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a grassy meadow with a medium sized puddle in the middle and trees lining the side under an overcast sky.

Travel Guide: A Cozy Weekend Getaway To the Coast

By Grecia White | Nov 9, 2022 | No Comments

Destination: Ipswich – a cute small coastal town with a population of 13,785 people about 30 miles northeast of Boston.

A wall covered in small chalkboards displaying roughly 60 ice cream flavors.

Travel Guide: Rails to Trails to Ice Cream

By Grecia White | Jul 15, 2022 | No Comments

This Sunday is National Ice Cream Day – here's our guide to ice cream shops along the Northern Strand and Bruce Freeman trails.

The new section of the Cochituate Rail Trail in Natick opened earlier this year, and connects the village of Saxonville in Framingham to Natick Center.

Travel Guide: Wayland’s Aqueducts and the New Cochituate Rail Trail

By Juliana Cherston | Nov 6, 2021 | No Comments

I initially stumbled on the Cochituate Rail Trail in Framingham by chance last year. Since then, two substantial bridges over major roadways were craned in, and earlier this fall, the trail’s new extension into Natick Center officially opened to the public. It is now possible to ride a very enjoyable route from Boston to Natick […]

TransitMatters executive director Jarred Johnson, with the author's nonplussed 6 year-old, wave in front of Car 3127, a 1946 Pullman streetcar

Travel Guide: The Seashore Trolley Museum

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 27, 2021 | No Comments

Take a ride on a century-old streetcar through the woods of Maine.