Mark your calendar. The date for Tour de Streets (formerly Bike4Life) has been set for September 12th! Tour de Streets is an annual fun, family-friendly ride that benefits LivableStreets and supports our work. 

2015 is an exciting year for LivableStreets as we will be celebrating our 10-year anniversary, rolling out a new membership program and launching a new website. As we increase our impact on the streets, we are seeking people interested in helping us grow.

Do you have experience with small company or non-profit accounting, finance, administration or operations? LivableStreets is seeking people interested in financial processes, policies, analysis and strategic planning.

To join the LivableStreets Finance Committee, please send your resume and a paragraph or two detailing your interest and experience to Nina Garfinkle, Board Governance Committee Chair, at [email protected].

Patagonia Boston has chosen LivableStreets to be their local partner as part of the company's "Bike to Work Week" challenge! Patagonia Boston's staff will be competing with stores across the country to see who can rack up the most miles biking, walking or running to work from June 14-20.

The best part? Patagonia Boston will donate $1 to LivableStreets for every mile they walk/bike/run during the challenge!

We'll be at Patagonia Boston's Newbury street location on June 20th from 12pm-3pm to cheer on the staff for the last day of the challenge. Be sure to swing by to say hi!

An example of similar bike lanes in action

Last week we learned that the Gateway East project will be getting protected bike lanes and improved crossings for everyone!

This project, which includes the area between the Jamaicaway and Riverway along the Emerald Necklace on Route 9, is just one piece of a much bigger vision of a seamless 200-mile network of greenway corridors to serve the 1.2 million people across the urban core. To learn more about this vision, check out our Greenway Links Initiative page.

While we are excited by these improvements, there are portions of the bike lanes that remain unprotected and some crossing elements aren't ideal for pedestrians. 

All-in-all we've made strong progress, but we still have work to do. We'll be following up with the Town of Brookline and keeping you posted as the project develops.

More than 600 people visited the Go Boston 2030 Visioning Lab to contribute their ideas for getting around Boston through interactive displays, which included Play-Doh, poetry writing, and several other interactive elements.

"This may all sound far-fetched, but it's the kind of creative thinking--and public input--we need." said Mike Ross in the Boston Globe. 

If you didn't get a chance to check out the Visioning Lab, you can find a recap and more photos from the event at goboston2030.org.

The Visioning Lab was an important step in the Go Boston 2030 public engagement process. LivableStreets is a member of Go Boston 2030's Advisory Committee and is working to ensure your ideas for Boston's transportation future are incorporated into this process. Stay tuned for updates!