Bike Newton

Bike Newton Monthly Steering Committee Meeting
2023-01-04 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | MA
Bike Newton’s monthly Steering Committee meeting. Public is invited to attend. Please email ed@bikenewton.org for Zoom invite! 5:30pm-7:00pm.

Walk, Ride, Roll or Take the Bus Day
2023-02-01 | MA
Walk, Bike, Roll, or Take the Bus on February 1 (and Every Day)
Show your New England spirit by walking, biking, rolling, or taking the bus in the winter! Join students across Massachusetts in celebrating Winter Walk, Ride & Roll Day on February 1. Newton families, please do your part by keeping your sidewalks clear of snow and ice.
Learn more on the Newton Safe Routes to School Facebook page.

Bike Newton Monthly Steering Committee Meeting
2023-03-01 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | MA
Bike Newton’s monthly Steering Committee meeting. Public is invited to attend. Please email ed@bikenewton.org for a Zoom invite if you would interested in attending! Zoom: 5:30pm-7:00pm.

Bike Newton Monthly Steering Committee meeting
2023-03-22 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | MA
Bike Newton’s monthly Steering Committee meeting. The public is invited to attend. Please email ed@bikenewton.org for a Zoom invite if you would be interested in attending! ZoomMeeting: 5:30pm-7:00pm.

Group Ride: The Noodle Ride - Now Sunday at 1PM
2023-04-02 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
Join us for our first group ride of the year! And this is a special ride we are calling the “Noodle Ride”. We’re going to tie swimming noodles (or similar) to our bikes to help make drivers aware of the new Pedestrian and Biking Safety Law that was passed by the Mass. Legislature in January 2023, and goes into effect on April 2nd! Follow the link above for details of the new law, however one major stipulation in the law is that all vehicles must give at least a four-foot clearance when passing bikes, pedestrians, wheel chairs or any other non-motorized traveler in the roadway. The bike route itself will take us on an 8.3 mile loop through the scenic villages of Newton Center, Waban, West Newton and Newtonville.
Meet in front of the Newton Main library on Homer St. in Newton Center. Attach a noodle to your bike similar to the picture, or bring a noodle and a bungee cord or some string and we’ll work on it together. If you can’t locate a pool noodle, no problem – join the ride anyway! We’ll aim to leave at 10:00am, but we’ll reserve time to make sure we are all “noodled up.” This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes. Note: we’ve moved the ride to the Rain Date: Sunday April 2nd at 1:00 pm.
Approximate Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7705125

Group Ride - Chinatown Boston for Dim Sum
2023-04-15 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Star Market, 33 Austin Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460, United States
The classic Chinatown ride is back! A nice ride along the Charles River, past the Public Gardens and through a bit of downtown Boston to Chinatown for a bite to eat. We’ll go for a taste of Dim Sum at the large and airy Empire Garden, or similar venue. Riders have the option of either biking back to Newtonville with the ride leader or putting their bikes on the commuter rail from nearby South Station. An outbound Framingham/Worcester train leaves at 1:00 pm.
Meet in front of the Star Market on Austin St. in Newtonville, and we’ll leave at 10:00 am. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 20 miles roundtrip, however the route is very flat. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes. And to get emails about all upcoming BikeNewton group rides, get on our mailing list right here.
Approximate Route: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6804073

Additional Biking News: The Needham/Newton Community Way
The City of Newton and Town of Needham are working together to study the future use of the former railroad corridor that historically connected the two communities. Click here to learn more about this exciting project, and to take a community-outreach survey.

Ride Cancelled: Earth Day Ride to the Cove
2023-04-23 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, 02459, United States
Newton celebrates Earth Day Sunday April 23, 12:00-4:00pm at Newton City Hall. This festival event is presented by Green Newton: full details here. Due to rain, the festival will be located indoors at the War Memorial Auditorium, with some activities still outdoors. Unfortunately, the group bike ride to the Auburndale Cove has been cancelled.

