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Carpooling Program North Shore Transportation Management Association

Dascomb Rd - Andover/Tewksbury Park & Ride Closing
February 8, 2010

MassDOT announces Dascomb Ride Park & Ride lot to close on February 8, 2010. Click here for additional information.

Google Maps Directions to alternate Park & Ride facility.

Attention Bay State Bike Commuters

Tue Sept 9, 2008

Check out and post to our new bike commuting blog about your bike commuting tales, woes, foibles, routes, plans, triumphs, experiments, technical difficulties, fears of getting "doored," traffic nightmares, hopes, dreams and blissed out moments of rolling along beside a steady stream of cars, stopped dead in traffic.

Letter: A friend to the roads, a friend to clean air

"The city of Salem’s own Bill Woolley has the North Shore TMA flirting with first place among 10 teams, statewide, in the Fire Up Your Foot Power campaign, sponsored by MassCommute and the North Shore TMA."

Taking environmental consciousness to next level

"We’re always told that small steps help create big changes, like recycling or bringing your own bag to the grocery store or bicycling to work.

Sure, they’re great habits to fall into during your everyday life. But what about when you’re looking to go that extra inch? Consider volunteering with a local environmental organization."

"Salem is a great walking city, and residents and people who work there have traditional transportation options: commuter rail, bus line, Salem State shuttle, and a ferry to Boston. But its roads still overflow with traffic, particularly at peak periods.

So it's not surprising that the city became the first municipal partner for the North Shore Transportation Management Association, a new group that is trying to reduce gridlock and the region's carbon footprint through alternative commuting methods."

Salem goes green: City's first energy fair draws thousands

"Salem - More than 1,200 people flowed through the doors of Old Town Hall last weekend for the Salem Living Green and Renewable Energy Fair. With more than 40 vendors and exhibitors, lectures, a film, storytelling, Segways and one very bright green car, there was something for everyone at the June 14 event. The fair was the first of its kind in Salem.

Adopting a greener lifestyle can start by making small steps — sometimes literally."

Breaking the vicious cycle: Organizations promote safer streets and bike commuting

"SALEM - As gas prices push past $3.50 per gallon, local bicycling enthusiasts and a new green-focused nonprofit are working to create a bike-friendly city where more people leave their cars at home when they’re going to work."