Bike, Walk & Ride-Share

Work with 128 Business Council to promote biking as a fun and healthy means of commuting to work! 128 Business Council members are eligible for on-site bike safety clinics, which we can facilitate directly or through a local bike shop. If you want to learn more about bringing bicycle clinics to your site or workplace, please contact us.

As part of statewide annual Baystate Bike Month, 128 Business Council sponsors a yearly May Mode Shift Challenge, which invites participants to win prizes by shifting trips from car to bike, walking or public transit—including our shuttles.

The Challenge is open to anyone who rides a 128 Business Council/The Grid shuttle service OR anyone affiliated with a 128 Business Council member company.

Interested in sponsoring a Mode Shift Challenge at your site or workplace—either during Baystate Bike Month or at another time of year? Just contact us.

If you are an affiliate of a 128 Business Council member company, then you are eligible to join Bay State Commute. Bay State Commute is a free rewards program for Massachusetts commuters who choose to take and track greener trips. A “greener trip” occurs when you don’t drive solo, and instead choose to walk, bike, carpool, vanpool, take public transportation, telecommute, or even work a compressed week.

In addition to rewarding biking, walking, and other alternative ways of getting to work, Bay State Commute is also a ride-sharing platform that can assist you with finding carpools, vanpools or other commuters with whom to share your trip.

Sign up with Bay State Commute through 128BC here.

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is a regional planning agency that serves the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns of Metropolitan Boston. They maintain a comprehensive database of the region’s walking and bicycling trails, which can be found here.

WalkBoston is a non-profit pedestrian advocacy organization dedicated to improving walking conditions in cities and towns across Massachusetts. They have maintain an interactive database of easily-printable walking maps for communities and points of interest throughout the greater Boston area, which can be found here.

Park & Pedal is a free network of parking lot hubs located within cycling distance from major employment centers, allowing you to park your car in a designated spot and then pedal your bike to work, avoiding “last-mile” congestion. All of the current parking lot hubs are shown here.

• Bedford Bicycle Advisory Committee
• Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee
• Newton Bicycle/Pedestrian Task Force
• Needham Bikes
• Waltham Bicycle Advisory Committee
• Wellesley Bike Committee