Newsletters

Along with our twice-monthly e-news, we publish a newsletter twice a year with a broader array of stories for our supporters as well as state and local officials. If you’d like to receive a copy, or have an idea for an article, please let us know!

Spring 2025

• What you can’t see: Study finds big blind zones in trucks
• North Shore residents trained to conduct walk audits
• Legislative update: Truck safety and traffic cameras

Fall 2024

• Get Ready for November’s Beat the Bay State Challenge!
• There’s no such thing as jaywalking
• Centering Inclusion: East Boston Walk/Caminata Comunitaria

Spring 2024

• Co-Executive Directors’ Letter
• Developing equitable civic engagement in East Boston
• WalkMassachusetts Network: Community connections

Summer 2023

• President’s Letter
• A “people first” approach at the Annual Celebration
• One year later, lessons from our strategic plan

Fall 2022

• Executive Director’s Letter
• Rolling out an inclusive definition of walkability
• Walkable streets mitigate the heat

Spring 2022

• Executive Director’s Letter
• Building social infrastructure in the Gateway Cities 
• A step in the right direction

Fall 2021

• Executive Director’s Letter 
• Successful outdoor dining — à la shared streets funding 
• Celebrating Bob King Sloane 11/3/1936—5/12/2021

Winter 2021

• Executive Director’s Letter
• Counterpoint to ageism
• New virtual walk audits: Worcester and Framingham
• Beat the Bay State stories

Summer 2020

• Letter from the Executive Director
• Dismantling the white definition of walkability
• New book: Right of Way

Winter 2020

• Snow clearance: my view (and queries) from my wheelchair
• Newton’s snow evolution
• Digging in on snow