Group Ride - Weston and the MCRT
2023-04-29 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Star Market, 33 Austin Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460, United States
Join us for a morning ride to Weston and Waltham, using, in part, the very nice Mass. Central Rail Trail (MCRT), as well as local streets in MetroWest. (Note that we could optionally stop at Taqueria Mexico for lunch on Charles St. in Waltham on the way back, if the group would like. TBD)
Meet in front of the Star Market on Austin St. in Newtonville, and we’ll leave at 10:00am. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 13 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for any last-minute changes.
Approximate Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7623214

Group Ride - Arnold Arboretum & Jamaica Pond
2023-05-06 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a cycling tour to Jamaica Plain through Newton , Brookline and West Roxbury, passing through the Arnold Arboretum and returning via Jamaica Pond and some of the Jamaicaway bike path. On the way back, we can stop at JP Licks in JP Center for some ice cream! Meet in front of the Newton Main library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave at 1:00pm. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 13.5 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Newton – J.P. Approximate Route

Volunteers Needed for Bike Rodeo Sunday May 7!
Bike Newton is excited to provide volunteers again for the Newton bike rodeo! This popular event, back for its third year, will take place from 10am to 2pm on Sunday, May 7. Newton school students in grade K-6 work with Massachusetts Safe Routes to School instructors who teach and review bike riding skills. Bike Newton and Newton Safe Routes to School volunteers are needed for helmet fit, ABC Quick Check, hand signals, and to work with the cycling instructors.

Volunteer for Bike Rodeo

Group Ride - Rose Art Museum at Brandeis, Waltham
2023-05-14 10:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
Visit a museum on your bike! Join us for a ride to the Rose Art Museum on the Brandeis University campus in Waltham. We’ll ride down Comm. Ave in Newton and through the Auburndale Cove, and South St., and on the return, through the Mt. Feake Cemetery and more of the Blue Heron Trail on the Charles River. The Museum opens at 11am, and admission is free, but you should register beforehand. As a group we can decide how long to stay at the museum, but probably something like an hour.
Meet in front of the Newton Main Library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave at 10:30am. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 12 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for any last-minute changes.
Approximate Route: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7711896

It’s free and easy to become a member of BikeNewton! Just join our email list here, and you will get notices about all of our up-coming rides and events.
If you would like to support the work that Bike Newton does, you can get to our DONATE page right here!

Postponed to May 27: Bike Newton joins Bikes Not Bombs ride in JP
2023-05-27 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
Due to the forecast for rain May 20, we’ve postponed this ride to next week, May 27th!
Join us for a ride to Jamaica Plain to the headquarters of BikesNotBombs (284 Amory St., JP) where we will join in and ride with their monthly Unity in Community Ride which is planned to go 11am to 1pm. And then the group would head back to Newton. A few of us participated in this BNB ride last month and it was a lot a fun! Meet in front of the Newton Main library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave at 10:00am. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. Approx. 20 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes or weather cancellations.

Tour de Natick 2023
2023-06-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Rotary Club of Natick, 14 E. Central Street, Natick, MA, 01760, United States
The Tour de Natick is a family friendly bike ride held each Father’s Day on the Natick Common by the Rotary Club of Natick – this year’s date is Sunday, June 18th. The route is a 6-mile loop leaving the Common at 11 AM and returning for a complimentary lunch immediately following.
The Tour de Natick raises money for the Rotary Club of Natick’s charitable foundation to benefit Natick Scholars. Each year the Rotary Club of Natick gives away over $10,000 in scholarships to graduating Natick High School Seniors. Additionally, we give out over 300 dictionaries to third graders through our dictionary program. Over the past 20 years we have been able to give out over $200,000 in scholarships and over 6,000 dictionaries because of the generous support of our sponsors and riders in the Tour de Natick.

Group Ride: George's Island for Wild Music
2023-08-12 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Star Market, 33 Austin Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460, United States
Bike Newton, in conjunction with JazzBoston.org and the Boston Harbor Islands National Park invite you to join us either Saturday Aug. 12 or Sunday Aug. 13 for a trip to Long Wharf in Boston and then to George’s Island to hear “Wild Music”. We will leave Newtonville at 10am, bike to Long Wharf and arrive around 11am, then board a ferry (free with pre-registration) at 12 noon for Georges Island. You can lock up your bike on Long Wharf, but you can also bring your bike on the ferry and park it on George’s Island. (Bring a lock) From arrival time on the Island to 3pm feel free to have lunch, explore the island, and listen to some of Boston’s best jazz musicians play to the sound of ocean waves, seagulls, and sea breezes. At 3pm we will head back to Long Wharf via the ferry. (Note: you may take earlier or later ferries back – check the schedule.)
Note that there are 3 levels of participation for riders in this event:
1. The full level of participation as described above, which would be approx. 10:00am to 5:00 in duration
2. Riders may also join he bike ride to Long Wharf, and take the ferry to George’s Island at 12 noon, but then immediately return with the ferry back to Long Wharf at 1:00pm. (Ferry reservation required). Riders are not guaranteed a rider leader for the trip back.
3. Riders may also join the ride to Long Wharf, but then after taking a rest, just back to Newton. (No ferry reservation required.) Riders are not guaranteed a rider leader for the trip back.
Below is a link to the EventBrite site to sign up and reserve a free ferry ticket! You can go Saturday and/or Sunday — we’ll be riding both days, weather permitting. We only ask that if you do reserve a ticket for the ferry — please show up, as they are limited!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wild-music-boston-harbor-islands-tickets-680867130917?aff=oddtdtcreator
This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 19 to 23 miles roundtrip (depending on route). Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Routes: We’ll be taking the more direct route to Long Wharf (we need to catch a ferry!), and we’ll take the more scenic route back.
More Direct (18.6 mi.) : https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43831798
Less Direct (23.2 mi.) : https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43831927

