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Parking & Shuttle Advisories
Medford Somerville Campus Parking Advisories
- Fletcher Lot parking restrictions: Ongoing Project
- Sections of Fletcher lot will be unavailable to accommodate construction at Blakely Hall. This partial closure will be in place through the duration of the construction. Updates will be posted as they become available.
- Fletcher Lot parking restrictions: Wed., April 15, 2 p.m.–Tues., April 21, 8 a.m.
- Fletcher Lot will be closed to parking to accommodate Tuftonia’s Day.
- Professor’s Row parking restrictions: Wed., April 15, 2 p.m.–Tues., April 21, 8 a.m.
- Parking spaces in front of The Courts and spaces in front of the fence gates will be blocked off to accommodate Tuftonia’s Day.
Grafton Campus Parking Advisories
- No Parking in Client/Visitor Spaces
- The parking team has received several reports that our community members are parking in spaces designated for visitors and clients. As a reminder, parking in visitor/client parking areas is prohibited. These spaces need to be available for clients to access our facilities and services. There will be increased parking enforcement activity to monitor the situation. Violators may be subject to ticket and/or towing at their expense.
Shuttle Service Advisories
- Pilot Program: Davis Square All-Stops Route starting at 6pm.
- Program runs Monday March 2 through Friday March 13.
New Updates to Parking & Transportation Services and Policies
FY26 Updates to Parking & Transportation Services and Policies
Permit Rate Changes- Medford/Somerville Campus, SMFA Campus
As part of an annual review, some parking permit rates will change starting August 1, 2025:
- Faculty/Staff monthly recurring permits: $40
- Commuter Student monthly recurring permits: $36.50
- SMFA - St. Alphonsus Lot monthly recurring permits: $75
- Residential student and overnight commuter monthly recurring permits: $73
- Daily permit rates: No change
Parking Permit Processes and Rate Changes - Grafton Campus
Starting September 1, 2025, physical parking permit decals will no longer be used. Parking permits will be managed virtually using license plates. You can purchase your new parking permit online. New parking permits can be pre-purchased starting as early as August 1, 2025.
- Additionally, parking permits will be charged monthly instead of annually and there will be a new daily parking permit, providing flexibility for parkers.
- New parking permit rates starting September 1, 2025:
- Faculty/staff monthly auto-renewing permits: $5/month
- Student monthly auto-renewing permits: $2.50/month
- Grafton daily parking permit: $2/day
- There will be new visitor parking processes for the Grafton campus. To provide greater flexibility for guest parking, visitors to campus will need to register their vehicles. Clients of the hospitals/clinics are not considered visitors in this case and will continue to park in the designated client parking areas.
- With these changes, additional resources, new lot signage will be installed in the fall and spring and updated parking maps will be provided
Enforcement Update: no parking grace period
- Parkers are expected to purchase a parking permit prior to arrival or before leaving their parked vehicle.
New Micromobility Charging Location
- Battery powered transportation devices (e.g., ebikes, escooters, etc.) are currently prohibited on campus. Starting this fall, a new space in the Lower Campus Garage will provide a safe and secure location for charging these devices. Tufts students who wish to bring ebikes or escooters to campus this fall may park and charge them at this location in the Lower Campus Garage. These devices will remain banned from indoor spaces on campus.
Electric Vehicle Charging Update
- New electric vehicle charging stations will be added to the Medford/Somerville campus during the upcoming academic year. The first new charging stations will be located in the Fletcher Lot adjacent to Blakely Hall. More information will be provided as installation nears.
FY25 Policy Updates (ARCHIVE)
Hourly Rate for EV Charging- Update on 9/27/24 - Thank you for your feedback about electric vehicle charging! The hourly charging rate has been changed to a per-KwH rate. The current rate for EV charging is $0.18 per KwH for up to four hours. After four hours the rate will change to an hourly rate of $3.25/hr.
Departmental Visitor and Event Parking Policy
Beginning July 1st, Tufts Transportation and Parking will charge departments for departmental visitor and event parking requests if the related event is a paid event, or not related to the core mission of the university. Departments requesting parking accommodations for paid events will be assessed a $5 per permit charge.
Departmental visitor and event parking requests may be submitted via our Event Parking page.
Changes to Grafton Campus Parking Permits
The current annual Grafton Campus parking permit expires on August 31st. Please purchase your Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 permit prior to September 1st. Permits will be available for purchase beginning August 1st at tufts.mpspark.com. Beginning with the September 1st permits, users selecting the payroll deduction option to purchase permits will see their annual permit fee deducted from their paychecks in the first month following purchase. In the event an employee leaves the university, changes their primary campus, or no longer has a need for parking, the annual fee will not be prorated.
MFA Garage Changes
The Museum of Fine Arts reduced the number of parking spaces accessible to Tufts University in the MFA Garage by 10% as of May 2024. Due to this decrease in spaces and the high demand for parking, MFA Garage spaces will cost $115 per month and will be made available only to Tufts staff and faculty beginning July 2024. Passes will be purchased on an automatically renewed basis only.
Cancellation of a permit at any time will make it immediately available to other individuals who may be on the MFA Garage parking wait list.
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