Yale Transportation Options

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Yale Transportation Options

• 55 Whitney Ave, Suite 445

Holly Parker, Director Erin Sturgis-Pascale,
Assistant
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Our Mission

• Yale Transportation Options is here to connect
  you with resources that help you make the most
  sustainable and cost-effective transportation
  choices for commuting to, from, and around
  campus.
• There are MANY transportation options, and we
  would like to tell you more...

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Transportation Options

• Yale Homebuyer Program
• Bus
• Train
• Walk
• Bike
• Carpool
• Vanpool
• Zipcar
• On-campus Parking

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Yale Homebuyer Program

• The easiest and least expensive commuting choices
  are
• available to those people who live near their
  jobs.
• Over 900 Yale employees have taken advantage of
  this program that provides up to 30,000 towards
  a purchase of a home in a number of neighborhoods
  in New Haven.
• For application information visit
  www.yale.edu/hronline/hbuyer/hbuyapply.htm

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Bus

• Yale Shuttle (FREE for staff and students!) Map
  of entire system Schedule GPS Shuttle Locator
• CTTransit Map of entire system Schedule
• DATTCO Bus Schedule for New Haven/Hartford
• Express, also serving Wethersfield and New Haven.

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Yale ShuttleGPS shuttle locator

• See where the Yale Shuttles are in real time at
  www.yale.edu/shuttle.

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Train

• Metro North provides New Haven service from the
  west. Map Schedule
• Shoreline East provides New Haven service from
  the east. Route and schedule
• Amtrak provides service to New Haven from the
  north, west and east. Schedule for Springfield,
  MA/ Washington DC route

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Getting to and from the train station

• Yale Shuttle provides connections to and from
  Union Station (Orange, Red, and Purple Linesam
  Purple Linepm) and State Street Station (Orange,
  Red, and Purple Lines) www.yale.edu/shuttle
• CTTransit CommuterConnection Bus serves Union
  Station and State Street Station and various
  points in New Haven, including Whitney/Grove,
  Hillhouse/Sachem, College Place, 300 George St.
  and the Green www.cttransit.com/Uploads_Schedules/
  nh_CC_sched.pdf
• The following towns provide commuter connections
  to their train stations
• Bridgeport ? Fairfield ? Greenwich ? New Haven
• Norwalk ? Milford ? Stratford ? Stamford

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Yales Commuter Benefits Program

• Use the train or bus and receive
• pre-tax savings up to
• 115 per month for transit
• 220 per month for off-campus (non-Yale) parking
• Purchasing a monthly CT Transit Pass pre-tax
  reduces your taxable income by 540/year
• Purchasing a monthly Shore Line East ticket from
  Guilford reduces your taxable income by 852/year
• www.yale.edu/benefits

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Walking

• Walking to campus is
• FREE, good daily exercise,
• a great way to reduce stress
• SAFE. Call 432-WALK (9255)
• For Yales Walking Escort, which can
• escort you to a transit stop or to your car.
• yale.edu/securityawareness/employees.html

• Walking is mans best medicine Hippocrates

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Biking
Free Parkingright outside the door of your
building!

• Bicycle Safety Tips
• Same Road, Same Rules (as cars)
• See and Be Seen
• Take the Lane
• A Bicycle Will Set You Free"

Free Bicycle Registration with the Yale Police
Dept.
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Biking

• Yale Transportation
• Options teaches a
• bicycle commuting
• class at the
• Organizational Learning
• Development Center

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Yale Transportation Options Departmental Y-Bike

27 Bicycles have been purchased for Departments
on campus. They come equipped with

• combination U-
• lock
• helmet
• rack for carrying
• a briefcase,
• laptop, etc.
• odometer to track
• mileage
• attributable to
• reductions in ghg
• emissions.

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Carpool

• How Do I Find a Carpool Partner?
• Yale has partnered with an online ridesharing
  community where
• you can find friends and neighbors going your
  way, share a ride
• whenever you like, and earn rewards from local
  and national
• sponsors. www.nuride.com
• Pay only 40 of the cost of a parking permit when
  you carpool with one other Yale employee.
• Park FREE when you carpool with two or more Yale
  employees!

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Carpool
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Vanpool

• The first step in determining whether a vanpool
  will work for you is to call Rideworks, a
  regional, non-profit company helping people start
  vanpools and providing non-drive alone commute
  assistance.
• [phone]

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ZIPCAR

• Dont own a car when you can
• share one!
• 14 Zipcars on campus in 7 locations
• Hourly Rentals start at 8.00/hour
• Over 1,000 members since Sept. 2007
• Become a member at www.zipcar.com/yale

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ZIPCAR Locations on campus

• A) 140 Prospect St (2 cars)
• B) Payne Whitney Gym (2 cars)
• C) Hendrie Hall (4 cars)
• D) 221 Whitney Ave (1 car)
• E) 25 Science Park (1 car)
• F) 393 Prospect/Betts House (1 car) G) Congress
  College St (3 cars)

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Benefits Free Daily Parking

• If you regularly take transit or rideshare in a
  carpool or
• vanpool, you are qualified to receive 3 free
  daily
• parking passes each month to park on campus.
• Passes are loaded onto your Yale ID card for
  parking access.
• Call the Parking Office at 432-9790 for more info.

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Benefits Guaranteed Ride Home
If you regularly take transit or rideshare in a
carpool or vanpool, you can receive a free taxi
ride to your destination in the event of an
emergency that leaves you without your usual
transportation.
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On-campus Parking

• If you dont need to park on campus every day
• You can call the parking office at 432-9790 to
  purchase daily campus parking on your credit card
  at 8 per day. The value is loaded onto your Yale
  ID card which you use to access your parking area
• If you do need to park on campus every day
• Purchase an annual parking permit at
  www.yale.edu/parking

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Commuter Counseling

• Need help planning your transit, walking, or bike
  route?
• We are happy to provide you with personalized
  Door to Door commuter counseling if you are
  unsure of what options will best meet your needs.
• Call Yale Transportation Options at 432-3266
• or visit www.yale.edu/to and click on
• commuter counseling form in the main text

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Commuter Counseling
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Important Contact Information

• Yale Transportation Options
• (help with carpool, biking,
• walking, transit)
• www.yale.edu/TO 432-3266
• Yale Security Escort
• www.yale.edu/securityawareness/employees.html 432-
  WALK
• Zipcar
• www.zipcar.com/yale 1-866-4ZIPCAR
• CT Transit
• www.cttransit.com 624-0151