Group Ride: Lexington and the Minuteman Trail
2023-08-19 09:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Star Market, 33 Austin Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460, United States
Join us for a nice ride from Newtonville through Watertown, Cambridge, Arlington to Lexington via the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway and the Minuteman Bike Trail. We’ll be going by Fresh Pond and Spy Pond as well, returning to Newton through Waltham. Meet at the Star Market on Austin St. in Newtonville, and we’ll leave at 9:30 am. We’ll take a few rest stops along the way, and expect to be back by 12:30pm. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 20.5 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Approximate Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44078438

Group Ride: Echo Bridge
2023-08-26 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a relatively short ride though the streets of Newton Center, Waban and Newton Upper Falls to visit one of the nicest and most historic sights in Newton – Echo Bridge, over the Charles River. (Read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Bridge#Photo_gallery) Meet at the Newton Free Library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave at 11:00 am. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 7 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
(Photo by NewtonCourt – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107176875)
Approximate Route: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3049567

Group Ride: East Bay Bike Path, Providence RI
2023-09-02 09:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | MA
Bike Newton Group Rides head to Providence, RI to try out the East Bay Bike Path! Meet at the East Bay Bike Path Public Parking at 9:30am. This is the Veterans Memorial Parkway parking lot. We encourage car-pooling; the lot can get crowded. We’ll be travelling through East Providence, Warren, Bristol and Barrington. Bring a picnic lunch, or buy something en route.
This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 28 miles roundtrip. We estimate the total trip, with a lunch stop, to be 3.5 hrs. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Map of the East Bay Bike Path: https://www.traillink.com/trail-maps/east-bay-bike-path-(ri)/
Photo credit: By JJBers – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50474053

Tour de Streets 2023
2023-09-09 09:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Charles River Speedway 525 Western Ave, Brighton, MA 02135, 525 Western Ave, MA 02135, Brighton,, MA, 02135, United States
Bike Newton invites you to join Livable Streets’ Tour de Streets 2023 group ride and day of festivities on Saturday Sept. 9th, 9:30 am to 2pm. The LivableStreets Alliance is a great organization which “envisions a world where streets are safe, vibrant public spaces that connect people to the places where they live, work and play.” You can join the Tour de Streets 2023 as a rider or a volunteer. The ride starts and ends at the Charles River Speedway in Brighton. It should be a really fun day, and fun way to help our shared goal of “transportation solutions that create safe, affordable and convenient options for everyone in Metro Boston.”

Bike Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon 2023
2023-09-17 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Bikes Not Bombs, 284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130
Bikes Not Bombs is a non-profit organization based in Jamaica Plain which “uses the bicycle as a vehicle for social change to achieve economic mobility for Black and other marginalized people in Boston and the Global South.” They hold an annual huge and exciting biking event called the Bike-A-Thon, which is their main fund-raising event for the year. Bike Newton supports this great group and we urge you to sign up and join Bike-A-Thon 2023 as a rider or a volunteer! You’ll have a very fun day, and you will be supporting a wonderful organization that is 100% committed to bicycling.
Here’s everything you need to know to register: https://bikesnotbombs.org/bike-a-thon/?blm_aid=85866

Two Fun Rides with a Purpose: Newton Ride Changed to Sunday - (Malden ride still Saturday)
2023-10-01 10:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Star Market, 33 Austin Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460, United States
Two fun rides with a purpose have come up for this weekend. Pick one and let’s go!
Ride #1 from NEWTON: RIDE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SUNDAY OCT. 1st!

