WalkMassachusetts
@walkmass.bsky.social
Statewide pedestrian advocacy organization working to make walking safer and easier in Massachusetts to encourage better health, a cleaner environment, and more vibrant communities.
Email list (we send out ~2x month) https://walkmass.org/join-list
Email list (we send out ~2x month) https://walkmass.org/join-list
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WalkMassachusetts
@walkmass.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hi - we're WalkMassachusetts, a statewide nonprofit pedestrian advocacy organization, founded in 1990 WalkBoston. We're a resource for residents, municipal staff, and elected officials who are interested in working to create safer streets across the Commonwealth. walkmass.org/join-list
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Join us, Families for Safe Streets MA, @walkmass.bsky.social, @bikeboston.bsky.social, & other partners on 11/16 to honor the victims of traffic crashes in MA. We all benefit from #SaferStreets. Even one death is too many. #WDoR2025
www.visionzerocoalition.org/wdr
Join us, Families for Safe Streets MA, @walkmass.bsky.social, @bikeboston.bsky.social, & other partners on 11/16 to honor the victims of traffic crashes in MA. We all benefit from #SaferStreets. Even one death is too many. #WDoR2025
www.visionzerocoalition.org/wdr
'Ride and Walk for Your Life' pedals toward safer streets, will push for reform
"Ride and Walk for Your Life Boston" events include a memorial bike ride, a memorial walk, and a rally at the State House.
www.boston.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Join us, Families for Safe Streets MA, @walkmass.bsky.social, @bikeboston.bsky.social, & other partners on 11/16 to honor the victims of traffic crashes in MA. We all benefit from #SaferStreets. Even one death is too many. #WDoR2025
www.visionzerocoalition.org/wdr
Join us, Families for Safe Streets MA, @walkmass.bsky.social, @bikeboston.bsky.social, & other partners on 11/16 to honor the victims of traffic crashes in MA. We all benefit from #SaferStreets. Even one death is too many. #WDoR2025
www.visionzerocoalition.org/wdr
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Excellent article on the upcoming #RideForYourLife25 from Cambridge to Boston, in memory of those killed and fighting for safer streets @universalhub.com @bikeboston.bsky.social @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social @bikepedantic.bsky.social @walkmass.bsky.social @massbike.bsky.social
See you on Sunday 💔
See you on Sunday 💔
‘Ride and Walk for Your Life’ pedals toward safer streets, will push for reform #news
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/11/ride-and-walk-for-your-life-pedals-toward-safer-streets-will-push-for-reform/
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/11/11/ride-and-walk-for-your-life-pedals-toward-safer-streets-will-push-for-reform/
‘Ride and Walk for Your Life’ pedals toward safer streets, will push for reform
Boston.com
www.boston.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Excellent article on the upcoming #RideForYourLife25 from Cambridge to Boston, in memory of those killed and fighting for safer streets @universalhub.com @bikeboston.bsky.social @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social @bikepedantic.bsky.social @walkmass.bsky.social @massbike.bsky.social
See you on Sunday 💔
See you on Sunday 💔
Joined folks on Hyde Park Avenue in Boston earlier this week, where we heard and encountered challenges for people walking, biking, taking transit, and driving alike. thanks @enriquepepen.bsky.social @brianworrell.bsky.social for joining Shared Spaces effort. More: t4ma.org/strengthenin...
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Joined folks on Hyde Park Avenue in Boston earlier this week, where we heard and encountered challenges for people walking, biking, taking transit, and driving alike. thanks @enriquepepen.bsky.social @brianworrell.bsky.social for joining Shared Spaces effort. More: t4ma.org/strengthenin...
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First miles of November with Mavis for the @walkmass.bsky.social #BeatTheBayState challenge included the future Chris Walsh trail at Farm Pond (that somehow went viral on TikTok/instagram earlier this year)
November 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
First miles of November with Mavis for the @walkmass.bsky.social #BeatTheBayState challenge included the future Chris Walsh trail at Farm Pond (that somehow went viral on TikTok/instagram earlier this year)
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Excited (truly!) to be out in the rain this AM w/ my kids, their friends & parents. It’s the 2nd week of our “Walking School Bus” at Salemwood School in Malden & we were thrilled to talk about it w/ @jamesrojas.bsky.social.
🙏 @maldensafestreets.bsky.social
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🙏 @maldensafestreets.bsky.social
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Parents In Malden Are Trying A Safer Way To Get Their Children To School | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
Malden parents are trying a safer way to get their children to school, a "walking school bus."
