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When you need to ship a car to or from Berkeley, count on an auto transport company that gets cars where they need to be safely and on time. RoadRunner Auto Transport has over 30 years of experience delivering cars cross country, with door-to-door vehicle transport anywhere in Berkeley, CA. Our transport coordinators handle every step, from pricing and carrier assignment to dispatch and delivery.

Whether you need a car transported in or out of the city, RoadRunner sets you up with convenient Berkeley auto shipping at a fair price, with enclosed transport available for added protection. Call (888) 777-2123 or use our car shipping calculator to get an instant quote.

Every carrier in the network is vetted before it hauls for RoadRunner and carries its own cargo insurance, and the coordinator who prices your Berkeley move stays your point of contact until the car is delivered. Quotes are built from what carriers are charging to run the California lanes right now, not from a national average.

Whether the car is a daily driver, a classic headed for storage, or a student's first car going to campus, the same coordinator handles open and enclosed bookings, expedited pickups, and vehicles that do not run under their own power.

The result is a 4.7-star average across more than 39,000 verified customer reviews, and one phone number, (888) 777-2123, for the quote, the booking and the day of pickup.

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What California customers say about shipping with RoadRunner

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May 2026

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"Tried to have my car shipped from California to Oregon with another service, for 1 month! ridicules, called roadrunner and they pick up the car one day and it was delivered the next day. Driver was great, courteous and professional. Very reasonable pricing."

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May 2026

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October 2025

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About Berkeley car shipping

Reliable car shipping to and from Berkeley, California

Berkeley rises from the bay flats into steep hills, next to Albany, Kensington and Emeryville. Carriers come in off I-80, and in the flats Berkeley car shipping usually means a pickup at your driveway or curb. In the hills, near the campus and on permit blocks, a full-size carrier has no room to turn or park. There the driver meets you on a flat street nearby and sets the spot with you by phone.

An open auto carrier unloading on a residential street

I-80 runs east from Berkeley toward Sacramento, Reno and Salt Lake City. I-580 and I-5 lead to Southern California. Open carriers run these routes daily in both directions. The UC Berkeley calendar sets the busiest weeks, with cars arriving before the late-August move-in and leaving in May. Visiting faculty and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers ship cars across the country to meet a report date. In winter, carriers heading east cross Donner Summit, and an enclosed trailer keeps slush and road grit off the car.

Questions about a Berkeley pickup? Call (888) 777-2123.

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Pricing

What factors affect the cost to ship a car?

Several factors can affect your car shipping cost to or from Berkeley, CA — the six below are the ones that move it most, and they pull in different directions at once: a longer lane costs more in total but less per mile, an enclosed carrier adds protection and price, and a pickup date with some give in it can cancel out a busy-season premium. The quote you get is for your exact vehicle, dates and addresses, and it covers pickup, transport and delivery with no fees added afterwards.

Prices on the busiest California corridors are on the California car shipping page. For a price on your exact vehicle transport, use the calculator or call (888) 777-2123.

Berkeley car shipping factors
DistanceThe distance of your move from origin to destination. Longer lanes cost more in total while costing less per mile.Learn more Vehicle type and sizeLarger and heavier vehicles take more deck space and weight allowance on the carrier.Learn more Open, enclosed, or top-loadedOpen transport is the standard choice; an enclosed carrier costs more and shields the vehicle from weather and road debris.Learn more Pickup and delivery accessRural or hard-to-reach addresses can add to the price; a wide, legal curb keeps it simple.Learn more Season and timingDepending on your route, the time of year adds a seasonality factor; flexible dates help.Learn more Speed of deliveryExpedited pickup windows and direct routes are available for faster delivery at a higher rate.Learn more
Our Berkeley car shipping specialists can walk you through which factors matter most for your shipment. Calculate your Berkeley car shipping cost
Door-to-door in Berkeley

Door-to-Door Car Shipping in Berkeley: Neighborhoods and ZIP Codes We Serve

Berkeley runs uphill from the bay. The flats between I-80 and Shattuck Avenue are a wide, level grid that a 75-foot carrier works without trouble; the streets above Euclid Avenue and Spruce Street are not, and neither are the permit-parking blocks and the narrow Southside lanes around the UC Berkeley dorms. Carriers reach the city off I-80 at Gilman Street, University Avenue, and Ashby Avenue, and stage on the industrial streets of West Berkeley.

