Waltham Inclusive Neighborhoods Autumn Social! 🗓️ 10/17/25 @ 6 PM 📍 Deep Ellum (467 Moody St) Connect with your neighbors, housing advocates and community leaders to discuss housing affordability and inclusivity. See you there!

Zohran Mamdani hops on a Citi Bike and a woman heckles him, shouting “communist!” He responds, “That’s cyclist”

HAWK signals are infamously confusing. Unfortunately we have one in Waltham at Mass Central Rail Trail x-ing @ Lyman Street. Some drivers stop during flashing yellow to let pedestrians/ bicyclists cross, then when it turns solid red, drivers run through it because they don't see anyone waiting

Our next evening ride is Wednesday October 15 at 7pm outside Margaritas by Moody Street Bridge. We will go on a 6-mile ride through Waltham cemeteries 🪦 Costumes encouraged 👻 Front and rear lights required 💡 🚨 Dinner on Moody Street after the ride.

The @streetsboston.bsky.social Tour de Streets transportation history walking tour, urban infrastructure bike ride and celebration are on October 25th:

T-3 days to the Greater Boston Bike Infrastructure Roundtable on Sunday! Discuss the past, present, & future of greater Boston bike infrastructure & policy with students, policymakers, planners, & advocates. FREE for BU students/$3 for others Have you RSVPed yet? www.eventbrite.com/e/greater-bo...

This morning’s edition of bikes on a train… MBTA Commuter Rail, metrowest The conductor today asked about my rear view mirror

The Greater Boston Bike Infrastructure Roundtable is this Sunday, 10/5! Panels, presentations, & networking opportunities to discuss the past, present, & future of biking around Boston. Free for BU students, $3 for others RSVP: greaterbostonbikeinfrastructureroundtable.eventbrite.com

MassBike and WalkMassachusetts need our feedback for the NO-HEAT project. They are asking residents from Chelsea and Revere to take self-audits through the forms available for each community. Your feedback will help the cities make the routes more comfortable! 📩 www.massbike.org/no_heat_walk...

Cambridge leads their annual Bow Tie Bike Ride on Sunday, October 5 www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/...

This Sunday! October 5 13:30pm-4:30pm join Greater Boston BIke Infrastructure Round Table at 808 Comm Ave Room 205 in Boston. Register here www.eventbrite.com/e/greater-bo...

Week without Driving starts Monday September 29 ! Do you have a plan?

Boston Critical Mass Ride - Sept 2025

Packed weekend BostonBikeEvents.net

Put this on your calendar! I'll be taking part in a panel discussion on "Journalism in Jeopardy" next Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 6 p.m. in Waltham, Mass. Although this is sponsored by the Democratic City Committee, it is a nonpartisan event. Free and open to all. www.facebook.com/events/13299...

This @npr.org article is beyond disappointing with its victim-blaming angle. Even when vulnerable road users do all these things, the ultimate responsibility lies w/the person operating the vehicle. Pls provide feedback to NPR "Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at [email protected] "

Due to rainy weather we are cancelling tonight's e-bike workshop in New Bedford! Join us on Sunday 9/28 at noon instead: www.massbike.org/ebiker_ride_... Our Lowell event is still happening - more info & RSVP at www.massbike.org/ebiker_works...

This Saturday from 9am to 12pm, help us keep the Northern Strand Trail beautiful with a trail cleanup at the Bike to the Sea Bike Kitchen located at 📍158 Canal Street in Malden! Water and snacks will be provided, courtesy of Stop & Shop Malden. Sign up in advance ➡️ forms.gle/TnMyTnQ6vjB7...

On Saturday morning Quincycles leads a history bike ride out to the USS Salem heavy cruiser and Naval Shipbuilding Museum for a free tour! This is in celebration of the City of Quincy’s 400th anniversary. #Quincy400

Could you go a week without driving? "Week Without Driving" is a national movement highlighting how transportation systems work—or don’t work—for people who don’t drive. Join us in pledging to walk, roll, bike, or take transit for a week instead of driving! 👉 weekwithoutdriving.org #WalkRollRide

Happy World Car Free Day to all who observe. Celebrate by preordering your copy of “Life After Cars” wherever books are sold. www.lifeaftercars.com

Cargo Bike Test Drive event on Sunday. Get most of your research done in one fell swoop! Learn from cargo bike owners who are just there to help you make the right choice.

Pssst Monday September 22 is World Car free day! Pledge to leave you car behind and enter to win prices! 🚶🏃🛴🚲🛹🛼🚌🚞⛴️🚇 charlesrivertma.org/car-free-day...

Celebrate World Car Free Day by putting that trunk load in bike mode. To help everyone recognize this day and imagine a less car-dependent world, we’re offering 50% off all rides for one day! Use promo: CarFreeDay25 in the CargoB app promo section, or find the promo in “available promos”.

