Have to leave work unexpectedly early to care for a sick child or family member? Unscheduled overtime got you staying late and missing your carpool, bus, or train home? We've got you covered with our new Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) program through UBER debuting November 1st.  The Merrimack Valley TMA GRH program provides a free ride home in the event of an emergency or unplanned overtime to member employees/tenants commuting to work at least 2 days per week using an alternative to driving alone.  

Current GRH members will receive an invitation to set up an UBER account with a Merrimack Valley TMA GRH profile or establish a Merrimack Valley TMA profile for their existing UBER account.   Those who are not currently enrolled in the program but would like to join can learn more and register at our website.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has started work on a $7 million project to completely replace the Rt.28 bridge that spans commuter railroad tracks in Andover. The project has been broken into two phases so that a portion of the bridge can remain open during reconstruction and limit the impact on residents and commuters. The project is one of the last in MassDOT's accelerated bridge replacement program. Read more

At the Andover Town Meeting in May, residents expressed both support and concern for zoning articles that would allow some limited residential development in the Dascomb Road ID2 Zoning District.  Both articles were withdrawn on the floor of Town Meeting and the developer has indicated a desire to move forward with the project under existing zoning.  At the end of September, the Andover Board of Selectmen approved the convening of a task force to facilitate public engagement to identify if housing within the Dascomb Road ID2 district is in the best interest of the Town of Andover.  Learn more about the Dascomb Road Zoning Task Force  and the charge to the task force by the Board of Selectmen.

We wrapped up our week-long Fall into a NuCommute with Nuride promo with many new members to our NuRide ridematching/trip tracking database.  To thank our participants - the first 20 new member who joined Nuride during the promo week will receive a $5 Dunkin Donuts gift card.  Grand prize winner Gerard Font  Raventós, Schneider Electric won a $200 gift card of his choice and first prize winner Nancy Benoit-Melanson, Hewlett Packard Enterprise won a $50 Dunkin Donuts gift card!   Winners were drawn randomly from the names of everyone in our database who logged a trip during the week of Sept. 20th - 27th.  Congratulations to all!

Don't forget - finding a commute buddy, transit connection, shared ride or active commute option and logging your trips has never been easier! Visit our website or  Download the mobile app