All Aboard With Transit CEOs

In celebration of Transit Month 2025, the Bay Area transit agencies and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) on Friday, September 26, 2025, are hosting “All Aboard with Transit CEOs,” a ride-along and social event giving the public a chance to ride with and meet regional transit leaders.

Members of the public and the media are invited to ride for the full or partial journey to Marin County. 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.  

Attendees must pay for each transit ride. For the full journey from 19th Street Oakland BART to Golden Gate Ferry into Marin and back into San Francisco with a return trip on BART to 19th Street Oakland, please have at least $26 loaded on your Clipper card (this is adult fare).

Ride-along Trip Details

There are two starting place options, depending on where you are coming from.

Option 1: From the East Bay

  • Meet at 19th Street/Oakland BART Station (20th Street end Station Agent booth) by 3:05 p.m. to take the 3:17 p.m. Yellow Line SFO train to Embarcadero BART station arriving at 3:30 p.m. Then walk to the San Francisco Ferry Terminal Gate C. 
  • Everyone takes the 3:50 p.m. Golden Gate Ferry (grab a drink and mingle) to Larkspur arriving at 4:25 p.m.
  • Walk to SMART Larkspur Station. SMART Connect microtransit also will be onsite for those who need a ride to the SMART station.
  • Take 5:03 p.m. SMART train to Marin Civic Center Station arriving at 5:15 p.m.
  • Take the 5:27 p.m. Marin Transit Route 49 bus to San Rafael Transit Center arriving at 5:40 p.m.

Option 2: From San Francisco

  • Meet at the San Francisco Ferry Terminal Gate C by 3:35 p.m.  
  • Everyone takes the 3:50 p.m. Golden Gate Ferry (grab a drink and mingle) to Larkspur arriving at 4:25 p.m.
  • Walk to SMART Larkspur Station. SMART Connect microtransit also will be onsite for those who need a ride to the SMART station.
  • Take 5:03 p.m. SMART train to Marin Civic Center Station arriving at 5:15 p.m.
  • Take the 5:27 p.m. Marin Transit Route 49 bus to San Rafael Transit Center arriving at 5:40 p.m.

For the return trip from San Rafael Transit Center*, there are also two options, depending on your final destination.

Option 1: To Downtown San Francisco

  • Take the 5:47 p.m. Golden Gate Transit Route 150 from the San Rafael Transit Center over the Golden Gate Bridge and into San Francisco.
  • To transfer to BART or Muni, folks can get off at 6:42 p.m. at Golden Gate Ave. and Polk St. and enter the Civic Center BART Station. Or riders can continue on the bus to the Salesforce Transit Center.

Option 2: To El Cerrito del Norte BART

  • Take the 5:45 p.m. Golden Gate Transit Route 580 to the East Bay and arrive at the El Cerrito del Norte BART Station at 6:23 p.m.

*If some people want to hang out in San Rafael after arriving at the San Rafael Transit Center at 5:40 p.m., they can go to one of the many spots nearby for one hour and then take Golden Gate Transit Route 150 at 6:47 p.m. into San Francisco.  

Participating CEOs

The list of transit CEOs attending includes:

  • Bob Powers (BART)
  • Rashidi Barnes (Tri Delta Transit)
  • Seamus Murphy (San Francisco Bay Ferry)
  • Nancy Whelan (Marin Transit)
  • Eddy Cummins (SMART)
  • Christy Wegener (LAVTA, Wheels)
  • Denis Mulligan (Golden Gate Transit)
  • Bill Churchill (County Connection)
  • April Chan (SamTrans) 
  • Michelle Bouchard (Caltrain)