Formal position, not binding
Urge Boston Public Schools to enroll all MA SRTS schools
Last activity July 9, 2026 (2 months ago)
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Introduced
June 25, 2026
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In committee
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Council vote
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Adopted
The City Council resolution calls on Boston Public Schools to fully participate in the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School (MA SRTS) program. It notes that only 58 of 103 eligible BPS schools are enrolled and urges immediate enrollment of all eligible schools to access federal funding and support safe walking and biking to school at no cost to the district.
Affects Boston Public Schools students and families
Filed by Benjamin Jacob Weber, Henry Santana, Erin Murphy, Ruthzee Louijeune, Ed Flynn, Sharon Durkan, Miniard Culpepper, Liz Breadon, Brian Worrell, John FitzGerald, and Enrique Pepén
Now with the City Council
About Transportation & Streets and Education
Compare with the government's own wording
Official title
Resolution calling on Boston Public Schools to fully partner with the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School Program.
Timeline
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July 8, 2026
The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.
City Council
On motion of Councilor Pepén, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors FitzGerald and Worrell as original co-sponsors. On motion of Councilors Pepén, FitzGerald, and Worrell, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata). Recess.