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Walking, biking & transit in Framingham

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

Get involved in Framingham

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

Happening nowWed, Nov 18 · 6:30 PM

Framingham – Improvements at Harmony Grove Elementary School (SRTS)

MassDOT is holding a public hearing on a Safe Routes to School design for Harmony Grove Elementary in Framingham, which could affect how kids and families walk or bike to school.

Attend the public hearing→

In Framingham

City committees you can join

  • Framingham Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Committee — An official city committee that works to improve walking and biking conditions in Framingham, recommends sidewalk and bike lane improvements to city departments, and runs public events like bike rodeos.

Your transportation department

  • Framingham Department of Public Works — The city department that maintains Framingham's roads, sidewalks, and related infrastructure, with separate divisions such as Engineering and Highway that residents can call directly 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 Framingham

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

All community events →

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: Pi.1415926535 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Mass Central Rail Trail: Sudbury to Hudson

Starts 3.2 mi from central Framingham · Bike · 5.4 mi route · 35 min · Sudbury · Hudson

Rail history, a rare Pine Barrens ecosystem, and a rebuilt truss bridge

All roams →
#29 of 30
Massachusetts towns by shift rate in October
3
active trips so far in October
20.2
active miles
18
lbs CO₂ avoided*
1
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 Framingham— 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 Framingham by week ending, last 5 completed weeks.

Sep 27Oct 4Oct 11Oct 18Oct 25

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. Framingham is 86 points behind #1.

  1. 1Somerville94%
  2. 2Cambridge94%
  3. 3Boston91%
  4. 4Everett91%
  5. 5Salem90%
  6. 6Malden86%
  7. 7Brookline85%
  8. 8Revere81%
  9. 9Medford78%
  10. 10Melrose75%
  11. 11Waltham74%
  12. 12Watertown70%
  13. 13Lincoln70%
  14. 14Arlington68%
  15. 15Newton65%
  16. 16Stoneham62%
  17. 17Saugus60%
  18. 18Concord59%
  19. 19Westborough53%
  20. 20Quincy40%
  21. 21Lexington38%
  22. 22Wakefield37%
  23. 23Newburyport31%
  24. 24Bedford30%
  25. 25Natick23%
  26. 26Peabody21%
  27. 27Winchester17%
  28. 28Burlington14%
  29. 29Framingham8%
  30. 30Danvers8%

How Framingham moves

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

Share of trips

67%
33%

Share of miles

98%
Walking
2 trips · 0.4 mi
Train
1 trips · 19.8 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 Framingham's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.

Help Framingham climb the board.

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

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