Unfortunately the Town is still waiting for one of the departments at MassDOT to submit their comments on the 25% design drawings for the Mass Ave Corridor plan. While its unlikely these comments will be anything but positive, this is creating further delays in scheduling the 25% public hearing at Town Hall. Its still possible [...]

In the last 5-6 snowy weeks, traffic in the Cambridge-bound direction–especially in the morning–has backed up more than usual for one primary reason. There is currently a left-turn lane to Rt.16 and a SINGLE thru-lane/right-turn lane into Cambridge, rather than the typical left-turn lane and two thru-lanes.  Fewer cars are able to pass through that [...]

The Mass Ave corridor planning effort took an important, though not unexpected, step this week. MassDOT submitted their comments on the Town’s revised 25% plan and there appears to be no major stumbling blocks to moving the plan forward towards the 75% final design stage. The only set of comments still outstanding is from the [...]

East Arlington residents – as some of you know, the extension of the Green Line T is currently in design phase and will be complete by 2016. Currently, the plan is for the trolley to extend out to Tufts in phase I and to Rt 16 in a second phase. This will [...]

“Be careful what you wish for.”
That’s the warning an East Arlington group has for those calling for
four travel lanes and extra-wide parking lanes for the Mass. Ave.
redesign, charging that those demands exceed the width of the street
and would cost 100 parking spaces.
A study released this week by the East Arlington Livable Streets
(EALS) Coalition finds that [...]

This came today from the City of Boston
Dear Friends,
City of Boston is conducting a brief 2010 year-end survey of people who bicycle in Boston. If you ride a bike in Boston–rarely, occasionally or perhaps every single day–please take a moment to complete this important survey. We will ask questions about your riding habits and ask [...]

December 1, 2010
John F. Bean, Director
Arlington DPW
51 Grove Street
Arlington, MA 02476
CC: Brian Sullivan, Laura Wiener, Carol Kowalski, Jack Hurd, Donna Janis
Re: Non-working Street Light on Mass Ave in East Arlington
John:
The East Arlington Livable Streets (EALS) Coalition has identified six streetlights in East Arlington that are not working. Four of these are at pedestrian crossings, which [...]

State Senator Kenneth J. Donnelly
State House
Room 416-A     
Boston, MA  02133
Re: Please support Bill H4728 for lower speed limits in urbanized areas
Dear Senator Donnelly,
The East Arlington Livable Streets (EALS) Coalition is a neighborhood-based advocacy organization founded in 2008. EALS has over 170 supporters on our e-mail list and over 400 fans on our Facebook page.  [...]

                                                  
July 13, 2010
Secretary Ian Bowles
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
MEPA Office
Attn: Holly Johnson, MEPA Analyst
EEA #13886
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900
Boston, MA 02114
Fax: 617-626-1181
Email: Holly.S.Johnson@state.ma.us
Re: Extension of the MBTA Green Line
Dear Secretary Bowles:
The East Arlington Livable Streets (EALS) Coalition is a neighborhood-based advocacy organization founded in 2008. EALS has over 170 supporters on our e-mail [...]

Help to pass House Bill 4728 to reduce the prevailing speed limit in Massachusetts urban areas from 30mph to 25mph. Safety advocates have long supported efforts to decrease the speed limit, and this is the closest it has ever been to passing! This bill, originally sponsored by Representative Denise Provost (Somerville), would significantly increase pedestrian [...]