Santa Barbara Car Free

Take a Vacation from your car!

Santa Barbara Car Free encourages visitors traveling to Santa Barbara to arrive car free – or if they choose to drive, to park their cars and enjoy the area car free.


Visit Santa Barbara by rail and SAVE!

Santa Barbara Car Free offers exclusive savings when traveling to and from Santa Barbara on the Pacific Surfliner or San Joaquin (and associated Amtrak Thruway buses).

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Bonus!  When taking the train to Santa Barbara, be sure to ask your conductor for two FREE Transit Transfer Passes, good for free rides on Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District's buses and shuttles.  See Transit Transfer Program.

About Santa Barbara Car Free

Santa Barbara Car Free is a cooperative project initiated and led by the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, with support from the City of Santa Barbara, Amtrak California, and many other partners. More than 100 agencies, organizations, associations, businesses and individuals have been meeting since 1998 to discuss and implement the mission.

For more information about Santa Barbara Car Free call:

(805) 696-1100