Shift Your Semester · September 15 – December 15, 2026
Tufts SafeRide, the shuttles, and getting around the Hill
TUPD SafeRide covers late nights, and campus shuttles run to Davis Square, the SMFA campus, and a Saturday grocery run.
Tufts students are also taking 10 active trips in 30 days to unlock a $15 reward on Shift. How that works
Getting around Tufts
What Tufts already runs — passes, shuttles, bike space and repairs — with a link to each program.
Transit
The Green Line Extension’s Medford/Tufts station puts the Hill one stop from Davis Square and a straight shot downtown.
Tufts University(opens in a new tab)Campus shuttles cover Davis Square, the SMFA campus, Saturday groceries, and TUPD SafeRide for late nights.
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Bike
Students can check out a bike and helmet free at the Tisch Library circulation desk with a Tufts ID (students only, not faculty or staff).
Tufts Bikes(opens in a new tab)Tufts Bikes, a small crew of student volunteers, runs a repair shop at 28 Sawyer Ave with limited hours. Check tuftsbikes.com before you go.
Tufts Bikes(opens in a new tab)“Bike Check!” reimburses repairs, helmets, and safety gear twice a year, and Tufts affiliates get a discounted Bluebikes membership.
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Around campus
GoMassCommute tracks walking, biking, transit, and carpool commutes for prizes, with Emergency Ride Home as a backstop.
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Programs and prices change each term. Check the linked school pages for current details.
- $15
- reward, unlocked
- 10
- active trips
- 30
- days to take them
- First 200
- to finish
For verified students, faculty, and staff at any Massachusetts college or university. One campaign code per account.
Join Tufts on Shift.
Get the free app and enter code SEMESTER. Then verify your @tufts.edu address inside the app. That puts you in Tufts’s group and starts your 30-day clock: 10 active trips unlock $15. Your account can stay on any email.
Installing from the App Store or Google Play? Enter the code after you sign up. Store installs don’t carry the link.
Where do I enter the code?
Tufts is running its own challenge too.
Jumbo Footprint Challenge, August 28 – December 1, 2026.
Tufts students and employees log walks, bike rides, transit, and carpools in GoMassCommute. Every 10 trips is an entry, and 30 trips gets you into the December grand prize drawing.
This month’s prize is Bluetooth headphones for riding the MBTA as a Transit Trooper.
Join the Jumbo Footprint Challenge (opens in a new tab)Do both.
The same walk to class counts in each. Log it in GoMassCommute for the Tufts drawings, and let Shift count it on its own toward your $15.
How the schools stack up
Schools by shift rate so far in October, the share of trips taken actively. Tufts University is 7 points behind #1.
What’s around campus
Everywhere you can walk, bike, or ride to from Tufts. The live map opens centered on campus, with real-time arrivals for every route.
Trains & buses
- Medford/Tufts2 min walkGreen Line EHeath Street ↔ Medford/Tufts · every ~10 min
- Ball Square13 min walkGreen Line EHeath Street ↔ Medford/Tufts · every ~10 min
- Davis16 min walkRed LineAshmont/Braintree ↔ Alewife · every few minutes
- Magoun Square23 min walkGreen Line EHeath Street ↔ Medford/Tufts · every ~10 min
- Boston Ave @ College Ave - Green Line2 min walkRoute 80Arlington Center ↔ Lechmere Station · every ~40 minRoute 94Medford Square ↔ Davis Station · 9 trips a dayRoute 96Medford Square ↔ Harvard Station · every ~30 min
- Olin Hall2 min walk
Tufts Shuttle · ID may be required to board
Weekday daytime frequencies. The live map has real-time arrivals.
Bike routes
- Alewife Greenway4 min ride away
Shared use path · 1.4 mi through the area
- Alewife Brook Greenway4 min ride away
Shared use path · 2.6 mi through the area
- Mystic River Paths4 min ride away
Shared use path · 0.6 mi through the area
- Mystic River Greenway4 min ride away
Shared use path · 9.2 mi through the area
Bluebikes docks
Where you can get to
- Harvard Square
Bike 17 min · T & bus 22 min
- North Station
T & bus 28 min · Bike 31 min
- Kendall / MIT
Bike 27 min · T & bus 33 min
- Downtown Crossing
T & bus 34 min · Bike 37 min
- Back Bay
T & bus 34 min · Bike 39 min
- Seaport
Bike 46 min · T & bus 51 min
Weekday morning times; ~ marks an estimate.
Events near Tufts
A few picks over the next 30 days — the full calendar has everything.
Roams to try
Guided routes — preview the full route here, then check in at each stop in the Shift app to earn the badge.
Somerville Community Path
Starts 0.8 mi from campus · bike · 4 mi route · ~27 min · Somerville · Cambridge
A City of Squares
Starts 1.3 mi from campus · walk + transit · 4 mi route · ~36 min · Somerville · Cambridge
Minuteman Bikeway
Starts 1.4 mi from campus · bike · 6.4 mi route · ~42 min · Cambridge · Arlington · Bedford
Your first 10 trips are worth $15.
Get Shift, enter SEMESTER, verify your Tufts email, and turn the walk to class into something more.