Shift Towns · Massachusetts

Walking, biking & transit in Saugus

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

Get involved in Saugus

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

In Saugus

Advocacy groups

  • Bike to the Sea — A volunteer group that has pushed since 1993 to build and extend the Northern Strand Community Trail through Saugus and neighboring towns, and that runs rides, cleanups, and advocacy for safer local biking.

Your transportation department

  • Saugus Department of Public Works — The town department that maintains Saugus streets, sidewalks, drainage and water systems, with a 24-hour emergency line at 781-233-2422 for road hazards.
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 Saugus

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: 4300streetcar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (cropped)

Northern Strand Trail

Starts 5.9 mi from central Saugus · Bike · 9.3 mi route · 1 hr · Everett · Lynn

A paved rail trail from the Mystic River to Lynn, straight across the Rumney Marsh

Photo: Pi.1415926535 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Marblehead Rail Trail

Starts 6.8 mi from central Saugus · Bike · 5.5 mi route · 39 min · Marblehead · Swampscott

Two historic seaports, tide pools, and a thousand years of stories

Photo by Brett Wharton on Unsplash

Harbor Walk to Eastie Eats

Starts 7.1 mi from central Saugus · Walk + transit · 1.7 mi route · 1 hr · East Boston

Boston's best-kept-secret Harborwalk + Latin American food scene.

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#17 of 30
Massachusetts towns by shift rate in October
5
active trips so far in October
18.6
active miles
17
lbs CO₂ avoided*
3
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 Saugus— 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 Saugus by week ending, last 5 completed weeks, and climbing.

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. Saugus is 34 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 Saugus moves

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

Share of trips

40%
60%

Share of miles

38%
62%
Biking & scooting
2 trips · 7 mi
Bus
3 trips · 11.6 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 Saugus's totals on this page, earns you rewards at local businesses, and enters you into seasonal prize drawings.

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