Nearby in Cambridge lies Alewife Station, the western terminus of the Red Line; providing a connection to Boston and the entire metropolitan rapid transit system.

M.B.T.A. buses run from the Alewife Station of the Red Line to Lexington, except on Sunday.

It is serviced by the MBTA's Route 76 bus from Alewife Station in Cambridge.

It is a 10 minute walk from Alewife Station on the MBTA Red line.

Started in 2011, the City of Cambridge is constructing a 3.4-acre storm water management wetland in the reservation, just west of Alewife Station.

In other cases new facilities, such as the Alewife Station In Cambridge, Massachusetts were built from the start to emphasize intermodalism.

Public transit access includes Alewife Station across the railroad tracks, and buses on Concord Ave connecting to Harvard Square.

In 1980, a federal judge ruled that the Lexington Branch must be restored after construction of the parking garage at Alewife Station over the right-of-way.

Since October 2010, there has also been intercity bus service between Alewife Station (Cambridge) and New York City.

However, the Bikeway is now plowed from Alewife Station to the Bedford-Lexington border.