Shift Towns · Massachusetts
Walking, biking & transit in Lincoln
See the routes Lincoln 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 Lincoln. New street projects, meetings worth your voice, and how Lincoln is moving — 1–2 emails a month.
Get involved in Lincoln
Safer streets are made by neighbors who speak up. Start small:
- Contact the committeeLincoln Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee→
- Read meeting agendasLincoln Agenda Center→
In Lincoln
Meetings & comment pathways
- Town of Lincoln Calendar — A calendar listing upcoming Lincoln town board and committee meetings with dates, times, and locations.
Your transportation department
- Town of Lincoln Department of Public Works — The town department that maintains Lincoln's roads, sidewalks, drainage, and snow removal, and is the office to call about a street problem.
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 Lincoln
A few picks over the next 30 days — the full calendar has everything.
Wednesday Wheelers
Wednesdays · next Wed, Oct 14 · Varies Weekly · 4.9 mi away
PaidRegistration req’dTrek or Treat Ride on the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
Tue, Oct 27 · West Concord bike share station · 4.3 mi away
Family-friendlyBeginner-friendlyTrick or Treat Ride
Wed, Oct 28 · Cycle Loft · 6.4 mi away
FreeRoams to try
Guided routes — preview the full route here, then check in at each stop in the Shift app to earn the badge.
Battle Road Trail
Starts 3 mi from central Lincoln · walk · 6 mi route · ~120 min · Lexington · Concord
Walk the path of the American Revolution, from Lexington to Concord
Mass Central Rail Trail: Sudbury to Hudson
Starts 6.8 mi from central Lincoln · bike · 5.4 mi route · ~35 min · Sudbury · Hudson
Rail history, a rare Pine Barrens ecosystem, and a rebuilt truss bridge
Mystic River Greenway (Alewife to Medford)
Starts 9.1 mi from central Lincoln · bike · 6.7 mi route · ~41 min · Arlington · Somerville · Medford
Two rivers, two T stations, and 300 years of history between them
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- active trips so far in October
- 22.9
- active miles
- 20
- lbs CO₂ avoided*
- 1
- neighbors active so far in October
Lincoln 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 Lincoln— 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 Lincoln 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.
How Lincoln moves
Active trips and miles so far in October, by mode.
Share of trips
Share of miles
- Train
- 1 trips · 22.9 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 Lincoln's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.
Put Lincoln on the board.
Every walk, ride, and transit trip counts automatically. Download Shift free and put your trips on Lincoln's board.
Community stats reflect trips by Shift community members that start or end in Lincoln 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.