Downtown & the campus edge

Downtown Berkeley · Southside · Telegraph Avenue · Northside · Le Conte · Bateman · Shattuck Avenue

Narrow one-way blocks and permit zones around the dorms: the driver takes Shattuck, Oxford, or a lot a few blocks off.

West Berkeley & the flats

West Berkeley · Fourth Street · Gilman District · Ocean View · Westbrae · San Pablo Park · Berkeley Marina · Aquatic Park

Industrial-width streets by the I-80 ramps at Gilman and University: the simplest pickups in the city, and where carriers stage.

North Berkeley & the Elmwood

North Berkeley · Northbrae · Gourmet Ghetto · Live Oak · Elmwood · Claremont · College Avenue · Solano Avenue

Flat, tree-lined grids: standard driveway pickups, worked around street-sweeping windows and permit blocks.

The hills & the neighbors

Berkeley Hills · Cragmont · Panoramic Hill · Grizzly Peak Boulevard · Kensington · Albany · El Cerrito · Emeryville

Switchbacks above Euclid and Spruce with no turnarounds: the handoff is on Marin, Euclid, or Ashby below.

Berkeley ZIP codes we serve

Carriers pick up and deliver across 211 ZIP codes in the Berkeley area, grouped here by postal district.

  • 940xx13 ZIPs
  • 941xx51 ZIPs
  • 944xx5 ZIPs
  • 945xx59 ZIPs
  • 946xx29 ZIPs
  • 947xx12 ZIPs
  • 948xx10 ZIPs
  • 949xx32 ZIPs
All 211 Berkeley-area ZIP codes

940xx: 94005, 94010, 94011, 94014, 94015, 94016, 94017, 94030, 94044, 94065, 94066, 94080, 94083

941xx: 94102, 94103, 94104, 94105, 94107, 94108, 94109, 94110, 94111, 94112, 94114, 94115, 94116, 94117, 94118, 94119, 94120, 94121, 94122, 94123, 94124, 94125, 94126, 94127, 94128, 94129, 94130, 94131, 94132, 94133, 94134, 94137, 94139, 94140, 94141, 94142, 94143, 94144, 94145, 94146, 94147, 94151, 94158, 94159, 94160, 94161, 94163, 94164, 94172, 94177, 94188

944xx: 94401, 94402, 94403, 94404, 94497

945xx: 94501, 94502, 94503, 94506, 94507, 94510, 94516, 94517, 94518, 94519, 94520, 94521, 94522, 94523, 94524, 94525, 94526, 94527, 94528, 94529, 94530, 94540, 94541, 94542, 94543, 94544, 94545, 94546, 94547, 94549, 94552, 94553, 94555, 94556, 94557, 94563, 94564, 94565, 94568, 94569, 94570, 94572, 94575, 94577, 94578, 94579, 94580, 94582, 94583, 94587, 94588, 94589, 94590, 94591, 94592, 94595, 94596, 94597, 94598

946xx: 94601, 94602, 94603, 94604, 94605, 94606, 94607, 94608, 94609, 94610, 94611, 94612, 94613, 94614, 94615, 94617, 94618, 94619, 94620, 94621, 94622, 94623, 94624, 94649, 94659, 94660, 94661, 94662, 94666

947xx: 94701, 94702, 94703, 94704, 94705, 94706, 94707, 94708, 94709, 94710, 94712, 94720

948xx: 94801, 94802, 94803, 94804, 94805, 94806, 94807, 94808, 94820, 94850

949xx: 94901, 94903, 94904, 94912, 94913, 94914, 94915, 94920, 94924, 94925, 94930, 94933, 94939, 94941, 94942, 94945, 94948, 94949, 94957, 94960, 94963, 94964, 94965, 94966, 94970, 94973, 94974, 94976, 94977, 94978, 94979, 94998

Nearby city pages

Local resources: County of Alameda · California DMV Vehicle Registration
On-the-Ground Logistics

What Berkeley Pickups Actually Look Like

Most handoffs are straightforward door-to-door pickups. These are the exceptions, and how the driver handles them.

