Click here for the new Hardy School map.  Thanks to all of those who made this possible.
Here is a useful link from MassBike for parents about bike safety.
East Arlington Livable Streets (EALS) Coalition–is working with the Town’s Transportation Advisory Committee, the schools and the PTO’s to promote walking and biking to the Hardy School, both [...]

June 30, 2011
MBTA Project Director for Operations
45 High St.
Boston, MA 02116
Email: keybusroutes@mbta.com
Re: Comments on Route 77 Key Bus Route Improvement
Dear Director:
The East Arlington Livable Streets (EALS) Coalition is a neighborhood-based advocacy organization founded in 2008. EALS has almost 250 supporters on our e-mail list, over 475 fans on our Facebook page and we aspire to [...]

Have you noticed these signs at the Lake Street/Minuteman Bikeway crossing? The signs were recently installed after a year-long effort begun by supporters of the East Arlington neighborhood businesses to promote businesses in the area. The Lake St./Mass. Ave. commercial area has developed into an eclectic offering of small entrepreneurs, fine and casual family eateries, [...]

Dear EALS supporters – It’s our pleasure to announce that the EALS Coalition was awarded a $1000 mini-grant from the National Center for Safe Routes to School to use to promote walking and biking to Hardy School this fall. We were one of 25 communities chosen out of 249 applicants for the mini-grants. According to [...]

Attached is the letter EALS sent urging the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to fully fund the green line extension to Rte 16 and continue funding bicycle and pedestrian projects.
EALS comments on investment strategies

Community Event 51911 presentation

Many things going on in the month of May hopefully you’ll be able enjoy some of these fun events. First some Mass Ave news:

Mass Ave Easements: Town Meeting approved 135-32 the easements for rebuilding of sidewalks for the Mass Ave project.  While this should have been a no brainer, opponents who were elected to town [...]

Dear supporters of Livable Streets,
 
Now is the time for action. EALS has been pushing this project forward over the last two years.  We’ve done countless blog posts, press releases, have helped deny opponents a seat on the Board of Selectmen for the last two years, written letters, and attended the public meetings.  Our work has been [...]

I wasn’t surprised to see a Mass Ave opponents flier in my mailbox yesterday, after all they seem to have infinite money to attack this project between, consulting lawyers, engineers, and ad agency. They’ve stepped it up in the media too, three weeks of half page colored adds in the Advocate, online ads on wickedlocal.com [...]

After the months and months of waiting, MassDOT’s 25% hearing has finally been scheduled! Please mark your calendars for Tuesday April 12 at 7pm at Town Hall. Its imperative that supporters of the current Mass Ave Corridor plan show up in significant numbers to counteract Maria Romano, Eric Berger and the dozens of vociferous opponents [...]