VTA SmartPass

One Small Fee to Ride Free – All Quarter!

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The VTA SmartPass gives all enrolled De Anza students unlimited rides on VTA buses and light rail within Santa Clara County — for the entire quarter. Your SmartPass is loaded onto a Clipper Card, the reloadable smart card used for transit payments throughout the Bay Area.

   

Get Your SmartPass

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To pick up your personalized Clipper Card from the Office of College Life,

1. Go to MyPortal to register for your classes. You will be automatically charged a mandatory SmartPass fee. 
2. Go to the Office of College Life to pick up your VTA Smartpass Clipper Card.
3. Register your card at clippercard.com to protect any non-SmartPass value you add (BART, Caltrain, etc.). If your card is lost and unregistered, that value cannot be recovered.
4. Once you have it:

• • Keep your card. It reloads automatically each quarter you stay enrolled at De Anza.
  • Taking fall, winter, or spring quarter off will disable your SmartPass in week three of that quarter. Summer quarter off is fine — it won't be affected.
  • Your card works for other transit agencies too (BART, Caltrain, Muni, etc.) if you add funds. Visit clippercard.com for details.

   

Using your Clipper Card

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Hold your card flat against the Clipper logo on the reader at the vehicle entrance, station, or fare gate until you hear a beep and see a green light.

Five bus lines stop directly at De Anza: 23, 25, 51, 55, Rapid 523.

   

When Can You Use the SmartPass?

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Your SmartPass works 7 days a week on all VTA buses and light rail within Santa Clara County, for as long as you are enrolled at De Anza.

Not valid on:

• Express services, ACE, Amtrak, BART, Caltrain, Highway 17 Express, Dumbarton Express, Monterey-Salinas Transit, or SamTrans.

  

How is the SmartPass Program Funded?

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The SmartPass is funded through a mandatory quarterly student fee ,which was established by the De Anza Associated Student Government (DASG) during a spring 2011 proposition vote that passed 985 to 124 and was approved by the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees.

Enrollment Units	Fee per quarter
0.5 – 5.9 Units	$5.75
6 – 11.9 Units	$6.75
12+ Units	$7.75