BTW September group ride is Saturday September 27! Our 5-mile family-friendly ride will include the newly-opened Linden St MCRT ramp and the Farwell Bridge path crossing. 📅 Sept 27 🕛 12 noon 📍 Waltham City Hall

Pssst Monday September 22 is World Car free day! Pledge to leave you car behind and enter to win prices! 🚶🏃🛴🚲🛹🛼🚌🚞⛴️🚇 charlesrivertma.org/car-free-day...

Wachusett Greenways invites you to join them on Sept 29 at 1 pm to celebrate 30 years of the #MassCentral #RailTrail and dedicate the newest opening sections in Holden at Manning Street! www.wachusettgreenways.org/wordpress/ma...

End of summer bike party tonight at Mighty Squirrel on Waverly Oaks (event not organized by us)

Hope to see you tonight! 7pm outside margaritas!

On this month's Waltham Traffic Commission meeting agenda is a discussion (update?) on Waltham's bike share program (item 2T). Meeting is Thursday 9/18 at 10am at Waltham City Hall and is open to the public www.city.waltham.ma.us/sites/g/file...

Check out this article in @walthamtimes.bsky.social about an update on the Waltham↔️Weston connection via Mass Central Rail Trail! Our BTW members contributed to the report! 🚲🚲 Waltham to Weston link of Mass Central Rail Trail takes a major step forward walthamtimes.org/2025/09/11/w...

We were delighted to try out the newly opened #MassCentralRailTrail trail bridge a week ago. Here’s your chance to enjoy this new link on a group ride!

Our September evening ride will take us on the newly-opened bridge on Mass Central Rail Trail over to Weston. We will ride a short section in Weston before returning to Waltham for group dinner on Main Street or Moody Street. 📅 Wednesday Sept 17 🕖 7pm 📍 Outside Margaritas Please bring 💡

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Thank you @walthamtimes.bsky.social for the write-up on our third anniversary ride this past Saturday! Did you miss it? Catch us on our next ride! We meet every last Saturday of each month. walthamtimes.org/2025/08/31/b...

Have you seen the new mural by David O'Gara along the Waltham Wayside trail (Mass central rail trail between Bacon & Lexington Streets)? Read about it in @walthamtimes.bsky.social and go check it out. ⏰ 🚲 walthamtimes.org/2025/06/26/n... www.davidogara.com

What improvements do you want to see on the Northern Strand Community Trail in Malden? What have you observed? Take this survey to provide your feedback! Survey closes at the end of September. tooledesign.github.io/Northern_Str...

Hope to see you today! 🚲🚲🚲

Next Saturday, August 30, come celebrate with us on our 2nd anniversary of Bike Together Waltham! We will be riding 6 miles r/t to Auburndale in Newton. Lunch on Moody Street after. Hope to see you at noon at Waltham City Hall! 🚲🚲🚲

“This incident is another main reason why we are fighting for a complete network with protected bike lanes.” — Peter Cheung. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/10/m...

“Some Boston-area candidates are ignoring the overwhelming research consensus on bike lanes and displaying a staggering lack of regard for people who cycle, victims of traffic violence, and everyone who cares about safer roads.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/o...

Our friends at BikeNewton is hosting a family bike ride this Saturday starting at 10am from Newton Library. Go check it out if you're free! www.bikenewton.org/event/family...

Join us next Wednesday, August 13, for our monthly evening ride to Weston and back. Meet at 7pm outside Margaritas on Moody St Bridge. Approx 8 miles with hills. Dinner at The Painted Burro or The Local. Please bring front and back lights! 🚲🚲🚲💡🚨

Spectacle, aka Shawn Laswell, was a local Waltham artist. He took old vinyl records & made them into original pieces. He'd then nail them on posts around town for anyone to take home. He also painted a 400 foot mural, using only spray paint. Spectacle was an original, a kind hearted guy who

Bike lanes, ADA ramps and additional xwalk are being added to Farwell Street Bridge along the Charles River Greenway shared path in Waltham.

Build it safe and riders will come 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Our July family-friendly group ride is this Saturday, July 26, at 12 noon. Meet at Waltham City Hall and we will ride over to Newton and back. Optional lunch on Moody Street after the ride. Hope to see you there!

Built it and they will come. Taking the new Washington Street cycle track (W Newton) to get ice cream with @bikewaltham.bsky.social and Bike Newton. #criticalmass #safetyinnumbers

Our July evening group ride is coming up this Wednesday, July 16! Meet outside Margaritas at 7pm. We will ride to Newton for dinner & ice cream at Cabot's. Approx 6-mile ride, please bring front and rear lights!