Deadline Extended: Rick Holt Active Transportation Advocate Award
The Rick Holt Active Transportation Advocate Award recognizes a Mason faculty or staff member committed to utilizing, promoting, and advocating for the use of active transportation as part of their daily commute life. The award is named for Rick Holt, “the Mason bike dude,” who was a trainer in Human Resources and Payroll for 14 years, retiring in 2021. Rick contributed his expertise on a regular basis, teaching classes, serving on committees, and encouraging the Mason community to try active commuting.
Nominations will be accepted through Friday, February 24. The award winner will receive $200 and be recognized at the annual spring Outstanding Achievement Awards celebration. For more information, including award criteria and nomination instructions, click here.
If you have any questions, please contact Parking and Transportation at 3-2828 or via email at transpo@gmu.edu
Love to Bike? Winter Bike to Mason Day on February 10
Winter Bike to Work Day is the Friday before Valentine’s Day. Join us on Feb. 10 for a little bike love. Stop by the Merten Hall Lawn between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. with your bike for a beverage and some biking related giveaways.
Guaranteed Ride Home
If you’re a faculty or staff member who bikes, carpools, vanpools, uses mass transit (e.g. bus, Metro) or walks to work at least two times per week, Parking & Transportation wants you to know that you always have a ride backup with Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH).
Sponsored by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), it’s free to sign up and free to use. Once you register, you can use GRH up to six times per year. If a qualifying emergency arises, call Commuter Connections and they will arrange transportation for you (e.g. taxi, car rental, transit). It’s a good idea to sign up before you need it. Conditions apply; for details and to register, visit the website (scroll to Guaranteed Ride Home Program).
Mason Shuttles Spring Service
Spring shuttle service is underway. Schedules are posted at shuttle.gmu.edu. There have been some changes to the shuttle service:
- Fairfax/Arlington Route: A second shuttle bus has been added to the route. Service will be hourly.
- Sandy Creek/Metro Route: A third shuttle bus has been added to the route from 4–11 p.m. Service remains every 30 minutes between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. From 4–11 p.m., service is every 20 minutes. Note: The last three departures from Sandy Creek (10, 10:20, and 10:40 p.m.) will travel to Vienna Metro as they always have, but will return to campus via a different route. They will stop at the CUE Bus stop by Fairfax Square on the return trip.
If you have any questions, email shuttle@gmu.edu or call 703-993-2828.