Shift Towns · Massachusetts

Walking, biking & transit in Andover

See the routes Andover neighbors actually walk, ride and take transit on, what's happening locally, and how the town is trending — built from real trips logged in the Shift app.

Keep a pulse on Andover. New street projects, meetings worth your voice, and how Andover is moving — 1–2 emails a month.

Get involved in Andover

Safer streets are made by neighbors who speak up. Start small:

In Andover

City committees you can join

  • Andover Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning — The town's bicycle and pedestrian planning page, covering Andover's Complete Streets work, marked local bike loops and e-bike rules, and the town-recognized walking and biking committee.

Advocacy groups

  • WalkBike Andover — A volunteer group of Andover residents that pushes the town for safer walking and biking, testifies at Town Meeting on issues like the proposed e-bike registry, and welcomes new members by email.

Meetings & comment pathways

  • Andover Agenda Center — The town's online posting place for agendas and minutes of the Select Board and every other Andover board and committee, so you can see what will be discussed before a meeting and when to show up to speak.

Your transportation department

  • Andover Department of Public Works — The town department that maintains Andover's roads, sidewalks, water lines and related infrastructure, and posts a weekly advisory about paving, sidewalk and water main work that affects travel.
Regional & statewide groups, 7 more

Advocacy groups

  • LivableStreets Allianceregional — The Metro Boston advocacy group for people-centered streets and transit, whose research and comment letters cover projects across the region.
  • TransitMattersstatewide — The transit advocacy group pushing for faster, more reliable buses and trains across Greater Boston, with data-driven campaigns anyone can join.
  • Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA)statewide — A statewide coalition of community groups advocating for safe, affordable, and reliable transportation choices in every corner of the state.
  • WalkMassachusettsstatewide — The statewide walking advocacy organization that leads walk audits and pedestrian-safety campaigns, with open network meetings on Zoom the third Wednesday of each month.
  • MassBikestatewide — The statewide bicycling coalition — a way to plug into bike advocacy, group rides, and Bike Month events across Greater Boston and beyond.

Commuter perks & fare help

  • MBTA reduced faresstatewide — Reduced-fare programs for seniors, riders with disabilities, people aged 18–25 on low incomes, and middle and high school students. Most cut the fare roughly in half.

Get updates

  • MBTA accessibility alertsstatewide — Live notices when an elevator or escalator is out of service, plus how to arrange a shuttle when one is. Worth subscribing to if a lift is part of how you get to the platform.

Events near Andover

A few picks over the next 30 days — the full calendar has everything.

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neighbors active so far in October

Andover joins the Massachusetts board once it logs 20+ trips in a month. Shift Rate is the share of trips taken actively (walk, micromobility, transit). Counts cover October 1 through today, based on trips logged by Shift community members that start or end in Andover— a growing sample, meant as an interesting local signal, not an official or census-level count. *CO₂ avoided is estimated from active miles traveled (EPA 404 g/mi baseline).

Friendly competition

Massachusetts towns by shift rate so far in October, the share of trips taken actively. Every town here has its own page: local stats, popular routes, events, and ways to get involved.

  1. 1Boston91%
  2. 2Somerville90%
  3. 3Cambridge90%
  4. 4Medford86%
  5. 5Malden80%
  6. 6Revere80%
  7. 7Brookline77%
  8. 8Everett77%
  9. 9Watertown71%
  10. 10Salem71%
  11. 11Newton66%
  12. 12Milton61%
  13. 13Arlington59%
  14. 14Quincy48%
  15. 15Melrose35%
  16. 16Waltham35%
  17. 17Newburyport23%
  18. 18Winchester17%

What is this?

Shift is a free app from Green Streets Initiative, a nonprofit that has celebrated walking, biking, and transit since 2006. Shift automatically counts your walks, rides, and transit trips — every trip adds to Andover's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.

Put Andover on the board.

Every walk, ride, and transit trip counts automatically. Download Shift free and put your trips on Andover's board.

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Community stats reflect trips by Shift community members that start or end in Andover and refresh hourly. Municipalities and community groups can request aggregate data at info@gogreenstreets.org. A project of Green Streets Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.