Shift Towns · Massachusetts

Walking, biking & transit in Quincy

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

Get involved in Quincy

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

In Quincy

City committees you can join

  • Quincy Bicycle Commission — The mayor-appointed city commission that works on bike infrastructure, complete streets and bike parking in Quincy, and posts a map of local bike parking plus its meeting materials.

Advocacy groups

  • Quincy Climate Action Network — A local Quincy volunteer group that tracks city climate and transportation issues, including complete streets and safer biking, and shares updates residents can act on.

Your transportation department

Report an issue

  • SeeClickFix Quincy — An online map and app where residents can report potholes, broken street lights, graffiti and other non-emergency neighborhood problems and follow whether they get fixed.
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 Quincy

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 by Sean Sweeney on Unsplash

The Freedom Trail

Starts 7.1 mi from central Quincy · Walk · 3.5 mi route · 1 hr 10 min · Boston

Sixteen stops, 2.5 miles, 400 years of history.

Photo by Charlie Hales on Unsplash

The Harbor Islands Hop

Starts 7.1 mi from central Quincy · Walk + transit · 13.6 mi route · 7 hr · Boston Harbor

A national park 20 minutes from Long Wharf by ferry.

Photo by Herry Sutanto on Unsplash

Museum Hop

Starts 7.2 mi from central Quincy · Walk + transit · 3.6 mi route · 3 hr · Boston

Three world-class museums, zero parking headaches.

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#21 of 27
Massachusetts towns by shift rate in October
16
active trips so far in October
93.2
active miles
83
lbs CO₂ avoided*
5
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 Quincy— 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 Quincy by week ending, last 5 completed weeks, and climbing.

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. Quincy is 52 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 Quincy moves

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

Share of trips

38%
56%

Share of miles

8%
91%
Walking
6 trips · 7.9 mi
Biking & scooting
1 trips · 0.9 mi
Train
9 trips · 84.4 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 Quincy's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.

Help Quincy climb the board.

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

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