Cycling Basics Additional Information SustainableSustainable SafeRide All Cummings School students, faculty, and staff are Ride safely and follow the law encouraged to utilize the Tufts SafeRide service. If you ever CommutingCommuting Always make sure to have a helmet on and bring a front feel unsafe while traveling to your destination, you can and rear light for nighttime cycling. Cyclists must follow the contact the Tufts University Police Department for a free same road rules as vehicles. Learn The League of American walking escort or car ride home. Bicyclists’ Rules of the Road at bikeleague.org/ridesmart The service is available twenty-four hours a day, seven GraftonGrafton CampusCampus days a week. In addition to campus-wide escorts, campus Secure your bike police will also extend these services to and from the Always secure your bike with a U-lock, and be sure to pass Grafton Commuter Rail station. For service, please contact the lock through your bike’s frame. In addition, registering the Grafton Campus Police at (508) 887-4900. your bike with the Tufts Police can help to identify it if it is stolen. Learn more about bicycle theft prevention and how to register at go.tufts.edu/bikeregistration Telecommuting Policy Eligible employees in certain positions may telecommute Learn about SafeRide with prior approval: go.tufts.edu/telecommuting If you ever feel uncomfortable while cycling at night, you can park your bike and contact the Tufts University Police Department to get a SafeRide home. For more details, visit A university-wide commitment to the back cover of this pamphlet. sustainability: Sustainability at Tufts is a collective effort spanning Bring your bike while traveling departments, offices, and all Tufts campuses: SMFA, Boston, Bicycles can be carried on to MBTA Commuter Rail Grafton, and Medford/Somerville. If you’re interested in trains on weekdays, except during peak periods, and on learning more about sustainability at the university, please the weekends. There are also bike racks located on the contact the Office of Sustainability at (617) 627-3191 or Worcester Regional Transit Authority buses that service [email protected] to be put in touch with the the Grafton campus. right people. Learn more at sustainability.tufts.edu Explore the community Stay Connected The Grafton Land Trust’s large properties have networks of trails that are fun to ride on mountain bikes. The Lambert Newsletter: bit.ly/greentuftsnews Property (29 Wesson Street) is just a 4-minute bike ride from campus. Learn more at graftonland.org facebook.com/greentufts twitter.com/greentufts instagram.com/greentufts Supporting a university-wide commitment Ride Sharing Programs Take Public Transportation Lyft Commuter Rail MBTA Discounts Lyft is a good service for occasionally commuting to places in a hurry, or places Tufts’ Grafton campus is less than a Students without good public transit. Tufts employees 10-minute walk from the Grafton Station on Students can purchase an MBTA Semester can sign up for a Lyft Business account using their Tufts the MBTA Framingham/Worcester Commuter Pass at an 11% discount. corporate credit card. New business users will receive $15 off Rail Line, which runs between South Station 1. Log into SIS: sis.tufts.edu their first Lyft ride taken within 30 days of sign-up. in downtown Boston, and Worcester. From 2. Navigate to the “Bills & Balances” tab Create a personal Lyft profile: the Grafton Commuter Rail Station, exit the 3. Click “Purchase MBTA Pass” * Select Business Profile under Settings. parking lot and take a right onto Pine Street and a left onto * Follow the prompts to enter your work email and preferred Route 30 (Westboro Road). The Cummings School is just up Fall passes must be ordered by August 8, 2018 and spring method of payment. the road. passes by December, 8, 2018. For more information, visit: That’s it! Simply toggle between Personal and Business on your finance.tufts.edu/controller/bursar/mbta-passes/ next ride. Connections to the Boston Campus Faculty & Staff Commuting Programs Take the Commuter Rail to South Station or Back Bay. Tufts’ Grafton employees receive a 35% discount on bus, train, Boston Campus is about a 12 minute walk from South Station or commuter rail MBTA passes (up to $40 per month). Save MassRIDES is an initiative of the or a 20 minute walk from Back Bay. cash by using pre-tax money to buy your train, bus, and Massachusetts Department of subway tickets and/or your vanpool or commuter parking. Transportation (MassDOT) designed to help reduce traffic Connections to Medford Campus For more details, visit go.tufts.edu/commuterbenefits congestion and improve air quality. & Logan Airport From South Station on the MBTA Red Line, you can access Visit mbta.com for schedules, maps, and a trip planner. Carpool/Vanpool Matching Logan Airport (via the Silver Line SL1 bus), the Medford/ MassRIDES offers trip matching services for local carpools Somerville campus (via the Red Line to Davis Square), and Worcester Bus System and vanpools through Bay State Commute. Share the ride to many other destinations. work with a friend or coworker and save on gas and parking. The Worcester Regional Transit Carpooling also lowers stress, reduces your carbon footprint, Authority (WRTA) is a bus system and saves time when you use the high-occupancy vehicle lane. Commuter Rail mTicket App that alleviates the challenges of The mTicket app allows you to view system maps and train traveling around Tufts. Bike racks are available on the WRTA Bay State Commute schedules and can even be used on the commuter ferry. buses. Bus Route B stops at the Grafton commuter rail Get rewarded for taking greener Here’s how to use it: station and makes stops at Stop & Shop, Shaw’s & Ocean trips with Bay State Commute 1. Download the MBTA mTicket app (available on State Job Lot, Walmart, Cumberland Farms, and Grafton whenever you avoid using a car (walk, bike, telecommute, Android and iOS) to purchase commuter rail tickets on Town Common. Many WRTA buses depart from the Union carpool, vanpool, take a subway, train, bus, ferry, or even work your phone. Station hub where the Commuter Rail makes its final stop a condensed work week). Redeem the points for discounts at 2. Select your origin and destination. in Worcester and they travel to malls, movie theaters, and local and online establishments at baystatecommute.com/ 3. Use your credit card to purchase a ticket. shopping plazas all over the region. tufts 4. Activate your ticket before you board - your phone serves as your ticket. Bus Fares Emergency Ride Home A single WRTA fare costs $1.75 in cash, If you carpool, bike, walk or use public Transit Tip: or $1.55 with an MBTA Charlie Card. transit to get to work or school at least 2 times per week, sign Use a Charlie Card on the up for the MassRIDES Emergency Ride Home program. If an MBTA & WRTA to avoid a Bus Tracking emergency arises, you are guaranteed a ride home for free, up surcharge for paper tickets. The full bus schedule is available at therta.com, and you to 4 times per year. Students, staff, and faculty must work at Learn more at mbta.com can track individual buses at bustracker.therta.com Tufts to qualify. Learn more and register at commute.com 2018 .