Shift Towns · Massachusetts

Walking, biking & transit in Stoneham

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

Get involved in Stoneham

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

In Stoneham

Your transportation department

  • Stoneham Department of Public Works — The town department whose staff maintain Stoneham's roads, sidewalks, street lighting, drainage, and street trees.
  • Stoneham DPW Highway Division — The division that repairs and maintains Stoneham's roughly 85 miles of roadway, sidewalks, curbing, street signs, and drainage, and responds to resident complaints about street conditions.
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 Stoneham

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

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Roams to try

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

Somerville Community Path

Somerville Community Path

bike · 4 mi · ~27 min · Somerville · Cambridge

Minuteman Bikeway

Minuteman Bikeway

bike · 6.4 mi · ~42 min · Cambridge · Arlington · Bedford

Mystic River Greenway (Alewife to Medford)

Mystic River Greenway (Alewife to Medford)

bike · 6.7 mi · ~41 min · Arlington · Somerville · Medford

Two rivers, two T stations, and 300 years of history between them

All roams →
#16 of 26
Massachusetts towns by shift rate in September
17
active trips so far in September
51.2
active miles
46
lbs CO₂ avoided*
7
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 Stoneham— 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 Stoneham by week ending, last 5 completed weeks, and climbing.

Aug 23Aug 30Sep 6Sep 13Sep 20

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. Stoneham is 41 points behind #1.

  1. 1Cambridge90%
  2. 2Boston88%
  3. 3Somerville87%
  4. 4Salem83%
  5. 5Revere81%
  6. 6Medford81%
  7. 7Brookline80%
  8. 8Malden79%
  9. 9Everett70%
  10. 10Newton62%
  11. 11Waltham61%
  12. 12Watertown60%
  13. 13Milton59%
  14. 14Arlington59%
  15. 15Lynn53%
  16. 16Stoneham49%
  17. 17Dedham48%
  18. 18Bedford46%
  19. 19Newburyport45%
  20. 20Quincy43%
  21. 21Winchester43%
  22. 22Framingham37%
  23. 23Weston26%
  24. 24Burlington23%
  25. 25Peabody23%
  26. 26Saugus17%

How Stoneham moves

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

Share of trips

53%
29%
18%

Share of miles

16%
36%
48%
Walking
9 trips · 8.2 mi
Biking & scooting
5 trips · 18.7 mi
Train
3 trips · 24.4 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 Stoneham's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.

Help Stoneham climb the board.

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

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