Shift Towns · Massachusetts

Walking, biking & transit in Saugus

See the routes Saugus 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 Saugus. New street projects, meetings worth your voice, and how Saugus is moving — 1–2 emails a month.

Get involved in Saugus

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

In Saugus

Advocacy groups

  • Bike to the Sea — A volunteer group that has pushed since 1993 to build and extend the Northern Strand Community Trail through Saugus and neighboring towns, and that runs rides, cleanups, and advocacy for safer local biking.

Your transportation department

  • Saugus Department of Public Works — The town department that maintains Saugus streets, sidewalks, drainage and water systems, with a 24-hour emergency line at 781-233-2422 for road hazards.
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.

Free commuter perks & shuttles

  • 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.

Events near Saugus

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

All community events →

Roams to try

Guided routes — preview the full route here, then check in at each stop in the Shift app to earn the badge.

Marblehead Rail Trail

Marblehead Rail Trail

bike · 5.5 mi · ~39 min · Marblehead · Swampscott

Two historic seaports, tide pools, and a thousand years of stories

Harbor Walk to Eastie Eats

Harbor Walk to Eastie Eats

walk + transit · 1.7 mi · ~60 min · East Boston

Charles River Bike Path Loop

Charles River Bike Path Loop

bike · 4.1 mi · ~27 min · Boston · Cambridge

All roams →
#25 of 25
Massachusetts towns by shift rate in September
10
active trips so far in September
33.6
active miles
30
lbs CO₂ avoided*
4
neighbors active so far in September

Shift Rate is the share of trips taken actively (walk, micromobility, transit). Counts cover September 1 through today, based on trips logged by Shift community members that start or end in Saugus— 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 Saugus by week ending, last 5 completed weeks.

Aug 16Aug 23Aug 30Sep 6Sep 13

Friendly competition

Massachusetts towns by shift rate so far in September, the share of trips taken actively. Every town here has its own page: local stats, popular routes, events, and ways to get involved. Saugus is 70 points behind #1.

  1. 1Cambridge90%
  2. 2Somerville88%
  3. 3Boston87%
  4. 4Medford83%
  5. 5Revere81%
  6. 6Salem81%
  7. 7Brookline80%
  8. 8Malden79%
  9. 9Everett74%
  10. 10Newton66%
  11. 11Milton65%
  12. 12Watertown62%
  13. 13Arlington62%
  14. 14Waltham62%
  15. 15Winchester57%
  16. 16Dedham55%
  17. 17Lynn55%
  18. 18Stoneham54%
  19. 19Bedford50%
  20. 20Newburyport44%
  21. 21Quincy35%
  22. 22Framingham32%
  23. 23Weston29%
  24. 24Burlington28%
  25. 25Saugus20%

How Saugus moves

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

Share of trips

10%
80%
10%

Share of miles

85%
14%
Walking
1 trips · 0.2 mi
Biking & scooting
8 trips · 28.6 mi
Bus
1 trips · 4.8 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 Saugus's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.

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