I am a Newton resident. How do I contact my City Councilor?

The City of Newton has eight wards. each with one ward councilor and two at-large councilors.

THIS “Council Members” PAGE will tell you who your one ward councilor is and who the two at-large councilors are from your ward are. It will provide a link to email each one. You can also the full 24-member City Council.

DON’T KNOW WHAT WARD YOU LIVE IN? THIS MAP will tell you what ward you live in.

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In addition to Bike Newton, other LOCAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS IN NEWTON:

Newton Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force

The Newton Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force is currently temporarily inactive.  

LOCAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS IN …

…Brookline

Brookline Bicycle Advisory Committee

The committee mission is to encourage, plan for, advocate for, and advise about bicycling in the Town of Brookline.  It advises the Transportation Board on matters related to cycling for commuting, general mobility and pleasure, with an emphasis on safety, education of the public, and bicycle access.” 

Biking Brookline

“We work in cooperation with other users of our streets to promote bicycling as an affordable, fun, friendly, and safe form of transportation that improves mobility in Brookline while promoting our health and the environment of our community and our planet.”

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…WATERTOWN

Watertown Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee

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…BOSTON AND GREATER BOSTON

MassBike

“”MassBike advocates for policies that encourage and support community wellness, equity, and inclusion, enable sustainable growth, drive economic vitality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” .”

Livable Streets Alliance

Bikes Not Bombs

Boston Bikes (City of Boston)

Green Streets Initiative

…(collaboration of) NEWTON, NEEDHAM, DOVER and MEDFIELD

Bay Colony Rail Trail

“The Bay Colony Rail Trail Association is a non-profit with the sole mission to define, design, create and maintain the rail trail. The Rail Trail project is planned as a private-public project, where board members from Medfield, Needham and Newton share best practices, planning, funding and administration of the initiative with the non-profit Bay Colony Rail Trail Association (BCRTA).”

NOTE: The Bay Colony Rail Trail supports the UPPER FALLS GREENWAY in NEWTON, the NEEDHAM RAIL TRAIL, the MEDFORD RAIL TRAIL and the DOVER RAIL TRAIL. 

BIKE NEWTON’S COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCACY

Every year, BikeNewton joins with MassBike on a designated DAY OF ACTION to lobby our State representatives to “discuss key bike-friendly policies, and help ensure bicycling remains a priority across the commonwealth” with Newton’s State legislators at the State House to advocate for upcoming legislation regarding bicycling in Massachusetts. 

As a member of Bike Newton, you will be notified each year to join us at the State House.

2026 DAY OF ACTION at the MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE

In 2026 on the Feb. 3, Bike Newton went to Beacon Hill to advocate for safer streets as part of MassBike’s Day of Action 2026. The focus this year was on to support Senate bill 2344 and House bill 3754: “An Act Relative To Traffic Regulation Using Road Safety Cameras.” Automated enforcement has been found to dramatically reduce the amount of speeding, reduce the amount of crashes and reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths from traffic. Numerous studies have proven this true. For more information, click HERE.  

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2025 DAY of ACTION at the MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE

Every year, BikeNewton joins with MassBike on a designated LOBBY DAY to “discuss key bike-friendly policies, and help ensure bicycling remains a priority across the commonwealth” with Newton’s State legislators at the State House to advocate for upcoming legislation regarding bicycling in Massachusetts.  In 2025 on the Feb. 11 LOBBY DAY we met with Reps. Amy Sangiolo ( 11th Middlesex) and Rep. Greg Schwartz (12th Middlesex), and the aide to State Senator Cynthia Creem (Norfolk and Middlesex counties).

BikeNewton’s John Pelletier, Jane Hanser, Nathan Phillips and Doug Cornelius meet with Rep. Amy Sangiolo and Rep. Greg Schwartz at the State House.