Shift Towns · Massachusetts
Walking, biking & transit in Avon
See the routes Avon 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 Avon. New street projects, meetings worth your voice, and how Avon is moving. One or two emails a month.
Get involved in Avon
Safer streets are made by neighbors who speak up. Start small:
- Report a street problemTown of Avon Report an Issue form→
- Check upcoming meetingsAvon town meeting calendar→
- Sign up for town alertsAvon Notify Me email and text alerts→
In Avon
Meetings & comment pathways
- Avon Agenda Center — The town's posting place for current agendas and minutes of the Select Board and other boards and commissions, so you can see what will be discussed before a meeting and attend to comment.
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 — About half off for people 65 and older, people with a disability or a Medicare card, adults 18 to 64 on SNAP, MassHealth or some other state benefits, and students at participating schools. People 75 and older who no longer drive, people who are legally blind, and kids 11 and under ride free.
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 Avon
A few picks over the next 30 days — the full calendar has everything.
History Hike of the Blue Hills Reservation
Sat, Nov 14 · Houghton's Pond @ 840 Hillside Street, Milton, MA, 02186 · 5.9 mi away
Beginner-friendlyRegistration req’dSold outEverybody Hikes (Co-ed) Led By Evangeline! Wellness Hike in the Blue Hills
Sun, Nov 15 · Houghton's Pond @ 840 Hillside Street, Milton, MA, 02186 · 5.9 mi away
Registration req’dBeginner-friendlyWidowwalkers Hikes-11/15/26 Nationals Hiking Day Hike-REGISTRATION FULL
Sun, Nov 15 · Widowmaker Brewing · 6.1 mi away
PaidBeginner-friendlyRegistration req’dBirding Walk/Hike with Mike
Sat, Nov 21 · Braintree Pass Path Trailhead @ Chickatawbut Rd · 6.5 mi away
Beginner-friendlyRegistration req’dTake a Hike During Your Lunch Break!
Wed, Dec 2 · Shea Rink @ 651 Willard Street, Quincy, MA, 02169 · 7.1 mi away
Beginner-friendlyRegistration req’dAshes to New Beginnings Hike
Wed, Dec 9 · Houghton's Pond @ 840 Hillside Street, Milton, MA, 02186 · 5.9 mi away
Beginner-friendlyRegistration req’dRoams to try
Self-guided routes. Preview the full route here, then check in at each stop in the Shift app to unlock the badge.
Photo courtesy of MassTrails10 / MassDOTStarts 12 mi from central Avon · Bike · 3.4 mi route · 22 min · Mansfield · Norton
From a WWII staging ground to protected wetlands and rare cedar swamps
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- active trips so far in November
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- active miles
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- lbs CO₂ avoided*
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- neighbors active so far in November
Avon 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 November 1 through today, based on trips logged by Shift community members that start or end in Avon — 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).
Momentum
Active trips in Avon by week ending, last 5 completed weeks, and climbing.
Friendly competition
Massachusetts towns by shift rate so far in November, the share of trips taken actively. Every town here has its own page: local stats, popular routes, events, and ways to get involved.
How Avon moves
Trips and miles neighbors logged so far in November, by mode.
Share of trips
Share of miles
- Walking
- 1 trips · 1.5 mi
- Driving
- 1 trips · 26.3 mi
What is this?
Shift is a free app from Green Streets Initiative, a Somerville-based nonprofit founded in 2006, for finding better ways to get around. Every walk, bike ride and transit trip people take with Shift adds to Avon's totals on this page. Shift counts trips on its own.
Put Avon on the board.
Every walk, ride, and transit trip counts automatically. Download Shift free and put your trips on Avon's board.
Community stats reflect trips by Shift community members that start or end in Avon 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.