Bike Town in Boston | Moakley Park, South Boston

When:
Thursday, Aug 22, 2024 9:00a -
Tuesday, Dec 31, 2024 9:00p

Where:
Moakley Park
1005 Columbia Road
South Boston, MA

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Kid Friendly, Outside

Event website:
https://www.boston.gov/departments/new-urban-mechanics/bike-towns-boston

Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston announced the grand opening of Bike Town at Moakley Park, a new, family-friendly space where kids can practice riding and rolling in a fun and safe environment.


Bike Town at Moakley Park

Bike Town at Moakley Park was a collaboration between several city departments to create Boston's first traffic garden. It was completed in August 2024 and helped transform an underutilized former street hockey court into a vibrant space for family-friendly recreation at Moakley Park in South Boston near Carson Beach. 



What are Bike Towns? 

Bike towns - also known as "traffic gardens" - are miniature street networks where kids can learn and practice riding bikes in a safe, car-free and delightful environment. 


These small-sized street networks, often with scaled-down traffic features, can be found in cities around the world and provide families, teachers, and community organizations with living laboratories to teach children at a young age how to ride bikes and safely navigate urban street systems. Bike towns can help:


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