Bike Lanes

Mayor Fuller is committed to increasing bike infrastructure in the City of Newton. The City currently has more than 20 miles of bike lanes and paths. 

Recently installed on-street bike lanes include:

• Parker Street (Cypress Street to Dedham Street)
• Hagen Road (Sheldon to Old Field Road)
• Beacon Street (Wellesley border to Central Street)
• West Newton Square 
• Two-way bicycling on Commonwealth Ave Carriageway (Click here for more information)

Exciting new protected facilities that are under construction:

• Carriageway (Lyons Field to Marriott Drive) bike path
• Needham Street  (Needham border to Winchester Street) protected bike lane
• Hammond Pond Parkway (Beacon Street to Route 9) shared use path
• Washington St. (Chestnut to Lowell) shared use path

Our Walk, Roll, and Bike Network Plan will help identify priority routes and future projects to improve cycling and walking in Newton. 

Pavement Markings

Learn what all the new pavement markings mean by reading our pavement marking flier. 

Bike Racks

The City of Newton has installed more than 100 bike racks in commercial areas and at most schools in the last five years.   Bike racks are located at all public schools and are particularly important to supporting the many kids that want to bike to school. Please send requests for new bike racks on public property to jmartin@newtonma.gov

Bike Share

Bluebikes makes thousands of state-of-the-art bikes available for rental throughout the Boston region, including here in Newton. The City of Newton currently has 15 Bluebikes stations throughout the City.  Users can pick up and drop off bikes at any station.  To learn more, visit the Bluebikes website.

Bikes on Public Transit

MBTA "T" and Commuter Rail – Bikes allowed on selected T and Commuter Rail lines per rules. Bicycles are not allowed on Green Line trains

MBTA Bus Bike Racks – Bikes allowed on busses per rules

128 Business Council Shuttle – The GRID-branded buses are equipped with bike racks. Download this pdf guide if you are planning on bringing your bike. The app offers mobile ticketing, integrated shuttle tracking, and real-time alerts.

Bicycle/Pedestrian Network Plan

Newton is developing a citywide network plan to make cycling and walking in Newton more safe and enjoyable. Learn more here.

Bicycle Organizations

 The Safe Routes to Schools Task Force is a collaborative group that works with kids, their parents, and the City of Newton to encourage and improve biking and walking to school. The Task Force crowd-sourced bike routes to middle and high schools. Visit the SRTS website to learn more and to find, for example, maps and suggestions for routes to the high schools and to Day Middle School, Oak Hill Middle School, Bigelow Middle School, and Brown, and other important information about biking to these schools.

BikeNewton is a 501c3 organization that aims to promote bicycling as a viable method of transportation in Newton. BikeNewton came about to make bicycling safe and convenient for all types of riders: young and old, male and female, timid and risk-prone. In addition, hundreds of short car trips, which produce the most damaging exhaust emissions, could be replaced by bike trips.

Places to Ride

Upper Falls Greenway The Upper Falls Greenway, first envisioned by the Newton Bicycle/Pedestrian Task Force, is a short and pleasant rail-trail that begins behind the National Lumber store on Needham St., has various entrance/exit points along that routes, and ends at the Charles River in Needham line. It runs along the former rail corridor as the developing Bay Colony Rail Trail farther southwest. See the Community Way page for more information about planning along this corridor. (View map)

Charles River Path The Charles River Path runs along one or both sides of the Charles through Newton, Watertown, Waltham, Cambridge and Boston.

BikeNewton website provides maps for popular cycling loops around Newton and neighboring towns.

Map My Ride - Newton Cycling Trails provides maps with elevation guides to many routes within and around Newton. Routes can be downloaded onto an app.

Organized Rides

BikeNewton periodically organizes group rides open to all ages and abilities, although young children must be accompanied by an adult. For information on upcoming rides, join their mailing list.

545Velo is a road-bicycle racing team based in Newton and committed to promoting our passion for all aspects of cycling. With a main focus on racing and training as a team 545Velo also works to promote bicycle safety, racing and awareness, and general fitness with in the local community.

Crack o Dawn Sunday rides have resumed, and leave the Waban Starbucks at 7:00 a.m. April to November, 8:00 a.m. in the winter. (We are unable to confirm the resumption of Monday 5:45 a.m. rides that leave from Newton City Hall and go west on Commonwealth Ave., and most Wednesday 5:30 a.m. "hills" ride.) The CrackoDawn forum also promotes information about area charitable fundraising rides and other bike rides, long and short.  A separate PMC515group leaves the triangle at Dedham St. & Nahanton St., Monday - Friday at 5:30 a.m. most days.

Waban WYPS, the Waban Young Men's Pedaling Society, takes cycling trips across country. Contact rcarpenter@seasidetherapeutics.com.

This web page has been conceived and designed by Jane Hanser, with assistance from the Planning Department of the City of Newton.

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