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October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Excited (truly!) to be out in the rain this AM w/ my kids, their friends & parents. It’s the 2nd week of our “Walking School Bus” at Salemwood School in Malden & we were thrilled to talk about it w/ @jamesrojas.bsky.social.
🙏 @maldensafestreets.bsky.social
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/pare...
🙏 @maldensafestreets.bsky.social
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The rally at the State House will begin at 12 pm and is organized by Families for Safe Streets Massachusetts with support from Sidney Mae Olson Rainbow Fund, MassBike, Cambridge Bicycle Safety, Safe Roads Alliance, BCU, and WalkMass.
Learn more and register: bostoncyclistsunion.org/rawfyl
Learn more and register: bostoncyclistsunion.org/rawfyl
Ride and Walk For Your Life
Join us on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims to Ride and Walk for Our Lives. In 2024, our Ride for Your Life bike ride and rally drew over 400 people to Boston Common on the World ...
bostoncyclistsunion.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The rally at the State House will begin at 12 pm and is organized by Families for Safe Streets Massachusetts with support from Sidney Mae Olson Rainbow Fund, MassBike, Cambridge Bicycle Safety, Safe Roads Alliance, BCU, and WalkMass.
Learn more and register: bostoncyclistsunion.org/rawfyl
Learn more and register: bostoncyclistsunion.org/rawfyl
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🚲 The bike ride, organized by BCU, will set off from Cambridge Common at 11 am and bike to the State House.
🚶♀️ The walk, organized by WalkMassachusetts, will meet in Boston Common at 11 am before joining the rally at the State House.
🚶♀️ The walk, organized by WalkMassachusetts, will meet in Boston Common at 11 am before joining the rally at the State House.
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🚲 The bike ride, organized by BCU, will set off from Cambridge Common at 11 am and bike to the State House.
🚶♀️ The walk, organized by WalkMassachusetts, will meet in Boston Common at 11 am before joining the rally at the State House.
🚶♀️ The walk, organized by WalkMassachusetts, will meet in Boston Common at 11 am before joining the rally at the State House.
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This year, registrants can choose to participate in either a group bike ride or a group walk before the rally portion of the event.
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This year, registrants can choose to participate in either a group bike ride or a group walk before the rally portion of the event.
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On Sunday, November 16, we will gather to remember those we have lost and encourage our state legislators to pass legislation for automated enforcement and expanded truck safety requirements that will help prevent crashes that end in tragedy.
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
On Sunday, November 16, we will gather to remember those we have lost and encourage our state legislators to pass legislation for automated enforcement and expanded truck safety requirements that will help prevent crashes that end in tragedy.
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As of October 20, a total of 273 people have been killed on Massachusetts roads this year alone, including forty pedestrians and seven cyclists. These deaths are preventable, and we will not accept any loss of life on our roads.
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
As of October 20, a total of 273 people have been killed on Massachusetts roads this year alone, including forty pedestrians and seven cyclists. These deaths are preventable, and we will not accept any loss of life on our roads.
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Join BCU, Massachusetts Families for Safe Streets, Sidney Mae Olson Rainbow Fund, @massbike.bsky.social, @cambbikesafety.bsky.social, Safe Roads Alliance, and @walkmass.bsky.social on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims to Ride and Walk for Our Lives.
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Join BCU, Massachusetts Families for Safe Streets, Sidney Mae Olson Rainbow Fund, @massbike.bsky.social, @cambbikesafety.bsky.social, Safe Roads Alliance, and @walkmass.bsky.social on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims to Ride and Walk for Our Lives.
We’re excited to be doing walk audits in this program in the next year+ in Danvers, Salem, Wakefield, Melrose, and Stoneham! Through those walk audits, we’ll be working with community members to help find short term actions that advance bigger climate resilience goals they’ve already identified.
I'm really excited that this grant will allow my town to do a much-needed walk audit with @walkmass.bsky.social!
New Interactive Climate Resilience Playbook Provides Actionable Strategies and Resources – MAPC
Eleven projects in the greater Boston region secured a total of $800,000 to advance local and regional climate change resilience as part of the Accelerating Climate Resilience (ACR) Grant Program.
www.mapc.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We’re excited to be doing walk audits in this program in the next year+ in Danvers, Salem, Wakefield, Melrose, and Stoneham! Through those walk audits, we’ll be working with community members to help find short term actions that advance bigger climate resilience goals they’ve already identified.
