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Concord and Lexington Declare Freedom From Cars For 250th Patriots’ Day Weekend

Numerous streets will be opened up for bikes and pedestrians for the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Concord and Lexington.

A person rides a bike along the Minuteman path in East Arlington.

The Minuteman bike path in East Arlington, pictured in May 2019.

This weekend, the Towns of Concord and Lexington will commemorate the 250th anniversary of its first battle in the American Revolution by banning cars from their town centers.

Starting at 6 p.m. Friday – the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride –the Town of Concord will restrict motor vehicle access to most of its streets around the town center north of Route 2 and east of Lowell Road (see map below).

A street map of Concord, MA highlighting streets that will be closed to traffic for Patriots Day weekend 2025, the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Concord and Lexington. Red streets clustered in the town center will be closed to cars altogether and a much larger area of yellow streets, generally located north of Route 2 and east of Lowell Road, will be restricted to resident traffic only.
Road closures in the Town of Concord during its 250th anniversary commemoration of the Battles of Concord and Lexington. Highlighted roads will be closed to private automobile traffic from 6 p.m. Friday, April 17 through 11 p.m. Saturday, April 18. Courtesy of the Town of Concord.

Additionally, the adjacent Town of Lexington will close a smaller number of streets around the Lexington Battle Green – including several blocks of Massachuetts Avenue and Bedford Street – from 8 p.m. Friday until 6 p.m. Saturday.

The MBTA will offer hourly service on the Fitchburg Line this Saturday to serve its stations in Concord. View the schedule here, and take note: bikes won't be allowed on any Fitchburg Line trains for the day.

On Friday evening at 6:30 p.m., over a hundred people plan to participate in "Revere's Resistance Ride," an informal 20-mile group ride from Boston's North End to the Old North Bridge in Concord. Learn more or RSVP here.

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