Bike Town in Boston | Moakley Park, South 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:

• Teach children essential bike-riding skills to promote active and safe transportation
• Educate community members, especially children, about road safety practices
• Increase children’s confidence in their ability to safely navigate city streets

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