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I'm really excited that this grant will allow my town to do a much-needed walk audit with @walkmass.bsky.social!
New Interactive Climate Resilience Playbook Provides Actionable Strategies and Resources – MAPC
Eleven projects in the greater Boston region secured a total of $800,000 to advance local and regional climate change resilience as part of the Accelerating Climate Resilience (ACR) Grant Program.
www.mapc.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm really excited that this grant will allow my town to do a much-needed walk audit with @walkmass.bsky.social!
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Did you miss our summer walk/bike audits with @walkmass.bsky.social? It's your lucky day: self-guided feedback forms are now available for each of the routes. Learn more at www.massbike.org/no_heat_walk... or www.walkmass.org/no_heat_walk...
September 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Did you miss our summer walk/bike audits with @walkmass.bsky.social? It's your lucky day: self-guided feedback forms are now available for each of the routes. Learn more at www.massbike.org/no_heat_walk... or www.walkmass.org/no_heat_walk...
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Spot-on response from @brendanjkearney.bsky.social of @walkmass.bsky.social to a new study showing Boston is among the country's most collision-prone cities. Narrow streets can be an asset, but only if we work to make them so. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/o...
How to make collision-prone Boston safer for all - The Boston Globe
The same dense streets that lead to frequent and often fatal crashes are also where slower speeds can save lives, but only if we invest in real safety improvements.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Spot-on response from @brendanjkearney.bsky.social of @walkmass.bsky.social to a new study showing Boston is among the country's most collision-prone cities. Narrow streets can be an asset, but only if we work to make them so. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/o...
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So true! For many of us this is about protecting our residents & our constituents. It’s about putting people ahead of politics. It’s what our public servants like @steverolle.bsky.social and @toddkirrane.bsky.social & their entire staff do too.
It’s about the Candice and other children.
It’s about the Candice and other children.
On @wgbh.org recently, I made the case that when elected officials are working with residents and planning/DPW staff to make streets safer for their constituents, that's not politics - that's moral leadership (link should start at the question, 17:50) youtu.be/WxWw2kiD-5g?...
@walkmass.bsky.social
@walkmass.bsky.social
GBH Amplifies: Reggie Ramos on Streets as a Stage for Democracy
YouTube video by GBH Forum Network
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June 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
So true! For many of us this is about protecting our residents & our constituents. It’s about putting people ahead of politics. It’s what our public servants like @steverolle.bsky.social and @toddkirrane.bsky.social & their entire staff do too.
It’s about the Candice and other children.
It’s about the Candice and other children.
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On @wgbh.org recently, I made the case that when elected officials are working with residents and planning/DPW staff to make streets safer for their constituents, that's not politics - that's moral leadership (link should start at the question, 17:50) youtu.be/WxWw2kiD-5g?...
@walkmass.bsky.social
@walkmass.bsky.social
GBH Amplifies: Reggie Ramos on Streets as a Stage for Democracy
YouTube video by GBH Forum Network
youtu.be
June 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
On @wgbh.org recently, I made the case that when elected officials are working with residents and planning/DPW staff to make streets safer for their constituents, that's not politics - that's moral leadership (link should start at the question, 17:50) youtu.be/WxWw2kiD-5g?...
@walkmass.bsky.social
@walkmass.bsky.social
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On a recent WGBH Amplifies panel @walkmass.bsky.social lauded @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social for helping make Worcester streets safer: "that's not politics, that’s moral leadership”. So proud to have her as my district councilor and colleague. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxWw... (go to 17:15)
GBH Amplifies: Reggie Ramos on Streets as a Stage for Democracy
YouTube video by GBH Forum Network
www.youtube.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
On a recent WGBH Amplifies panel @walkmass.bsky.social lauded @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social for helping make Worcester streets safer: "that's not politics, that’s moral leadership”. So proud to have her as my district councilor and colleague. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxWw... (go to 17:15)
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Anyway, that’s it. Go check out a tree today.
If you can do it safely, of course, in this dense, hot, excessively paved place we call home.
Oh yeah, also don’t go on a turf field today. Basically instant heatstroke. Grass will be nice though, especially in the shade.
3/3
If you can do it safely, of course, in this dense, hot, excessively paved place we call home.
Oh yeah, also don’t go on a turf field today. Basically instant heatstroke. Grass will be nice though, especially in the shade.
3/3
June 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Anyway, that’s it. Go check out a tree today.
If you can do it safely, of course, in this dense, hot, excessively paved place we call home.