The Amazing Micro Center Ride! Meet at the Star Market on Austin St. in Newtonville at 10am SUNDAY. We will ride along the Charles River to Cambridge and stop in at the Micro Center Store on Memorial Drive, and hit the nearby Trader Joe’s and Star Bucks. Shopping without a car: Whether you are getting micro chips or chocolate chips you can do it on your bike, get a beautiful ride in and have a great time! This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 17.6 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Approximate Route for the Newton Ride: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44556717
Ride #2 from Malden: (Still Scheduled for Saturday)

The Pedal Power Ride! This ride on Saturday is organized by Bike to the Sea on the North Shore and goes to the Museum of Science, to celebrate MOS’s Pedal Power: Celebrating Community Through Biking” event. Ride length is 12.5 miles and starts at 10:00 am.
Full details and registration info for the Malden-MOS ride is found right here: https://biketothesea.org/event/pedal-power-ride/
Approximate Route for the Malden ride: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44151237

Biking Brookline and Bike Newton Joint Ride along the Charles!
2023-10-14 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a group ride as two great local biking advocacy organizations — Biking Brookline and Bike Newton — team up for a nice loop that includes Waltham, Watertown, Cambridge, Allston as well as Newton and Brookline, the Auburndale Cove, and a good piece of the Charles River Bike Path. Meet at the Newton Free Library on Homer St. in Newton Center — be there by 10:00 am. The Brookline group will meet us at the library and then we’ll proceed west on Commonwealth Ave. to the Cove. There will a stop in Watertown by the Charles River for a picnic lunch, so bring a snack or lunch with you.
This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 23 miles round trip. Total ride duration should be 3-4 hours. Be sure to check Bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Approximate Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42589801

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Group Ride: Mini-Tour de Newton Family Ride
2023-10-22 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Star Market, 33 Austin Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460, United States
Join us for a relatively short and family-oriented ride though the streets of several Newton villages: Newtonville, Newton Center, Newton Upper Falls, Newton Highlands and Oak Hill, including the Newton Highland Greenway. Meet at Star Market on Austin St. in Newtonville, and we’ll leave at 10:00 am. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 10 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Approximate Route:

Group Ride - The Joyful River Ride
2023-11-11 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Star Market, 33 Austin Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460, United States
Starting in Newtonville, we’ll ride along the Charles River to Harvard Square in Cambridge, then head up Concord Ave. to Fresh Pond. We’ll partially circle the pond and head back towards Watertown on the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway. Before arriving at Watertown Square, riders will have the option of stopping for lunch at Joyful Garden in the Watertown Mall for some of the best dim sum available outside of Chinatown. Whether you want to stop at Joyful Garden or go directly back to Newtonville, ride leaders will be available in both cases.
Meet in front of the Star Market on Austin St, in Newtonville, and we’ll leave at 11:00am. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 16 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for any last-minute changes.
Approximate Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44933819

BN-Ride-Millennium-Park
2023-11-19 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
A nice ride from Newton Center through south Newton, Brookline and West Roxbury to Millennium Park, by the Charles River. Meet at the Newton Free Library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave at 2:00 PM. The group can decide how much exploring around the park they’d like to do once we get there. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 13 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Approximate Route: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7667038

Earth Day 2024 Ride to the Cove
2024-04-21 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Newton North High School, 457 Walnut Street, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Join us for a spring bike ride on Sunday, April 21st as we celebrate Earth Day 2024 at Newton North High School, presented by Newton’s own incredible environmental organization Green Newton. There will be all sorts of activities, information, exhibits, music and fun from 12 noon to 4pm.
The group ride, led by Bike Newton will start at 1:00 pm, leaving from the Walnut St. parking lot. We’ll go along the Charles River bike path through Waltham, through the Auburndale Cove, and return on Commonwealth Ave. to the Earth Day celebration at NNHS. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. Approx. 10 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.

Group Ride to the Lilypad and Inman Sq., Cambridge
2024-04-28 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Star Market, 33 Austin Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460, United States
It should be a beautiful day for a spring bike ride along the Charles River and through Cambridge to the Lilypad to see an afternoon concert of “Woodwind Chamber Music With a Contemporary Jazz Twist” presented by TRIchrO. The Lilypad is located at 1353 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA, 02139, in Inman Square. For those riders who would like to skip the concert, and just head back to Newton after a little break, a group ride leader will be available for that as well!

