Shift Towns · Massachusetts

Walking, biking & transit in Springfield

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

Get involved in Springfield

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

Happening nowTue, Nov 10 · 6:00 PM

Springfield – Armory Street over CSX bridge replacement

MassDOT is holding a public meeting on replacing the Armory Street bridge over CSX tracks in Springfield, which could affect how people walk and bike across this crossing.

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In Springfield

Meetings & comment pathways

  • Springfield City Council Meetings — The City Clerk's page listing City Council meeting dates, agendas, and minutes, so residents can see what street and transportation items are up for a vote and when to show up to speak.
  • Springfield Traffic Commission — The city body that reviews traffic, parking, and street-design requests in Springfield; this page lists how to reach its members and staff.

Your transportation department

  • Springfield Department of Public Works — The city department that maintains Springfield's streets, sidewalks, and traffic infrastructure, with contact numbers and staff listings for street-related problems.
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 Springfield

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

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neighbors active so far in November

Springfield 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 November 1 through today, based on trips logged by Shift community members that start or end in Springfield — 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).

Friendly competition

Massachusetts towns by shift rate so far in November, the share of trips taken actively. Every town here has its own page: local stats, popular routes, events, and ways to get involved.

  1. 1Waltham95%
  2. 2Boston92%
  3. 3Somerville92%
  4. 4Cambridge91%
  5. 5Everett89%
  6. 6Malden88%
  7. 7Medford88%
  8. 8Brookline87%
  9. 9Quincy79%
  10. 10Newton78%
  11. 11Arlington60%
  12. 12Newburyport45%
  13. 13Watertown35%
  14. 14Lexington24%

What is this?

Shift is a free app from Green Streets Initiative, a Somerville nonprofit since 2006, for finding better ways to get around. Every walk, bike ride and transit trip people take with Shift adds to Springfield's totals on this page. Shift counts trips on its own.

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

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