Annual Celebration is Wed., April 15 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: walkmass.org/register

WalkMassachusetts Network

3rd Wednesday of the month at 1pm via Zoom, unless otherwise noted
Past recordings

April 15, 1pm
Tufts Field Project: Walk audit mapping & more. 
Each year, Tufts University’s Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning students embark on Field Projects, working on real-world challenges with community groups, nonprofits, and local government agencies. WalkMassachusetts was lucky enough to be partnered with a team this year, and they’ll join us to share their latest work analyzing walk audits: looking at audits that have taken place, interviewing past participants, and recommendations on how to improve them going forward. Discover how data and community observation are being used to visualize street safety across the Commonwealth.
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May 20, 1pm
Boston MPO’s NO-HEAT effort
The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization was awarded a $1 million Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to launch the Neutralizing Onerous Heat Effects on Active Transportation (NO-HEAT) project. The team integrated urban microclimate and mobility data to identify communities and key walking and biking routes most vulnerable to dangerous heat exposure, before working with municipal and advocacy partners (like WalkMassachusetts) to conduct walk and bike audits and pilot cooling strategies to make active transportation safer and more resilient to climate change. Find more info on the NO-HEAT website.
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Recent Blog Posts

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    This May, join us for a hands-on Walk Audit Academy training in Randolph (Saturday, May 2) & Holliston (Tuesday, May 5)! This academy is designed to empower municipal staff, community members, and regional stakeholders to identify pedestrian safety and accessibility issues, gather valuable community insights, and advocate for infrastructure improvements. You’ll come out of this

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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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