News & Updates

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The Daily Items’ front-page story “North Avenue Bike Lanes, Flex Posts Coming Soon” on 9.11.2024 contained a number of misleading statements and failed to describe the past two years of public discussion regarding the many public safety benefits of the North Avenue re-design, which has been publicly available on Wakefield’s website for more than a year.  Read more. 

Opening streets to walkers and rollers, runners and strollers. Enjoy a Sunday afternoon around Lake Quannapowitt with portions of Main and Church streets closed to motor vehicles. Featuring a Bike Rodeo on Church Street and the Wakefield Water Buggy.  

Update:  On March 11, 2024 the Town Council offically adopted the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan on a 5-2 vote. The Plan was presented to Town Council at their November 13, 2024 meeting. The final, adpoted Plan will be posted soon on the Town's website. Watch the deliberations of the plan and 4-3 Council vote to prioritize parking between Main Street between Lowell and Church Streets (recording here - discussion starts at 2:36:00)

We are pleased to report that the Wakefield Traffic Advisory Committee recommended, and the Town Council voted in favor of, several road safety improvments, including the expansion of safety zones around Wakefield public schools at its July 2023 meeting (watch here).  Copy of expanded zones available here (starting on page 3).

The August 2023 Open Streets event at Lake Quannapowitt was a huge success with over 500 people taking advantage of expanded access to streets for rolling, walking and biking. We also had many kids (and a few adults) sharpen their biking skills at the Bike Rodeo! Many thanks to Wakefield Cable Access TV for participating and making this video!

The Mystic Highlands Greenway is an initiative led by MAPC and Senator Jason Lewis to connect the town centers, parks, transit and regional trail corridors of Malden, Melrose, Wakefield, Stoneham and Reading. Safe Streets Working Group and the Town of Wakefield are part of a coalition working hard to get this done. 

This link takes you to a map of walking routes in Wakefield and their mileage. 

Rail Trail is finally coming. 

Northern Strand Trail (Everett to Lynn)

Bike to the Sea (connecting Northern Strand to area beaches)

Tri-Community Green Way (Stoneham to Winchester)

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