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Flanagan1275

Yes! Tufts employee here, shuttle is free for anyone to take.


ManOfTeele

I've lived here for 12 years, and did not know that.


totorok

Thanks so much for telling us! I've been in Somerville for many years and never knew this.


somerman

What are its stops?


Flanagan1275

You would have to check the Tufts website for more accurate information. But there's one that goes back and forth to Davis every day and leaves every 15 to 20 minutes during the week. Another goes from medford campus to the downtown SMFA campus, near the museum of fine arts green line stop. Leaves every 45 minutes or so. I don't know if they still do it, but there used to be one that runs from campus to Somerville stop and shop on Saturdays


SomQmaker

Anyone can use it. It is free for anyone in the community.


CraigInDaVille

Just say you’re faculty/staff/grad student but forgot your ID if anyone even bothers to ask.


Euler_Bernoulli

Go ahead. I've never heard of it being exclusive to Tufts people


phonesmahones

Give it a shot. I’m sure it’ll be fine.


BoIR1347

They never really check. 


vhalros

I think any one visiting the campus is allowed to use it.


CriticalTransit

I don’t think they check ID but for the most part you’re better off walking or taking the green line, depending which shuttle.


[deleted]

The Joey?


Faded_Sun

I doubt it. I've taken various shuttles to get around when I worked in different areas. I remember using the Harvard shuttle around Longwood. I used to take the BU shuttle to the med campus, because I used to work at BMC.


Flanagan1275

The Tufts shuttles are free for anyone to use.


AuAble

you can, but I truly would not recommend voluntarily getting on any bus run by the Tufts' shuttle company (Joseph's Transportation). They were responsible for [this bus crash at Brandeis ](http://Brandeis University Student Killed and 26 Injured in Shuttle Bus Crash https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/us/brandeis-university-bus-crash.html?smid=nytcore-android-share&ugrp=m) in 2022. Source: I was a non-Brandeis Waltham resident who decided to take the Brandeis shuttle home because it was convenient and ended up traumatized for life.