Shift Towns · Massachusetts

Walking, biking & transit in Malden

See the routes Malden 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 Malden. New street projects, meetings worth your voice, and how Malden is moving. One or two emails a month.

Get involved in Malden

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

In Malden

City committees you can join

  • Complete Streets Taskforce — The city taskforce that prioritizes street-improvement projects under Malden's Complete Streets policy — agendas and minutes are posted in the Agenda Center.

Commuter perks & fare help

  • Lower Mystic TMA — Free commuter services — trip planning, incentives, and the GoMassCommute app — for employees, tenants, and residents of member properties in Everett, Medford, Malden, Chelsea, and Charlestown. (info@lowermystictma.com)

Fix your own bike

  • Bike to the Sea Bike Kitchen — Free DIY repair space on the Northern Strand Trail at 158 Canal St — tools, stands, spare parts, and volunteer help. Open Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Meetings & comment pathways

  • Malden Agenda Center — Agendas, minutes, and video for Malden's boards and committees, including the Complete Streets Taskforce; City Council meetings live on the linked Legistar calendar.

Your transportation department

  • Malden Transportation (OSPCD) — The city's transportation office — Complete Streets projects, the Transit Action Plan, Bluebikes, and the current Broadway (Route 99) and Eastern Ave (Route 60) redesigns.
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 Malden

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

All community events →

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.

Photo: 4300streetcar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (cropped)

Northern Strand Trail

Starts 2.4 mi from central Malden · Bike · 9.3 mi route · 1 hr · Everett · Lynn

A paved rail trail from the Mystic River to Lynn, straight across the Rumney Marsh

Photo by Alex Jones on Unsplash

Somerville Community Path

Starts 3.8 mi from central Malden · Bike · 4.3 mi route · 29 min · Somerville · Cambridge

Davis Square to Lovejoy Wharf, end-to-end on the new Somerville extension.

Photo by G Schwan on Unsplash

Charles River Bike Path Loop

Starts 4 mi from central Malden · Bike · 4.1 mi route · 27 min · Boston · Cambridge

The ride everyone should do at least once.

All roams →
#6 of 27
Massachusetts towns by shift rate in October
439
active trips so far in October
1,431.7
active miles
1,275
lbs CO₂ avoided*
19
neighbors active so far in October

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 Malden— 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 Malden by week ending, last 5 completed weeks.

Sep 20Sep 27Oct 4Oct 11Oct 18

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. Malden is 8 points behind #1.

  1. 1Cambridge94%
  2. 2Somerville94%
  3. 3Boston91%
  4. 4Everett90%
  5. 5Salem87%
  6. 6Malden86%
  7. 7Brookline86%
  8. 8Medford83%
  9. 9Revere81%
  10. 10Watertown75%
  11. 11Melrose73%
  12. 12Lincoln73%
  13. 13Arlington70%
  14. 14Newton69%
  15. 15Stoneham66%
  16. 16Concord65%
  17. 17Saugus61%
  18. 18Waltham58%
  19. 19Westborough54%
  20. 20Wakefield43%
  21. 21Quincy42%
  22. 22Lexington32%
  23. 23Newburyport27%
  24. 24Peabody25%
  25. 25Natick24%
  26. 26Framingham10%
  27. 27Danvers5%

How Malden moves

Active trips and miles so far in October, by mode.

Share of trips

41%
34%
21%

Share of miles

10%
28%
9%
53%
Walking
179 trips · 137.8 mi
Biking & scooting
151 trips · 404.1 mi
Bus
17 trips · 130.3 mi
Train
92 trips · 759.4 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 Malden's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.

Help Malden climb the board.

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

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Community stats reflect trips by Shift community members that start or end in Malden 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.