“I hate driving on Tufts because of those narrow things,” said Michael Pauls, a 28-year-old software engineer...“I can see the rationale behind it...to keep people from gunning it, but from a driver’s perspective, I don’t like it.” Yes, this is the point! Let's bring these ideas to Brookline.

Somerville’s new ‘Neighborway’ is designed to make the road safer by adding obstacles - The Boston Globe

To make roads safer, the city says, sometimes you have to put some obstacles in drivers' way.

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There's a reason why Somerville hasn't had a traffic death in 4 years. The city isn't perfect, but they've made a concerted effort to design many streets around people and not cars. You can still drive, but you're going to have to do so slowly and while paying attention.

Somerville is intentionally making roads harder to drive on. It’s getting results. - The Boston Globe

To make roads safer, the city says, sometimes you have to put some obstacles in drivers' way.

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Brookline Transport Board Endorses Chestnut Hill Ave. Redesign With Protected Bikeway, from @brooklinenews.bsky.social: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/21/b...

Brookline Transport Board Endorses Chestnut Hill Ave. Redesign With Protected Bikeway - Streetsblog Massachusetts

This story originally appeared on Brookline.News, an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing comprehensive local news coverage for Brookline.

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For Brookline residents curious about e-bikes but not quite ready to make a major purchase, there’s a new kind of lending library in town. brookline.news/brookline-re...

Curious about e-bikes? A local nonprofit wants to let you try one out for a week for free - Brookline.News

For Brookline residents curious about e-bikes but not quite ready to make a major purchase, there’s a new kind of lending library in town.

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Do you love our library and want to get more involved in its governance? The Board of Library Trustees has a vacancy that will be filled by vote of the Trustees and the Select Board. Applications are due Oct. 2: www.brooklinema.gov/m/newsflash/...

Call for Applications: Special Appointment to Board of Library Trustees

Public Library of Brookline Board of Trustees: Call for ApplicationThe Brookline Board of Library Trustees and the Select Board are seeking candidates to fill the vacancy on the Board of Library Trust

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Great day at the @abundanthousingma.org Housing Symposium. Learned a ton from pro-housing activists and organizers from across the state, and it was a pleasure to hear from @kimdriscollma.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net.

MA has 9 statewide ballot questions this year. Be an informed voter! #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/2026ballot/

Great result from this week's Brookline Transportation Board meeting.

Sam Mintz@samjmintz.bsky.social · 3w ago

Bike lane alert: Brookline Transportation Board signs off on redesign of Chestnut Hill Ave which includes a two-way protected cycle track bike lane, and 65 new parking spaces, after 18 months of heated debate that pitted road user safety against curb access. brookline.news/transportati...

38 Norman Street should have been a 6-story, 32-unit by-right project in Salem’s most permissive downtown district. Abutter opposition led the developer to cut it to 4 stories and 20 units. They were sued anyway. Read my new Massachusetts permitting report; "Delayed be Design" out today.

Such a fantastic point. People who make things happen are often just people. You're a person! Make something happen! (Especially true at the municipal level.)

Daniel Kay Hertz@danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 4w ago

Maybe the most important fact about governance is there is just way more surface area than there are people who can cover it. Which means there are way more places for you to genuinely contribute bc no one else is working on something and also fewer guards blocking the way bsky.app/profile/step...

Having a great time with this moe. show from Sep 15, 1995. Archive.org is a treasure and the Relisten app is fantastic. I particularly love the feature showing you "on this date" shows from your favorite bands. Less decision fatigue, more awesome music.

moe. Live at Broadway Joe's on 1995-09-15

Disc 1 {Set I} 01. Defrost Kelly-> 02. Seat of My Pants 03. banter 04. That Country Tune 05. Dr. Graffenburg 06. banter 07. Akimbo 08. Rebubula 09. St. Augustine 10. Eye of the Tiger jam 11. Mexico* D...

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Always a good reminder. (I need to take the advice more often.)

Cassidy She/Her@pdxreigns.bsky.social · last mo.

Got my @thecrashcourse.bsky.social display set up with my 2022-2026 coins. "Knowledge weighs nothing, carry all you can."

Great tribute among the many tributes to Dolly Parton. Will definitely be making this soon.

