News and Events
Join us for our upcoming events:
November 10th - In person - Day of Action - State Capital Boston
November 15th - In person - World Day of Remembrance Boston
November 17th - In person - World Day of Remembrance Lynn City Hall
November 18th - Member Support Meeting - Virtual via Zoom** 7pm
November 26th - In person - World Day of Remembrance Andover - Sidney’s Rainbow Run
December 16th - Member Support Meeting - Virtual via Zoom** 7pm
** For zoom links, please email safestreetsmass@gmail.com
Boston cyclists bike for safer streets in annual Ride For Your Life- CBS News
Hundreds of cyclists gathered on the steps of the Boston Common on Sunday for the annual Ride For Your Life.
Ride For Your Life is an advocacy movement promoting safer streets.
The cyclists joined the ride not only to honor the lives of pedestrians and cyclists who've lost their lives on the road, but to advocate for safer streets.
"We need to address the issues that we know kill people, so speeding, trucks, distracted driving. The causes are well known, and we have legislation and technology that can reduce them right now," Olson said.
Ride for Your Life
The Council is recognizing Ride for Your Life and honoring the lives lost to traffic violence. The Council adopted a resolution recognizing the organization’s work to advance street safety and committing itself to the goal of safer streets for all types of mobility. - Boston.com coverage
Ride for Your Life’ brings cyclists to Boston Common for safer streets - Boston 25 News
BOSTON — Cyclists took over Boston Common for the city’s fourth annual “Ride for Your Life.”
This year’s rally honored Louisa Gag and others killed on Massachusetts roads, while calling for new legislation aimed at making roads safer.
This Sunday: ‘Ride For Your Life’ Event Brings Safety Demands to Beacon Hill
This Sunday, the Massachusetts chapter of Families for Safe Streets and various other transportation advocacy groups are bringing hundreds of people to Beacon Hill for Boston’s fourth “Ride for Your Life” event.
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Somerville a leader in street safety. “I’m not surprised to see Somerville really stand out as a traffic safety leader,” says Leah Shahum, founder and executive director of the Vision Zero Network, a national nonprofit that works to eliminate traffic deaths. “They’ve had really consistent and strong leadership in terms of really prioritizing safety over speed.”
