Get around like a local. Get $25 for it.
Boston is one of the best cities in the country to explore on foot, by bike, and on the T. Shift turns those trips into rewards — starting with $25 for your first 10 active trips.
How it works
Get the Shift app
Free on iOS and Android. Set up takes about a minute.
Join your school
One tap from your school’s page — your trips count for your campus.
Take 10 active trips in 30 days
Walk to class, bike the Esplanade, ride the T — every trip counts automatically.
Pick your $25 reward
Choose from ~60 local merchants — cafés, bike shops, restaurants — or a national gift card.
Active trips are walking, biking, and transit rides, verified automatically by the app. The reward works through your school’s group — full details and eligibility are in the app.
Find your school
Every school page has your campus’s transit and bike benefits, events nearby, and the one-tap join for your school’s group — plus the school leaderboard this fall.
Live nowEmerson College
Campus on Boston Common, steps from the Green and Orange Lines.
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Joining this fallBoston College
The Green Line B ends at the foot of campus — BC is literally the end of the line.
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Joining this fallBoston University
Home of the BU Cycle Kitchen — a free DIY bike shop that teaches you to fix your own ride.
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Joining this fallNortheastern University
Free on-demand night shuttle covers everything within 1.5 miles of Snell Library.
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Joining this fallHarvard University
Quad Bikes: a student-run shop with free repairs and group rides.
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Joining this fallMIT
MIT covers 50–70% of students’ MBTA pass costs — the deepest transit subsidy in Boston.
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Joining this fallTufts University
Free bike checkout at the library desk, and a free repair shop with student mechanics.
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Joining this fallUMass Boston
A student-funded 50% T-pass subsidy — it sells out fast every term.
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Joining this fallSuffolk University
A downtown campus deliberately designed around walking and transit.
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Joining this fallBerklee College of Music
A card-access bike pavilion in the heart of Back Bay.
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Joining this fallSimmons University
Free Longwood-area shuttles every 8–10 minutes.
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Joining this fallLesley University
Porter Square campus, right on the Red Line and commuter rail.
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Featured schools are colleges within the MBTA’s core service area. Don’t see yours? Tell us — we’ll set your school’s group up so you can earn the reward too.
Your first 10 trips are worth $25.
Download Shift, join your school, and turn the walk to class into something more.