The flats and the I-80 ramps

Carriers reach Berkeley off I-80 at Gilman Street, University Avenue, and Ashby Avenue, and the flats west of Shattuck are a wide, level grid. West Berkeley's industrial blocks near Fourth Street and the Gilman District take a full-size truck at the curb, which is why drivers stage there and work the rest of the city from the bottom of the hill.

Above Euclid and Spruce

The hill streets climb fast. Marin Avenue runs straight up the grade, and Panoramic Way and the lanes below Grizzly Peak Boulevard are barely one car wide, with low branches and nowhere to turn a 75-foot rig around. The standard handoff is on a level cross street below, on Euclid, Shattuck, Ashby, or Solano, arranged with you on the day.

Southside and move-in week

The blocks around the UC Berkeley residence halls, on Durant, Channing, Haste, and Telegraph Avenue, are narrow, one-way in places, and thick with loading traffic in late August. A car hauler does not sit on them. The driver picks a legal curb on Shattuck, Oxford, or Dwight Way, or a lot a few blocks off, and confirms the spot with you by phone.

Permit zones, sweeping days, and the diverters

Much of residential Berkeley sits inside residential permit-parking zones, every block has a street-sweeping window, and the bicycle boulevards on Milvia, California Street, and Channing Way carry traffic circles and diverters a car hauler cannot pass. Pickups are planned around them, which usually means a legal curb on a numbered arterial rather than your own block.

How it works

How does vehicle transport to and from Berkeley work?

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  1. 1

    Get your car shipping quote

    Enter your pickup and delivery details and your Berkeley vehicle transport price appears on screen in seconds. Choose open-carrier shipping, the most popular and cost-effective option, or an enclosed carrier for additional protection.

  2. 2

    Vehicle pickup

    Book online or with a transport coordinator and pick a date. On pickup day your vehicle is inspected, carefully loaded onto the carrier, and you can track the status of your shipment online at any time.

  3. 3

    Vehicle delivery

    On delivery day your vehicle is safely offloaded and a final inspection confirms it arrived in the same condition as when it was picked up.

Read the full guide to how auto transport works
Getting Ready

Before the carrier arrives in Berkeley

Three things to handle between booking and pickup day. They take an hour in total and make both handoffs smooth.

1

Schedule in advance

Book 7–14 days ahead for the best rates, and 2–3 weeks during peak season, when carrier space is tightest.

2

Prep and empty the vehicle

Wash the car, leave about a quarter tank of fuel, and remove personal items. Anything left inside is not protected against loss or damage in transit.

3

Inspect at pickup and delivery

Walk around the vehicle with the driver at both ends, photograph its condition, and note anything new on the Bill of Lading before signing.

The Berkeley Story

Who Ships Cars in Berkeley, and Why

The shipments Berkeley generates most, and the service built for each.

Campus season at CalUC Berkeley fills the Southside residence halls in late August and empties them in May, and Berkeley City College sits downtown. Parents ship cars in for the year and graduates ship them out to first jobs. Book a couple of weeks ahead of move-in and keep the pickup window loose, because those two weeks are the busiest of the Berkeley year.College car shipping University and Lab appointmentsLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory sits in the hills above campus, and UC Berkeley brings in postdocs and visiting faculty on one- and two-year appointments that start with the academic year. Those moves cross the country on a fixed report date, with one coordinator on the file and an enclosed option for a high-value car.Corporate relocation shipping The I-80 and I-5 lanesBerkeley sits on I-80, the corridor east to Sacramento, Reno, and Salt Lake City, and a short run from I-580 and I-5 for Southern California. Open carriers work those lanes in both directions every day, so a flexible pickup window out of Berkeley prices better than a fixed date.Open car transport Winter over Donner SummitEastbound loads out of Berkeley climb I-80 over Donner Summit, where winter storms bring chain controls, slush, and road grit. Enclosed transport adds weather and road-debris protection for a car crossing the Sierra in winter, and for anything that needs to arrive clean rather than merely arrive.Enclosed auto transport
Berkeley pickups and deliveries

