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

THIS PAGE will tell you who the at-large councilors are and who your one ward councilor is. 

Don’t know what ward you live in? THIS MAP will tell you what ward you live in.

Local Advocacy Organizations in the CITY of NEWTON

• Newton Safe Routes to Schools

  “Newton Safe Routes to School (SRTS) works to promote walking, biking, and taking the bus to school through encouragement, education, infrastructure improvements, and safety enforcement.  Our goal is to create a healthy community for everyone.”

• Newton Bike & Pedestrian Task Force

  “The Newton Bicycle/Pedestrian Task Force is an independent citizen activist group that works with the city and local organizations to secure safe, practical and convenient bicycle and pedestrian access in Newton, MA.”

  The Newton Bike/Pedestrian task force website is currently online but the group is temporarily on break. It was responsible for the Newton Upper Falls Greenway. To be involved with this ongoing work, see Friends of Newton Upper Falls Greenway or Bay Colony Rail Trail (below). 

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.”

Local Advocacy Organizations in WATERTOWN

• Watertown Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee

Local Advocacy Organizations in 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

• Green Streets Initiative

Local Advocacy Organizations in 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. 

LOBBY DAY 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), Rep. Greg Schwartz (12th Middlesex), and the aide to State Senator Cynthia Creem (Norfolk and Middlesex counties).