MassRides runs a statewide Travel Options Program

1. MAGIC Transportation Forum
Melissa Santley, Outreach Coordinator

2. MassRIDES
Statewide Travel Options Program
 325+ partner organizations
 465,000+ commuters
 Worksite focus – commute travel
 Worksite services
 Implement commute options
programs
 Custom program development and
implementation
 Marketing and on-site events
 Tools and resources

3. Devens Area Commuter Survey
 Distributed through Nashoba
Valley Chamber of Commerce
and Bristol-Myers Squibb
 171 Responses from people who
commute to work in Devens
 Focus on how they currently get
to work
 Interest in taking another mode to
work (carpool, vanpool, public
transit, etc.)
 Motivating factors for taking
public transit to work
 Likelihood of taking Fitchburg
Commuter Line once service
increases

4. Weekly Commute Modes
# of Commuters Driving Alone # of Commuters Carpooling
Drive Alone Commute:
130 Commuters drove alone to
work 5 days per week. 28
drove alone to work 4 days per
week and 4 commuters drove
alone 3 times per week.
Carpool Commute:
Only 5 people responded to
carpooling to work 4 or 5 days
each week.
# of Commuters taking Public Transit
Public Transit Commute:
Three people commute by
public transit once a week.
There is one person commuting
to work 2, 4 and 5 times a week
by public transit
# Days Per Week
# Days Per Week # Days Per Week

5. Employee Schedule

6. Improving Commuter Options
What other commute options are of interest to
you?

7. Improving Commuter Options
What would encourage you to take public transit
to work?
Count of how many times a motivating factor was
chosen

8. Improving Commuter Options
By January 2016, the MBTA will have finished all construction on the
Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line that will result in improved and increased
service to the line. Once this work is complete and if local service was
provided to get you from the commuter rail stop to your worksite, would you
consider taking public transit to work?

9. Improving Commuter Options
If the MBTA were to pilot a new schedule for increased service on the
Fitchburg Commuter Line by January 2015, would you try this new service?

10. Improving Commuter Options
Any suggestions or comments for getting to work on the
Fitchburg Commuter Line?
 “I live close to a commuter rail station in the city and would absolutely use rail if the
train schedule and connecting service to the plant would allow me to arrive by 8am.”
 “I live so close to work that public transportation is not an option. However, I would
like to be able to get to Boston on weekends and evenings on a more frequent basis.”
 “Fitchburg Commuter Line is not an option for myself.”
 “I don't really have access to the Fitchburg commuter line from Chelmsford, but if I
lived on the Fitchburg Line I would absolutely consider it. Still, the closest station is 2
miles from my work so I would need to be allowed to take a bike onto the rail, and I
would probably not do it during the winter.”
 “I would consider using the commuter line but my commute is a reverse commute. I
would need to be able to take the line in the morning from Weston or Waltham out to
Devens and home in the evening. Currently the commuter line schedule does not
allow for this. I would also like to be able to bring my bike on the commuter line so
that I could ride to the station on either side of the train ride.”