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Bike to Work Day Ride and Festival
May 7 @ 6:30 am – 9:30 am
Boston’s National Bike to Work Day Festival celebrates National Bike to Work Day. As a “Thanks for riding your bike today.” the City of Boston will celebrate everyone who rides into Boston with a festival at City Hall Plaza. If you ride your bike or a Bluebike, you’ll get a free breakfast and coffee amid an expo. Please be prepared to show your bike, helmet, or Bluebikes key.
Join a group ride leaving from your neighborhood (see map below for convoy routes – The Northern Strand Trail is indicated with the light blue colored route) or just show up to the festival between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. for the fun! The blue and red routes on the map below will be led by Bike to the Sea Volunteers. Specific meeting points and times are listed below.
Salem/Lynn/Saugus/Revere Route
5:45AM – Start – Lappin Park
6:35AM – Lynn Linear Park at Spencer St
6:50AM – Essex St, Saugus
7:00AM – Linden Square
Stoneham/Melrose/Malden/Everett Route
6:40AM – Start – Stoneham Town Common
7:00AM – Melrose YMCA – bike racks at Main St. and Foster St., Melrose
7:15AM – Bike Kitchen at Northern Strand Community Trail – 158 Canal St., Malden
7:20AM – West St./Wellington Ave at Northern Strand
7:25 AM – Encore Green, Alford St. at Dexter St., Everett
Neighborhood-based Group Rides Map
By registering, you can sign-up for free t-shirt and it helps the event organizers with breakfast preparations. Registration will close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5. You can still attend the event if you don’t register, but you will not be able to get a t-shirt during the event. [Note: T-shirts are limited to the first 700 people to register]