FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Contra Costa County Library
(925) 608-7700

Discover & Go offers free BART tickets to select venues in August, September, and October

The Contra Costa County Library is once again offering free BART tickets for use with Discover & Go reservations from August through October. County residents who are 18 or older can submit a request for BART tickets by clicking on the banner ad on their Discover & Go pass.

To sign-up for BART tickets, view your August / September / October reservation on your Discover & Go account:

1) Click "View" and "Print Pass"
2) Click on the 511 banner on your Discover & Go pass to request your BART tickets. The banner will look like this:

BART tickets will be mailed to cardholders’ homes within five business days of their request. The offer is limited to one request per household (for up to two $15 BART tickets) and is available while supplies last. This promotion is a partnership between 511 Contra Costa and the library, and is intended to encourage the use of public transportation to visit museums.

"Discover & Go is a wonderful way to explore many of the unique venues in the Bay Area and beyond," said County Librarian Melinda Cervantes. “We are proud to partner with 511 Contra Costa to make traveling to these venues a little easier.”

Since its inception in 2011, Discover & Go has met Contra Costa County Library’s goal of providing access to culture inside and outside the library by partnering with over 90 northern California museums, and making 900,000 cultural visits possible for library cardholders.

511 Contra Costa is a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program that promotes transportation alternatives to the single occupant vehicle and encourages "green commutes". For more information, visit 511contracosta.org.

The following venues are valid destinations for the BART ticket promotion. Try 511-Contra Costa's Trip Planner feature to plan your Discover & Go trip.

Asian Art Museum | The Beat Museum | Bedford Gallery | California Academy of Sciences | California Historical Society | Chabot Space & Science Center | Children's Creativity Museum | Chinese Historical Society of America Museum | Contemporary Jewish Museum | The de Young Museum | Exploratorium | Freight & Salvage | Habitot Children's Museum | Hayward Area Historical Society Center for History & Culture | Lawrence Hall of Science | Legion of Honor | Madame Tussauds San Francisco | Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment | Museum of the African Diaspora | Oakland Museum of California | Pacific Pinball Museum | The Presidential Yacht, USS Potomac | The San Francisco Dungeon | UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive | UC Botanical Garden | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

For more information about the program, please contact Virtual Library staff at ASK@ccclib.org or (800) 984-4636.

For media inquiries, please contact Community and Media Relations Coordinator Brooke Converse at bconvers@ccclib.org or (925) 608-7713.