Shipping a car to Berkeley

Inbound Berkeley auto transport ends at your door in Berkeley or in Downtown & the campus edge, West Berkeley & the flats, North Berkeley & the Elmwood. The carrier comes in with a delivery window set once the truck is a day out, and the driver checks the vehicle with you against the condition recorded at pickup before you sign for it.

If you are moving in, the quote is the same whether the car rides ahead of you or after you; California registration comes afterwards, and the California DMV links in the pickup section above cover that paperwork.

An SUV being driven down the ramps off an open carrier at delivery

Shipping a car from Berkeley

Outbound, Berkeley auto transport starts with one quote for the exact vehicle and dates. A transport coordinator assigns the carrier, confirms the pickup date, and from then on the driver is your contact for timing.

Open transport is the standard choice for a daily driver leaving California; enclosed transport is there for a car that should arrive without weather or road debris on it. Either way the price you see is for your exact vehicle, not a class average.

An SUV being driven up the ramps onto an open carrier at the curb
The RoadRunner Advantage

The RoadRunner Advantage for Berkeley Auto Transport

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Direct service to and from any residential or business location in the US.

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A licensed and bonded auto transport broker; every carrier in the network carries cargo insurance.

No up front deposit required

No Up-Front Deposit Required

You pay nothing until a carrier is confirmed and your pickup is scheduled.

Extended office hours

Extended Office Hours

Transport coordinators are available weekdays, 9 AM to 10 PM ET, and Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM ET.

Online shipment tracking

24/7 Online Shipment Tracking

Track the status of your shipment online anytime at your convenience.

Service Type

Open or Enclosed Transport for Berkeley?

Open car transport is the standard choice for most shipments and the most economical way to ship a daily driver, SUV, or truck. Your car rides with 8–10 others on a multi-vehicle trailer, driven on via built-in ramps and secured to the deck for the trip — the same way dealers move new inventory. See open auto transport for details.

Enclosed car shipping earns its premium of roughly 50% when the vehicle itself calls for it: luxury, classic, and exotic cars, a vehicle fresh off the dealer lot with no road miles, or anything you would not want exposed to weather and road debris. If you're weighing the two, our guide to the difference between enclosed and open auto transport covers it in detail.

Expedited shipping is also available when the calendar is not negotiable: guaranteed pickup windows and direct driver routes that get your vehicle there faster. It is the option time-sensitive moves lean on, from military relocations to students starting a new semester.

Sports car being loaded into an enclosed auto transport trailerShipping something special?White-glove protection for high-value vehiclesFully enclosed trailers shield luxury, classic, and exotic cars from weather, road salt, and debris the whole way.Explore Enclosed Car Shipping
Tips

Tips for shipping a car to or from Berkeley

1

Keep the pickup window flexible

A two- to three-day window lets the dispatcher place your car on the first carrier passing through; a fixed single day is the most expensive way to book.

2

Name a second contact for the handoff

Someone over 18 has to release and accept the vehicle, hand over the keys and sign the inspection reports. If you cannot be at the Berkeley address yourself, name a person you trust at booking.

3

Say so if the car does not run

Inoperable vehicles ship on a carrier with a winch, for an additional fee and usually a slightly longer wait for the right truck. Mention it at quote time so the assignment is right the first time.

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Usually not to the door. The streets above Euclid Avenue and Spruce Street, Panoramic Way, and the lanes near Grizzly Peak Boulevard are narrow and steep with nowhere to turn a full-size carrier around, so the driver meets you on a level street below, often on Euclid, Shattuck, Ashby, or Solano Avenue, a few minutes from the house. In the flats, from West Berkeley through North Berkeley and the Elmwood, pickup is normally at your driveway or curb. The driver confirms the exact spot with you by phone before pickup.
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