Press Release  MassDOT Announces Thirteenth Annual Safe Streets Smart Trips High School Video Contest Winners

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) today announced the winners of this year’s statewide Safe Streets Smart Trips high school video contest. This year, submissions were received from high schools across Massachusetts, and six finalists’ videos were chosen to be screened during MassDOT’s 2026 Moving Together Conference.  

The contest began in 2014 and encourages high school students to showcase their understanding of roadway safety across all travel modes to promote efforts to decrease pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and fatalities. Per the contest guidelines, students were asked to write and produce a 30-60 second video focused on safe riding behaviors for electric micromobility devices, including e-bikes, e-scooters and e-skateboards. 

“MassDOT is proud to support the Safe Streets Smart Trips video contest for its thirteenth year, empowering the next generation to do their part in creating safer streets for everyone,” said Interim Secretary of Transportation and MBTA General Manager Phil Eng. “Electric micromobility devices are increasingly popular among younger generations, providing accessibility along with increased safety risks. Having young, passionate filmmakers share the importance of safety on these devices through their creativity is an excellent resource for informing both high school students and drivers of the need for heightened awareness with these devices.” 

The prize award categories and high school recipients are as follows:  

Grand Prize Winners: 

Freshman/Sophomore category: 

Video title: Safety Never Takes A Break – Newton North High School  

Junior/Senior category: 

Video title: The Best Idea is Being Safe – Medford High and Technical Vocational High School 

Runners-up:  

Freshman/Sophomore category:  

Video title: If You Could Rewind Time – Winchester High School  

Junior/Senior category: 

Video title: Riding on The Road – Medford High and Technical Vocational High School  

Honorable Mention: 

Freshman/Sophomore category: 

Video title: Mobile E-Bike PSA – Albert Holland School of Technology – Boston  

Junior/Senior category: 

Video title: E-Bike Court – Burncoat Senior High School – Worcester  

This year’s winners were selected as grand prize, runner-up, and honorable mention videos in each category (Freshman/Sophomore and Junior/Senior) by a MassDOT panel. Video creators received prizes including $500 Amazon gift cards for the grand prize videos, $300 Amazon gift cards for the runner-up videos, and $100 Amazon gift cards for the honorable mention videos. Selected videos may also be featured in future MassDOT roadway safety campaigns.  

The videos will be posted and available to view on the Roadway Safety Video Contest Results page.  

To learn more about the Safe Streets Smart Trips high school video contest visit Mass.gov/roadway-safety-video or call 857-383-3807.   

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