Miles Howard
@milesperhoward.bsky.social
Outdoor author and urban trail builder. Creator of Mind The Moss, a newsletter about walking. Bylines in National Geographic, Mountain Gazette, The Boston Globe, Outside, WBUR, The New Republic, and AFAR. I founded the Walking City Trail of Boston. He/Him.
PSA for anyone flying from Boston to the UK via Icelandair: Last night, I found out the hard way that Iceland's rule for three months of passport validity doesn't just apply for people visiting Iceland. It also applies to people with non-Schengen flight connections at Reykjavik! Plan accordingly.
People of Glasgow: Next week I'm flying from Boston to your neck of the woods and reporting a story about the recent twinning of our cities. If you'd like to meet up for a walk, pint, and/or a conversation along the Forth and Clyde canal paths, let me know! I'll be walking there.
benjaminsiegel.github.io/enough-is-en... I've just signed this open letter to @mayorwu.boston.gov to resume the many stalled Safe Streets Projects across the City. I'm shaken and devastated by the death of Louisa Gag, cyclist and safe streets advocate.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH — An open letter to Mayor Wu on street safety
Boston has been warned for years that delayed street-safety projects would cost lives. Read and sign the open letter.
benjaminsiegel.github.io
I encourage other cyclists to be less hesitant to scream. Especially around here where drivers have their windows down it could save your life.
Jillian@bikehfxlobby.bsky.social · 4w ago“You don’t have to scream, lady” is a thing a driver had the gall to say when I yelled “hey!” as he was about to make a left turn across the path of a pedestrian, a scooter user & me. I doubt asking nicely would’ve gotten him to stop.
Every cyclist death is heartbreaking, but it hits even harder when it's an advocate like this. It's infuriating and saddening. These deaths, especially on roads that are known to be dangerous, are simply policy choices.
The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 4w agoA cycling advocate and transportation planner for the city of Boston was identified as the cyclist who was struck and killed in a crash near Roxbury Crossing this morning.
The intersection where this happened is one of the places where safe street initiatives have been frozen by the Wu adminstration. And it seems like one of the most profound ways of honoring Louisa Gag's life and her work would be pressuring the Wu admin. to resume these much-needed street projects.
The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 4w agoA cycling advocate and transportation planner for the city of Boston was identified as the cyclist who was struck and killed in a crash near Roxbury Crossing this morning.
No - her legacy needs to become action. From you. Now. Of course she will be remembered for all that she did. What about you?
Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭@mayorwu.boston.gov · 4w agoLouisa led programs and improvements that made our streets safer, our communities stronger, and our residents’ daily lives better. Her legacy will endure in the work she advanced across the City, and in the commitment of her colleagues, friends, and fellow advocates to carry it forward.
This is devastating. Louisa was everything you could ask of a colleague and a human being -- smart, committed, hardworking, and, above all, kind and compassionate. I am heartbroken for her family and for the many people who have lost a beloved friend and colleague today.
The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 4w agoA cycling advocate and transportation planner for the city of Boston was identified as the cyclist who was struck and killed in a crash near Roxbury Crossing this morning.
Here’s something that’s mystified me: Why do we not talk about aging and eldercare in the same way that we talk about the other challenges of our time? Why do we atomize this as something that families just have to deal with individually, even at a time when the left is rising?
Here’s something that’s mystified me: Why do we not talk about aging and eldercare in the same way that we talk about the other challenges of our time? Why do we atomize this as something that families just have to deal with individually, even at a time when the left is rising?
The City of Boston seems to have a red tape fetish. This is maddening, and reflective of the bureaucratic hurdles that prevent good things crime happening at a grassroots level in this city. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/07/l...
‘I just want to be able to run my business’: Boston food-cart program leaves vendors frustrated - The Boston Globe
The owner of the food cart says his profits are down 60 percent since he was forced to move.
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Fun fact: You can walk from Boston to the World Cup! Safely! With sidewalk coverage for the entire way. I know this because I did this on the day of the Scotland and Haiti game. It was hot. But also fun. A young lad handed me a beer through a bus window. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/25/o...
Getting to Gillette Stadium is expensive. So I walked instead. - The Boston Globe
And I had a whole lot of fun doing it.
bostonglobe.com
Well, it's happening. I'm going to Scotland as a card-carrying Boston resident to walk from Edinburgh to Glasgow, our new sister city, via the canal paths that link the two. Dates/deets TBD, but I'm going to have to start doing longer walks to train for this.
