Join us!

WALK RIDE DAY, the last Friday of every month!

 

Commute car-free, celebrate, and check-in!

 

Be proud and rewarded by retail partners, too!

 

Walk or ride a bicycle, bus, train… even carpooling or walking partway count!

 

Invite your colleagues, family and community… we can show you how!

Green Streets Initiative Blog

  • The Corporate Challenge: Get your company involved!
    The Green Streets Initiative is thrilled to announce the launch of its inaugural Walk/Ride Day Corporate Challenge! Kicking off March 30, the Walk/Ride Day Corporate Challenge is a competition among Boston area employers to encourage alternative commuting habits just one day a month, over the course of seven months. The Challenge aligns with Green Streets' signature Walk/Ride Days when, on...
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    February 21, 2012 - 3:26pm
    Amanda
  • Walk, Ride and Skate!
    Celebrate Walk/Ride Day on February 24th with a skating party. Free hot chocolate, a button and a raffle ticket await all friends of Green Streets who come to a skating party as we celebrate the end of February and school vacation week. Why sit around when you could be skating? You could even come and bring your lunch with you, getting in a little skate time to work off the calories. Our raffle...
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    February 22, 2012 - 8:33am
    Peggy
  • New Year updates from Somerville retailers
    This month, we have had lots of fun checking in with our Walk/Ride Day retail sponsors in Somerville, gathering feedback, providing new Green Streets materials, and getting to know our community. So far, all of our 2011 Somerville sponsors have happily agreed to sign on for another year sponsoring our monthly Walk/Ride Days and offering incentives and discounts to customers who participate on the...
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    February 21, 2012 - 12:48pm
    emily
  • Bill McKibben of 350.org endorses Green Streets and Walk/Ride Days
    The Boston Globe recently profiled environmental leader, Bill McKibben, calling him "the green movement's most unlikely hero." The founder of 350.org and one of the most outspoken leaders of the environmental movement, McKibben lives in a quiet town in upstate Vermont, where he teaches at Middlebury College, writes (The End of Nature, Walking Home) and participates in focused...
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    February 21, 2012 - 1:59pm
    Peggy
  • People Powered Movement for Public Transit
    We here at Green Streets have been buzzing over the transportation headlines regarding the potential increased revenue and service cuts with the MBTA.  As the region faces major public transit cuts, that only makes our mission to promote and celebrate alternative, sustainable transportation options more vital.
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    February 20, 2012 - 7:03pm
    melissa
  • Meeting with Tufts President Anthony Monaco
    Last week I had the amazing opportunity to participate in a meeting with President Monaco with a group of fellow Tufts UEP (Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning) graduate students. Approximately 12 of us graduate students attended the lunch meeting with President Monaco, who is making an effort to meet with representatives of each graduate program at Tufts. The purpose of this meeting was...
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    February 8, 2012 - 2:13pm
    emily
  • New Website! Tell us what you think.
    As you may have noticed, Green Streets has moved to a new website! We're still working out some kinks, but we think this is already a huge improvement. We have an integrated blog now - which you probably already know, since you're reading it; photo galleries; pages for each city; retail partner listings (with maps!); and an events calendar; to name just a few. Plus, it's pretty!
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    January 26, 2012 - 5:00pm
    Zack
  • Get LIFTed!
    The LIFT Bike Project, an organization dedicated to donating refurbished bicycles to homeless and low-income residents of Cambridge, Boston, and Somerville, will kick off its 2012 “refurb nights” February 1st. Every Wednesday from 7-9 PM, volunteers will gather at Quad Bikes (http://www.quadbikes.org) to help fix up bikes for a giveaway on the Green Streets Initiative's April Walk...
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    January 25, 2012 - 3:39pm
    Amanda
  • Corporate Walk/Ride Day Competition Coming This Spring!
    The Green Streets Initiative will be inaugurating an exciting new Corporate Competition this spring. Look for details to unfold as the time gets closer, but the Corporate Competition promises to bring the excitement of Walk/Ride Days to a whole new level.
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    January 25, 2012 - 4:30pm
    Peggy
  • 2nd Annual Best Shoveled Block in Somerville Contest!!
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    January 25, 2012 - 4:10pm
    emily