WalkMassachusetts
After over 30 years of statewide advocacy as WalkBoston, conversations with partners and community members across the state, and a new Strategic Plan, we have changed our name to WalkMassachusetts. Here's why.
WalkMassachusetts makes walking safer and easier in Massachusetts to encourage better health, a cleaner environment and more vibrant communities. Our website is centered on the work we do with people and organizations in communities across the state.
WalkMassachusetts releases annual fatal pedestrian crash report alongside new tools for residents to advocate for safer streets in their own communities
BOSTON, Mass. March 29, 2024 – In 2023, one in every five (20%) fatal motor vehicle crashes in Massachusetts involved a person walking getting hit by the driver of a car. Forty cities and towns experienced at least one fatal pedestrian crash over the course of the year, with eight municipalities seeing multiple crashes. More …
East Boston Walk | Caminata Comunitario
WalkMassachusetts and GreenRoots Caminatas Verdes participants gather for a photo prior to embarking on a 1 mile walk along the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway. This past Tuesday WalkMassachusetts collaborated with GreenRoots to uplift some of the programmatic work in the neighborhood and uplift community voices in East Boston. This event aimed to convene WalkMass supporters …
Statewide Fatal Crashes In MA, March 2024
Throughout the year, we post about the fatal crashes in Massachusetts from a previous month, and share any trends that we see. For the full list of monthly posts, head here. In our previous post, we took a look at crashes listed in the MassDOT Crash Portal in February; seven were identified as people walking. …
WalkMass Network Call July 17, 2024: How Can Spatial Thinking Enhance Pedestrian Advocacy?
How Can Spatial Thinking Help in Advocating for Pedestrians? Speaker: Professor Sumeeta Srinivasan, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, WalkMassachusetts Board Member Yesterday, Professor Sumeeta Srinivasan spoke about how GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, includes analytic tools that help make maps and conduct spatial analysis. In …