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MAPC published the 2011 Greater Boston Cycling and Walking Map,the region’s first comprehensive map of walking and bicycling facilities. Witha companion website that is updated regularly, as new information becomesavailable, this comprehensive guide includes walking paths, hiking trails, bikelanes, and upcoming projects. To see the interactive website or request a hardcopy of the map, visit www.trailmap.mapc.org.As programs such as Hubway have helped to make biking and walkingmore popular options for getting around Metro Boston, our outreach staff hasworked hard to fold these modes of mobility into the MetroFuture “Walks andTalks” program. Walks and Talks has helped to grow our “Friends of Metro-Future” list to more than 1,900 supporters by offering lectures, workshops andwalking and biking tours of our region. Events this year, many of them sellouts,included a tour of the Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant in Boston Harbor;a weekend biking tour of the Neponset Greenway in Dorchester; an urbanbicycling safety workshop, co-hosted with MassBike; and a forum on fundingchallenges at the MBTA with Stephanie Pollack of the Dukakis Center at NortheasternUniversity. With something planned every month, it’s easy to get involvedwith MAPC and connected to MetroFuture through Walks and Talks. Formore information about events and to become a Friend of MetroFuture, visitwww.metrofuture.org.In 2011, MAPC continued to innovate new ways to use technology and interactivewebsites to engage residents and share data about the region. The DataServices Department developed two new online transportation survey toolsthat allow commuters and parents to provide information about travel patternsusing an interactive map, rather than a traditional paper survey. These “opensource” survey tools, available at http://greenstreets.mapc.org andwww.myschoolcommute.org, can be easily adapted for use by other municipalitiesand organizations in the region.MAPC is developing new ways to help stakeholders find and use data,through interactive mapping sites such as the Mystic River Environmental Atlas(www.maps.mapc.org/myrwa), which provides easy access to informationabout stormwater discharges and water quality monitoring results for dozens ofsites in the Mystic River Watershed. During the past year, more than 8,600unique users visited www.MetroBostonDataCommon.org, MAPC’s regionaldata viewer and web mapper, to access data about 2010 Census results, theAmerican Community Survey, housing developments, and hundreds of othertopics. Early 2012 will see the launch of the next generation of the DataCommon,which will include new Community Snapshots, a more intuitive mappinginterface, and more powerful tools for the analysis and visualization of data.123