Shift Towns · Massachusetts
Walking, biking & transit in Beverly
See the routes Beverly 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 Beverly. New street projects, meetings worth your voice, and how Beverly is moving. One or two emails a month.
Get involved in Beverly
Safer streets are made by neighbors who speak up. Start small:
- Report a street problemBeverly SeeClickFix→
- Read upcoming agendasBeverly Meeting Agendas (Agenda Center)→
- Check shuttle optionsNorth Shore Transportation Management Association→
In Beverly
City committees you can join
- Beverly Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee — An official city committee that advises on planning street infrastructure so it is safe and usable for people walking and biking, and whose meetings are open to residents.
Advocacy groups
- Beverly Bike Committee — A volunteer grassroots group in Beverly that promotes everyday bicycling through rides, safety education, and advocacy, and posts local bike events residents can join.
Meetings & comment pathways
- Beverly City Calendar — The city's calendar of upcoming public meetings with dates, times, locations, and links to virtual meeting details.
Your transportation department
- Beverly Engineering Department — The city office that designs and oversees street, sidewalk, water, sewer and drainage construction in Beverly and works with the Highway Department on road projects.
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 Beverly
A few picks over the next 30 days — the full calendar has everything.
Roams to try
Self-guided routes. Preview the full route here, then check in at each stop in the Shift app to unlock the badge.
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- 4
- active trips so far in October
- 31.5
- active miles
- 28
- lbs CO₂ avoided*
- 3
- neighbors active so far in October
Beverly 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 Beverly— 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 Beverly by week ending, last 5 completed weeks.
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.
- 1Cambridge94%
- 2Somerville94%
- 3Everett91%
- 4Boston91%
- 5Salem87%
- 6Malden86%
- 7Brookline86%
- 8Medford83%
- 9Revere81%
- 10Watertown75%
- 11Melrose73%
- 12Lincoln73%
- 13Arlington70%
- 14Newton68%
- 15Stoneham66%
- 16Saugus61%
- 17Waltham55%
- 18Westborough54%
- 19Wakefield43%
- 20Quincy42%
- 21Lexington32%
- 22Newburyport28%
- 23Peabody25%
- 24Natick24%
- 25Framingham11%
- 26Danvers5%
How Beverly moves
Active trips and miles so far in October, by mode.
Share of trips
Share of miles
- Walking
- 1 trips · 0.2 mi
- Biking & scooting
- 2 trips · 6.9 mi
- Bus
- 1 trips · 24.3 mi
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 Beverly's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.
Put Beverly on the board.
Every walk, ride, and transit trip counts automatically. Download Shift free and put your trips on Beverly's board.
Community stats reflect trips by Shift community members that start or end in Beverly 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.