Expected Participating CEOs
- BART – General Manager Bob Powers
- VTA – General Manager Carolyn Gonot
- SamTrans – General Manager April Chan
- Caltrain – Executive Director Michelle Bouchard
- AC Transit – General Manager Sal Llamas
- SF Bay Ferry – Executive Director Seamus Murphy
- County Connection – General Manager Bill Churchill
- Tri Delta Transit – CEO Rashidi Barnes
- Golden Gate – General Manager Denis Mulligan
- Marin Transit – General Manager Robert Betts
- LAVTA – Executive Director Christy Wegener
- WestCat – General Manager Rob Thompson
The WHY
Why is transit month important?
Transit is more than just transportation. It’s part of the community and impacts the areas we serve more than you know. Just look at the Current State of Transit and some of the small impacts transit makes.
Have fun riding and thank you for riding with Tri Delta Transit.