Oh yeah, also don’t go on a turf field today. Basically instant heatstroke. Grass will be nice though, especially in the shade.
3/3
If you can do it safely, of course, in this dense, hot, excessively paved place we call home.
Oh yeah, also don’t go on a turf field today. Basically instant heatstroke. Grass will be nice though, especially in the shade.
3/3
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Trees are pretty amazing bits of urban infrastructure. They’re basically the only capital asset that gets -better- after being in place for 20 years … and they’re wildly cross functional.
Traffic calming, cooling, beautification, air filtering …
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Traffic calming, cooling, beautification, air filtering …
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June 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Trees are pretty amazing bits of urban infrastructure. They’re basically the only capital asset that gets -better- after being in place for 20 years … and they’re wildly cross functional.
Traffic calming, cooling, beautification, air filtering …
2/?
Traffic calming, cooling, beautification, air filtering …
2/?
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If you have a moment today, in the heat, and you can do it without risk to your health - take a moment to stand in the shade of a tree as opposed to the shade of a building.
It’ll be perceptibly cooler under the tree because of the ‘swamp cooler’ effect from water being drawn up to the leaves.
1/?
It’ll be perceptibly cooler under the tree because of the ‘swamp cooler’ effect from water being drawn up to the leaves.
1/?
June 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
If you have a moment today, in the heat, and you can do it without risk to your health - take a moment to stand in the shade of a tree as opposed to the shade of a building.
It’ll be perceptibly cooler under the tree because of the ‘swamp cooler’ effect from water being drawn up to the leaves.
1/?
It’ll be perceptibly cooler under the tree because of the ‘swamp cooler’ effect from water being drawn up to the leaves.
1/?
Hope to see you today at 1pm at @bpl.boston.gov or on @wgbh.org for this panel discussion, ""Streets as a Tool for Democracy." RSVP and more info:
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June 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hope to see you today at 1pm at @bpl.boston.gov or on @wgbh.org for this panel discussion, ""Streets as a Tool for Democracy." RSVP and more info:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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"The street is communicating how we should be driving. And it's not safe for pedestrians, or for anyone," said Iolando Spinola, a Brockton resident and program manager for @walkmass.bsky.social.
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/28/p...
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Photos: A Walk Audit In Brockton - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"The street is communicating how we should be driving. And it's not safe for pedestrians, or for anyone," said Iolando Spinola, a Brockton resident and program manager for WalkMassachusetts.
mass.streetsblog.org
May 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"The street is communicating how we should be driving. And it's not safe for pedestrians, or for anyone," said Iolando Spinola, a Brockton resident and program manager for @walkmass.bsky.social.
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/28/p...
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/28/p...
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As someone who has done one of these walk audits, I can not recommend them enough. It's so eye-opening for people to really examine how and why infrastructure is failing pedestrians and ways to address that.
"The street is communicating how we should be driving. And it's not safe for pedestrians, or for anyone," said Iolando Spinola, a Brockton resident and program manager for @walkmass.bsky.social.
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/28/p...
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/28/p...
Photos: A Walk Audit In Brockton - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"The street is communicating how we should be driving. And it's not safe for pedestrians, or for anyone," said Iolando Spinola, a Brockton resident and program manager for WalkMassachusetts.
mass.streetsblog.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
As someone who has done one of these walk audits, I can not recommend them enough. It's so eye-opening for people to really examine how and why infrastructure is failing pedestrians and ways to address that.
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TONIGHT: Join @bikeboston.bsky.social and @walkmass.bsky.social at 6:30 PM. As reported at last night's @fpnaboston.bsky.social meeting, members of Gracie's family will be present at the memorial. bsky.app/profile/bike...
Join the BCU and @walkmass.bsky.social to memorialize all victims of traffic violence in 2024. Named "Gracie's Ride" in honor of Gracie Gancheva who was killed visiting Boston near the Children's Museum.
📅 May 21st @ 6PM
📍 Hood Milk Plaza, Seaport
🕯️ Memorial - 6:30-7:30
🚴♀️ Ride - 7:30-9PM
📅 May 21st @ 6PM
📍 Hood Milk Plaza, Seaport
🕯️ Memorial - 6:30-7:30
🚴♀️ Ride - 7:30-9PM
May 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
TONIGHT: Join @bikeboston.bsky.social and @walkmass.bsky.social at 6:30 PM. As reported at last night's @fpnaboston.bsky.social meeting, members of Gracie's family will be present at the memorial. bsky.app/profile/bike...