Meet at Star Market on Austin St. in Newtonville and we’ll depart at 1:00pm Sunday. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. Approx. 15 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Approx. Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7752285

Group Ride: JP Earth Festival and Arboretum
2024-05-04 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
Join us for an excellent group ride to the 46th Annual Wake up the Earth Festival in Jamaica Plain, taking place in the Southwest Corridor Park. After taking a rest and getting a bite to eat there, we’ll continue for a tour through Arnold Arboretum, and then head back to Newton. You’ll see how easy it is — and fun — to get to Jamaica Plain visit a cool outdoor festival, have a picnic and go to the Arboretum — all without a car!
Meet at the Newton Free Library at Homer St. in Newton Center and we’ll depart at 11:00am on Saturday the 4th. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. Approx. 15 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Approx. Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7752285

Sustainable Street Tour Ride
2024-06-02 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
Bike Newton invites you to join us for a fairly short but very informative group ride to the Sustainable Street Tour in Waban, presented by Newton’s grass-roots activist environmental group Green Newton. We will start the ride on Sunday, June 2nd at 1:00pm, leaving from the Newton Free Library on Homer St. in Newton Center. We’ll bike to the start of the house tour in Waban, meeting at the Green Newton table on Montclair Rd., then cycle from house to house (see Map here), talk to owners of the houses, and volunteer experts who will be there. We’ll have a Bike Newton table set up as well on Montclair Rd. and riders are invited to stay and help staff the BN table for a bit! The full event runs from 1pm to 4pm. For those riders who would like to get back to the library sooner, we’ll have a group of riders heading back between 2 and 2:30.
Green Newton requests that those visiting the Sustainable Street Tour RSVP, so you can receive event updates and any changes due to weather. However RSVP is not a requirement to participate!
Meet in front of the Newton Main Library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave at 1:00pm. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 4 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for any last-minute changes.

It’s free and easy to become a member of BikeNewton! Just join our email list here, and you will get notices about all of our up-coming rides and events.
If you would like to support the work that Bike Newton does, you can get to our DONATE page right here!

Landline Greenway Ride Series - Newton Ride
2024-06-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | MA
Bike Newton invites you to join us for a ride sponsored by the MAPC (Metropolitan Area Planning Council). This ride is designed to help you experience new greenways and/or learn about new or proposed projects in the Newton area. This is just one of a series of rides all around the Boston area allowing you to experience and learn about new projects to expand the bicycling network. See the Newton ride and the full listing here : https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/2024-greenway-ride-series/
MAPC notes about this Newton ride: There are a number of projects in Newton underway to significantly improve the bike and walk network, though also a few challenges to overcome. This ride will travel through a number of these locations. Completed projects include the Comm Ave Carriage Rd and Albemarle Rd. Underway projects include Comm Ave in Auburdale, Hammond Pond Parkway, and the LaSelle Bridge… Post ride food/beverages will be near Riverside Park on the Charles.
Meet at the the Blue Bikes rack at the bus terminal in Watertown Sq. (Galen St.) at 5:00 pm, Thursday June 13. We will make multiple stops to hear from people representing groups and municipalities that are working to expand the network. The ride will end approx. 7:00 pm.
This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 11 miles total. Be sure to check bikenewton.org (or the MAPC website above) for any last-minute changes.

It’s free and easy to become a member of BikeNewton! Just join our email list here, and you will get notices about all of our up-coming rides and events.
If you would like to support the work that Bike Newton does, you can get to our DONATE page right here!

Group Ride - Upper Charles River Reservation
2024-06-15 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Newton Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA , MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a fairly easy and short ride to a bike path along the Upper Charles River Reservation, and using the Newton Highlands Greenway. We’ll meet at the Newton Free Library at 330 Homer St. in Newton Center, and leave at 10am Saturday. The weather looks great, so this should be a great warm-up for a summer full of biking!
This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 8 miles total. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for any last-minute changes.
Approximate Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47083028

Group Bike Ride - Harvard Square
2024-07-21 09:30 - 11:30 UTC | Star Market, 33 Austin Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460, United States
A nice ride through Nonantum, and along the Charles River to Harvard Square for a cup of iced coffee or tea in the Square. You’ll see how easy and pleasant it is to get to Harvard Square from Newton via bicycle. Meet in front of the Star Market on Austin St, in Newtonville, and we’ll leave promptly at 9:30 AM. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all young children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. 12 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.
Approximate Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6804112
