Submitted by Healthy Bedford.
Healthy Bedford is launching an Active Transit Initiative this spring and many of our partners are offering suggestions and opportunities to be more active here in our own community.
What is active transportation?
Active transportation refers to people-powered means of travel, such as walking and bicycling to get from one place to another. Most everyone uses active transportation at some point during a trip, whether walking from the car to the store, bicycling to work or scootering home from a bus stop.
By definition, active transportation allows people to build physical activity into everyday life, by enabling them to walk & bike to their destinations.
Even a moderate amount of daily exercise has an impressive range of benefits to both physical & mental health. In addition, by enabling people to drive less, active transportation can reduce vehicular traffic & improve air quality.
Active transportation has many benefits. The main ones can be grouped into five broad categories:
- Health
- Mobility
- Neighborhood Livability
- Economy
- Environment
Why walk or bike to school?
- Walking & bicycling to school enables children to incorporate regular physical activity needed each day while forming healthy habits that last a lifetime. Experts recommend that children and adolescents get one hour or more of physical activity each day.
- Research suggests that children who participate in physical activity before school experience benefits ranging from improved mental health and mood to improvement with on-task behaviors and focus.
Want to join other biking families?
- Click to visit this Sign-Up Genius page
Need more ideas?
- Massachusetts Safe Routes to School Program
- Bedford Safe Routes to School Partnership
- The Bedford Trail from the Trails Committee containing the Bedford Trail Maps & their descriptions. Available for $10 each, at the DPW at 314 Great Road, the Town Clerk’s office, or the Conservation office in Town Hall, at 10 Mudge Way, or at the Depot Park Gift Shop, 120 South Road.
- Additional regional activities: https://www.lexbikewalkbusweek.org
Activities by Date
Click this link to view/download/print your own 2019 Active Month of May Calendar
Sunday, April 28
- Paul’s Green Team Bike to Church & Blessing of Helmets ~ for more information call 781-275-8262
Wednesday, May 1
- Massachusetts Walk & Bike to School Day
- Davis School ~ Celebratory Parade
Saturday, May 4 ~ 9:45 AM-noon
- Trail Walk
Every Monday in May ~10:00 AM
- COA Bike Ride
Tuesday, May 7 ~ Lane School 7:45 am, ride to school and 11 am to 1 pm, Bike Rodeo
- Parents & volunteers ride to school
- BICYCLE RODEO
Wednesday, May 8
- National Walk & Bike to School Day
Saturday, May 11
- Join Trails/DPW for Trail clean-up day
Monday, May 11 through Sunday, May 19
- MassBike Baystate Bike Week ~
Friday, May 17 ~ 6:30 AM-9:30 AM at the Lexington Depot
- National Bike to Work Day Local Convoy to Bike to Work Festival Bike Commuter Breakfast
Saturday, June 1 ~ 10A-noon at2 Mudge Way
- Bedford Police Department Bicycle Safety Day and Rotary Club of Bedford’s annual Helmet Giveaway
For More Information
If you have questions or seek more information contact Carla Olson at: [email protected]
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