Annual Celebration is Wed., April 8 at 5:30pm
Our Annual Celebration returns, honoring statewide achievements in walkability. As part of our program, we give out Golden Shoes Awards that recognize individuals, agencies, municipalities and companies exemplifying the ideals of WalkMassachusetts’ mission.
Where: Venture Cafe at the CIC, 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Registration: Coming soon
WalkMassachusetts Network
3rd Wednesday of the month at 1pm via Zoom, unless otherwise noted
Past recordings
Tuesday, March 17, 1pm (date shifted to avoid conflict with MABPAB)
Working meeting, draft Fatal Crashes in Massachusetts, 2025 report.
We use this meeting each year to give a sneak peek at the report as it is being finalized and to gather feedback on how best to present the data we’ve been crunching from the MassDOT IMPACT portal.
Register on Zoom
April 15, 1pm
Tentative: Tufts Field Project team shares their Walk Audit mapping project
May 20, 1pm
Boston MPO’s NO-HEAT effort
Recent Blog Posts
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Enough with the snow: We deserve clear sidewalks
When the mega-snowstorm ended on January 26, we were all asked to be patient. Plow crews were working around the clock; in the meantime, we should do our part by clearing the sidewalks and curb cuts along our homes and businesses. Yet remarkably few property owners actually cleared the 3-foot-wide paths required by local ordinances.
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Hyde Park Avenue Site Visit Key Concerns
Re: Hyde Park Avenue Site Visit Key Concerns November 3, 2025 Report We are ‘Shared Spaces’, a coalition of advocates from the community, Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL), Riders’ Transportation Access Group (RTAG), Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA), WalkMass, Boston Cyclists Union (BCU), and MassBike. Our mission is to promote collaboration and understanding of the
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Walk audits with a climate focus on the way to Danvers, Melrose, Salem, Stoneham, and Wakefield
We’re happy to announce that WalkMassachusetts has been awarded a $75,000 Accelerating Climate Resilience Grant from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). See the press release here. This is a huge win for our mission and a major step forward for pedestrian safety in the face of climate change. With this grant, we’re officially launching our Climate-Safe
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Help MassBike & WalkMass evaluate heat stress in Chelsea, Everett, Framingham, and Revere
MassBike and WalkMass are working with the Boston MPO to analyze corridors in Chelsea, Everett, Revere, and Framingham that have been identified as places that have both high heat and are places where lots of people walk and bike. A series of walk and bike audits took place in August 2025 to help understand how
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Walking Toward Safer, Healthier Streets in Brockton
This summer, WalkMassachusetts and Old Colony Planning Council partnered with community members to complete a series of walk audits across four Brockton neighborhoods: Campello, Montello, East Side, and West Side. Each audit brought together residents, local leaders, and advocates to identify barriers, share personal experiences, and recommend solutions to make walking safer, more accessible, and
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Shared Spaces Tremont Street Site Visit April 2025
We are ‘Shared Spaces’, a coalition of advocates from the community, Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL), Riders’ Transportation Access Group (RTAG), Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA), WalkMass, Boston Cyclists Union (BCU), and MassBike. Our mission is to promote collaboration and understanding of the challenges associated with shared spaces – such as bike lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks,