Deadline Extended: 2024 Transportation Survey Underway
The 2024 Transportation Survey is underway through Friday, May 10. Please take a few minutes to share how you get to, from, and around campus. The survey takes about ten minutes to complete. After completing the survey, you can opt-in to a raffle for prize packages worth approximately $30 each. Raffle recipients will be randomly selected from those who opt-in.
As background to the survey, 30% of Mason’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are attributed to commuting. By participating in this survey, you will help us understand and improve how Mason commutes and add your feedback about key issues.
Visit here to participate in the survey.
It’s Bike Your Way May: Spring Cycling Opportunities
- Bike Month Challenge Started May 1. May is National Bike Month! Help grow Mason’s biking culture. Parking and Transportation invites you to join the Bike Month Challenge run by LovetoRide.net. Registration is free and you can sign up as an individual.
- Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 17. Celebrate the Washington region’s Bike to Work Day! Start your day off cycling with pit stops all over the VA, DC, MD area. Find more details and register, here.
- Check out bike.gmu.edu. Lot of resources including smart cycling videos from the League of American Bicyclists, how to get connected to cycling in your community, how to use a bike rack on transit and much more!
Motor Pool Fuel Cards, Required Training, and Reminders
Fuel cards are available for Motor Pool rentals to have fuel charges charged back to the university. Drop by the Transportation Office located in Lot C to check out a Fuel card before your rental pick-up date. Entering Fuel Agreements or allowing Enterprise to refuel after returning vehicles empty is not permitted. If you have a fuel card in your possession from a past trip, please remember to return it.
Drivers for Motor Pool rentals must complete a University Driver Safety Awareness Training and a refresher training every two years through the Office of Risk Management to be eligible to drive.
To be eligible to drive a maxi van, you must be at least 20 years of age and pass the “Van Driver Familiarization Class.” Outside of the Commonwealth of VA, Enterprise’s age requirement to drive a 12-15 passenger van is 25. Links to upcoming training sessions and important reminders, can be found here.
Summer 2024 Parking Permits On Sale
Summer parking passes went on sale on Wednesday, May 1. Online sales only. Please visit parking.gmu.edu for details. Reach out to parking@gmu.edu with any questions.
Parking and Transportation’s Patriot Pack Out Donation Drive for Patriot Pantry
Would you like to help someone in need? Through 4pm on Wednesday, May 15, make an in-person donation at any Parking Services office to benefit Patriot Pantry and reduce the cost of an outstanding parking citation by $15, $20, or $30. For important details, including the donation/credit framework for donations, please visit transportation.gmu.edu/donation.
Vanpool Survey
Are you a full-time faculty/staff member who is interested in another way to get to work at Mason? Would you like to have your commute costs reimbursed up to $315/month tax-free, not have to do all the driving, park free at Mason, and reduce carbon emissions? If so, consider vanpooling. Parking and Transportation is continuing its vanpool outreach and has developed a short vanpool match survey.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at 703-993-2828 or via email to transpo@gmu.edu.
Summer 2024 Mason Shuttles Schedules Available
The Summer 2024 schedules for Mason Shuttles and a summer service summary are posted at http://shuttle.gmu.edu. Summer service begins on Monday, May 13 and is Monday-Friday only. Spring service ends for all routes on Friday, May 10 (except On-Demand which ended on Sunday, May 5).
Friday, May 10 is the last day of service for the West Campus shuttle until fall. West Campus permit holders could begin parking in the non-restricted general areas on the East Campus for the summer beginning at 8pm on Thursday, May 2. The On-Demand shuttle will not be operating for the summer. The last weekend for spring service on Gunston Mason, Sandy Creek/Metro, and the Fairfax/SciTech routes until fall was May 4-5.
There will be no Mason Shuttles service in observance of the holidays on Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day), Wednesday, June 19 (Juneteenth), and Thursday, July 4 (Independence Day).
If you have any questions, please contact us at 703-993-2828 or via email at shuttle@gmu.edu.