Dolly's Banana Pudding (1989)

YouTube video by B. Dylan Hollis

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From me:

Cambridge Somerville Independent@csindie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Does mayor Wu actually feel sorry about her dead co-worker

Genuine free enterprise means a pared-down, legible regulatory landscape in which economic freedom is available not just to corporations or the rich, but to everybody with an idea and a couple hundred square feet.

Americans Could Run Tiny Businesses Too

On the reasons behind Japan's physical microbusinesses

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Great analysis on Vision Zero progress in Somerville, Cambridge, Boston, & Brookline. Recommended takeaways for Brookline are to start now, add safe bike / traffic calming infrastructure every time a road is paved, & improve data collection. Doesn't seem impossible! Nice work from Gregory Wheeler.

Safer Streets Now: How Brookline Can Learn from its Neighbors to Achieve Vision Zero — Brookline Insights

Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston offer insights as Brookline strives to eliminate crashes resulting in deaths and serious injuries.

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Data centers

All the hysteria and rhetoric that consumed a community around these bike lanes ended and now no one talks about them and people use them (including those with mobility devices) all the time for work, school, play and everything in between. Change is hard for some people but we all adapt.

Louisa Gag Ghost Bike Installed.

The All Star game in Philadelphia is a great reminder why everyone hates Philadelphia.

Bicyclist/pedestrian deaths are preventable & it's past time that Brookline take action. Instead, the TBoard will spend part of this week's meeting discussing creation of a "car user advisory committee" because a vocal minority says that motorists are being "neglected" www.reddit.com/r/Brookline/...

From the Brookline community on Reddit: No more preventable pedestrian/bicyclist deaths - demand action in Brookline for safer streets

Explore this post and more from the Brookline community

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"To lose her on a morning commute at an intersection the city has explicitly documented as dangerous for years is just an unmitigated tragedy, a systemic failure." Deaths like Louisa's occur because our leaders prioritize the convenience of drivers over the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.

‘Systemic failure’: Crash that killed Boston transit planner sparks furor over road safety efforts - The Boston Globe

Residents and public officials alike have been concerned about pedestrian and cyclist safety on the stretch of Tremont Street in Mission Hill near Parker Street for years.

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Walking to the train after leaving work and hearing a military rock band(?) covering Fortunate Son... I'm confused. Have they heard this song before?

If you want to do something climate-friendly with your parking lot, don't cover it in solar panels, *get rid of the parking lot*.

Kids enjoying some afternoon bluegrass with Yonder Mountain String Band at the front of the Northlands festival crowd. #bluegrass #musicfestival #livemusic #newhampshire

Great listen for kids on a Juneteenth road trip. Juneteenth history weaved into a fun kid-led detective story. Highly recommend. @wgbh.org

Keyshawn Solves It

Created by Ed Jenkins, the Keyshawn Solves It podcast is an 8-episode serialized mystery about a 10-year-old African-American boy who inherits a set of keys that can unlock almost any door. With help ...

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We see this over and over - create an environment where people can build a lot of housing, quickly, and watch the power shift toward renters. Landlords raise rent when renters don't have other options. Let's legalize a lot more homes throughout the Boston-metro so people aren't forced to move away!

Is it a renter's market? It depends on where you live

About 40% of rentals on Zillow offer move-in deals, like a month of free rent, thanks to a construction boom that created an apartment surplus in some parts of the United States.

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Thank you to our Safe Routes to School taskforce members & friends and to especially the Brookline Police bike unit for your assistance with the Pierce bike bus this morning! We had about 20 kids and a dozen adults join a ride from the library to Pierce @ OLS and everyone had a great time! 🚲

Fantatic vote to approve this major rezoning on Boylston Street in Chestnut Hill. Final vote of 216-20-6. Lots of net new tax growth, lots of commercial space, hotel, and lots of new homes. Great work by so many involved.

@brooklinenews.bsky.social · 5mo ago

After two years of planning, it’s crunch time for Brookline’s biggest redevelopment project in decades. Town Meeting will vote Thursday whether to rezone an office park on Route 9 in Chestnut Hill to allow City Realty to move forward with a major mixed-use project. brookline.news/what-to-know...