Thinking of going to Scotland and walking from Edinburgh to Glasgow
TONIGHT we hike to three of Boston's best brewpubs! Come join us at Forest Hills Station at 5 PM for a nice trek across "The Wilderness" of Franklin Park to the juncture of these three watering holes. (I'll be in the station by the fare gates with a sign.) bostontrails.org/worldcuphike
Count on @berkie1.bsky.social and @milesperhoward.bsky.social to represent Boston at its best to the world. Here, to the UK. 🇬🇧 🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 www.thetimes.com/article/ed72...
‘Boston has won the World Cup — we got the Tartan Army’
Scottish fans spread ‘good energy’ in the sporty city as its ‘hard to please’ residents embrace football fever
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Boston: This Thursday evening, come join a spontaneous urban hike through “The Wilderness” of Franklin Park to some of the best brewpubs in Jamaica Plain! This Walking City Trails adventure was inspired by all the shared joy happening in Boston right now. bostontrails.org/worldcuphike
Imagine if Boston (Massachusetts, really) allowed for more fun stuff to happen throughout the year. Not just when there's a major sports event. What's happening in and around Boston right now is a glimpse of what life here could look like, if more of us stopped being such Puritans!
A few ideas for persuading the Scots to stay in Boston: - Create single payer healthcare in Massachusetts - End the liquor license cap and the happy hour ban - Create more cross-country walking paths (I can help) - More art, culture, and sport festivals in/around Boston What else?
Boston's greenbelt is really impressive, especially for such an old city. I've done a bunch of the Walking City Trail while visiting and it's fantastic, I'm excited to try parts of the Boston Boundless Trail next time I'm in the area!
Miles Howard@milesperhoward.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'd like you to meet to the Boston Boundless Trail - 90.9 miles, passing through every city/town that borders Boston - Over 100 green spaces along the way - Public transit connections - Food and drink at many points Grab maps and directions below and WALK HARD! www.bostontrails.org/bostonboundl...
Congratulations to LG Literary's @milesperhoward.bsky.social whose 80-mile urban Boston Boundless Trail loop launched this month! More about this feat and the Walking City Trails group here in @bostonglobe.com ⤵️
A new 80-mile circuit runs through Boston and 13 other communities. Here’s what to know about the urban trail loop. - The Boston Globe
Official maps and guides for the Boston Boundless Trail will launch online on June 6, which is National Trails Day.
bostonglobe.com
Greater Boston residents: Are you going to the World Cup? Have you been thinking of other ways of getting there beyond driving or taking an expensive train ride? If so, I'd love to talk with you for a story. DMs welcome. (I'd also love to hear from you if you are driving or taking the train there!)
This subheadline from @apatkin.bsky.social's story about the new Boston Boundless Trail is probably my favorite subheadline for any Walking City Trails story: “You can’t really step off the trail if you’re hiking Mount Katahdin and have some really good empanadas.” www.boston.com/news/off-bea...
The ultimate walk around Boston debuts this weekend, and it’s 91 miles long
A new urban hiking trail launches Saturday, loosely tracing Boston’s perimeter while passing through each adjacent city or town.
boston.com
This subheadline from @apatkin.bsky.social's story about the new Boston Boundless Trail is probably my favorite subheadline for any Walking City Trails story: “You can’t really step off the trail if you’re hiking Mount Katahdin and have some really good empanadas.” www.boston.com/news/off-bea...
The ultimate walk around Boston debuts this weekend, and it’s 91 miles long
A new urban hiking trail launches Saturday, loosely tracing Boston’s perimeter while passing through each adjacent city or town.
boston.com
I'd like you to meet to the Boston Boundless Trail - 90.9 miles, passing through every city/town that borders Boston - Over 100 green spaces along the way - Public transit connections - Food and drink at many points Grab maps and directions below and WALK HARD! www.bostontrails.org/bostonboundl...
Boston Boundless Trail — Walking City Trail
Take a 90.9-mile adventure on foot around the City of Boston on the Boston Boundless Trail.
bostontrails.org
#SaturdayVibes @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social #NationalTrailsDay recognizes the incredible benefits federal, state and local trails provide for recreation and exposure nature. Happy trails wherever you walk today.🫶✌️
Miles Howard@milesperhoward.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are less than 72 hours out from the launch of the new trail that encircles the City of Boston, passing through forests, wetlands, beaches, hidden stairways, industrial territory, and much more. The trail goes live this Saturday morning, June 6th, and I can't wait to unveil it.
I'd like you to meet to the Boston Boundless Trail - 90.9 miles, passing through every city/town that borders Boston - Over 100 green spaces along the way - Public transit connections - Food and drink at many points Grab maps and directions below and WALK HARD! www.bostontrails.org/bostonboundl...
Boston Boundless Trail — Walking City Trail
Take a 90.9-mile adventure on foot around the City of Boston on the Boston Boundless Trail.
bostontrails.org
