Walking, biking & transit in Woburn
See the routes Woburn 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.
Shift Rate so far in August: share of active transportation trips (walk, micromobility, transit). Woburn joins the Massachusetts board once it logs 20+ trips in a month.
Counts cover August 1 through today, based on trips logged by Shift community members that start or end in Woburn— 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 Woburn by week ending, last 5 completed weeks
Friendly competition
Massachusetts towns by Shift Rate so far in August — the share of trips taken actively
Every town here has its own page — local stats, popular routes, events, and ways to get involved.
Tap any town to exploreHow Woburn moves
Active trips and miles so far in August, by mode
Share of trips
Share of miles
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 Woburn's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.
Events near Woburn
A few picks over the next 30 days — the full calendar has everything.
Roams to try
Guided routes — preview the full route here, then check in at each stop in the Shift app to earn the badge.
Alewife Brook to Mystic River Greenway
bike · 6.7 mi · ~41 min · Arlington · Somerville · Medford
Two rivers, two T stations, and 300 years of history between them
The Minuteman
bike · 6.4 mi · ~42 min · Cambridge · Arlington · Bedford
Battle Road Trail
walk · 4.9 mi · ~99 min · Lexington · Concord
Walk the path of the American Revolution, from Lexington to Concord
Get involved in Woburn
Safer streets are made by neighbors who speak up. Start small:
In Woburn
City committees you can join
- Woburn Traffic Commission — The city body that adopts and amends local traffic regulations and reviews street safety requests and Complete Streets progress, meeting monthly at City Hall in a public session residents can attend.
Advocacy groups
- Friends of the Tri-Community Greenway — A volunteer group supporting the shared-use walking and biking path linking Woburn, Stoneham, and Winchester, posting trail news and updates for people who use or want to improve it.
Your transportation department
- Woburn Department of Public Works — Highway Department — The city division that maintains Woburn's roads, crosswalks, pavement markings, and traffic and street signs, and is who you call about street conditions.
- Woburn Engineering — Proposed and Current Construction Projects — A city page listing street, bridge, and intersection projects in design or under construction in Woburn, so residents can see what work is planned near them.
Regional & statewide groups5 more — research, campaigns, and coalitions you can join→
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.
Keep a pulse on Woburn
New street projects, meetings worth your voice, and how Woburn is moving — 1–2 emails a month.
Put Woburn on the board
Every walk, ride, and transit trip counts automatically. Download Shift free and put your trips on Woburn's board.
Community stats reflect trips by Shift community members that start or end in Woburn 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.