Shift Towns · Massachusetts
Walking, biking & transit in Burlington
See the routes Burlington 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 Burlington. New street projects, meetings worth your voice, and how Burlington is moving. One or two emails a month.
Get involved in Burlington
Safer streets are made by neighbors who speak up. Start small:
In Burlington
Clubs & ride groups
- Cycle Loft — Organizes group rides in and around Burlington.
Meetings & comment pathways
- Burlington Agenda Center – Town Meeting — The town's online posting page where Town Meeting agendas and minutes are published so residents can see what will be discussed before attending.
Your transportation department
- Burlington DPW – Highway Division — The town division that maintains Burlington's roads, sidewalks, drainage, street signs and snow plowing, and is who you contact about street conditions.
- Town of Burlington Complete Streets Policy — The adopted town policy committing Burlington to design streets for walking, biking and transit as well as cars, useful if you want to cite town standards when asking for a crosswalk or bike accommodation.
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 Burlington
A few picks over the next 30 days — the full calendar has everything.
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: Seasider53 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Starts 5 mi from central Burlington · Walk · 6 mi route · 2 hr · Lexington · Concord
Walk the path of the American Revolution, from Lexington to Concord
Photo: Karl AlexanderMystic River Greenway (Alewife to Medford)
Starts 7.6 mi from central Burlington · Bike · 6.7 mi route · 41 min · Arlington · Somerville · Medford
Two rivers, two T stations, and 300 years of history between them
Starts 7.8 mi from central Burlington · Bike · 6.4 mi route · 42 min · Cambridge · Arlington · Bedford
Follow the road the British marched in 1775, Alewife to Lexington Center.
- #28 of 30
- Massachusetts towns by shift rate in October
- 4
- active trips so far in October
- 5.8
- active miles
- 5
- lbs CO₂ avoided*
- 2
- 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 Burlington— 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 Burlington by week ending, last 5 completed weeks.
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. Burlington is 80 points behind #1.
- 1Somerville94%
- 2Cambridge94%
- 3Boston91%
- 4Everett91%
- 5Salem90%
- 6Malden86%
- 7Brookline85%
- 8Revere81%
- 9Medford78%
- 10Melrose75%
- 11Waltham74%
- 12Watertown70%
- 13Lincoln70%
- 14Arlington68%
- 15Newton65%
- 16Stoneham62%
- 17Saugus60%
- 18Concord59%
- 19Westborough53%
- 20Quincy40%
- 21Lexington38%
- 22Wakefield37%
- 23Newburyport31%
- 24Bedford30%
- 25Natick23%
- 26Peabody21%
- 27Winchester17%
- 28Burlington14%
- 29Framingham8%
- 30Danvers8%
How Burlington moves
Active trips and miles so far in October, by mode.
Share of trips
Share of miles
- Walking
- 2 trips · 1.1 mi
- Bus
- 2 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 Burlington's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.
Help Burlington climb the board.
Every walk, ride, and transit trip counts automatically. Download Shift free and put your trips on Burlington's board.
Community stats reflect trips by Shift community members that start or end in Burlington 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.