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Eric Stone

@eric4brookline.bsky.social

Dad of 2 PSB kids, Town Meeting Member Precinct 8 ("the fightin' 8th"), Shared Mobility Advisory Committee, Entrepreneur, Musician, Oberlin & Temple Alum

47 Followers  |  100 Following  |  29 Posts  |  Joined: 21.01.2025  |  1.6649

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This California Highway Is Now a Park. The Cars Are Gone, but Not the Anger.

another instance of small/local businesses benefitting from more pedestrian infrastructure (in this case literally an entire roadway closing)

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

02.06.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@samjmintz.bsky.social would be down to write something data-focused on the myriad positive impacts that better/safer bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure has for residents, homeowners, visitors, and business owners

misinformation, exceptionalism, and misconception abound in these discussions

lmk

30.05.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

in 2023 7,314 people were killed by someone driving their precious car or truck into them (preliminary numbers for 2024 show a consistent trend)

an attempt to find the corresponding statistic for pedestrians killed by bicycles yields little traction but is almost certainly fewer than 5 per year

30.05.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

not that it should effing matter, because housing values are not among our god given rights, but multiple studies have shown that proximity to bicycle infrastructure increases residential property value, because of course it does!

trec.pdx.edu/sites/defaul...

30.05.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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After heated neighborhood meeting, community remains divided over Chestnut Hill Avenue redesign - Brookline.News The town and community members are still wrestling with how to best redesign Chestnut Hill Avenue, with a heated neighborhood meeting on May 8 demonstrating a deep divide. The central tension remains ...

the eagerness of people to willfully ignore both reason and data when discussing bicycle infrastructure is incredibly galling..

making a dangerous street safer for bikes, pedestrians, public transit riders, and drivers is good for everyone

smh

brookline.news/heated-neigh...

30.05.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Coolidge corner, Fenway, timeout come to mind (probably just not enough stations in those areas?)

17.05.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeh they’d have to invest in bikes that have cable locks built in (like dc has done)

17.05.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

have been using Boston and Brookline’s mostly excellent @ridebluebikes.bsky.social system lately
by far the biggest issue with the network is your desired destination having no spots when you arrive
why not adopt DC’s policy of a $2 fee to park at a public bike rack?

17.05.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Centre Street Lots Committee | Brookline, MA - Official WebsiteArrow LeftArrow RightSlideshow Left ArrowSlideshow Right Arrow Guides the visioning process and develops design alternatives for the Town-owned Centre Street East and West Parking Lots located in Coolidge Corner.

what a nice day for a picnic in the Coolidge Corner Park, you know the one behind the thea-- oh wait it's a giant parking lot

very excited to reimagine this space!!

www.brooklinema.gov/3895/Centre-...

12.05.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

nailed it

trynna slow em down and make it less terrifying to ride bikes sir 🫑

09.05.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RE: Meet the candidates for Select Board, in a race dominated by debate over development - Brookline.News As a proud advocate for transportation sustainability at Brookline High School and on the Bicycle Advisory Committee, I know that Michael Rubenstein is the best candidate for our schools, our roads, a...

wen toby sillman newsletter

brookline.news/re-meet-the-...

26.04.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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25.04.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Life After Cars

excited for this release
increasingly convinced cars are terrible in almost every way
www.lifeaftercars.com

25.04.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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proud to endorse Michael Rubenstein for Select Board
among many other reasons, he's the only candidate who voted in favor of Brookline's mbta communities act compliance (and even led the Yes! In Brookline campaign that supported it)
happy voting!

25.04.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RE: What to know about the town’s plan for bike lanes on Chestnut Hill Avenue - Brookline.News I cannot recall a more polarized Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting than last month’s Chestnut Hill Avenue redesign hearing, where CHA residents and others cried foul at the proposed removal of (illeg...

town hero of the week explains why bike lanes and vision zero are good for our neighborhoods (and why disingenuous cries of foul play are just that)

brookline.news/re-what-to-k...

16.04.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

wen betting market for whether he’s even read the declaration of independence

16.03.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is simultaneously so scary and depressing I almost can't believe they're doing it but then I remember it's them

bsky.app/profile/evan...

13.03.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a parent with school kids, how come my hard earned property taxes are going to the council on aging and the senior center? /s

26.02.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

how come I have to pay taxes for this whole fire department that's just saving OTHER people's houses? /s

26.02.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

why am I paying taxes for all these damn traffic lights on roads I never use? /s

26.02.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨🚨town grump on the week alert🚨🚨

sir we live in a society

26.02.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

rationalize it however you want
the reality is our FY26 plan puts the schools in financial peril while preserving nearly all town staffing and projects

we can and must work together to do better for our kids, our teachers, and our schools

26.02.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Do you think an amendment is the best approach to having that conversation tho?
From what I’ve seen, budget amendments from TMMs are not well received by town staff, select board, or advisory committee, presumably because they’ve created the financial plan by that point.. is there a better way?

24.02.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
FY2026 Financial Plan

*FY 26 budget is more like $456 million
stories.opengov.com/brooklinema/...

23.02.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if Town Meeting were presented 2 budgets for FY 26 (total budget of ~$440 million)
one that gave the Schools $6 million more (1.35% of the total) at the expense of non-school departments, which one would you vote for?

followup question, why doesn't Town Meeting get to make such a choice?

23.02.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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nice read summarizing how "in study after study, in city after city" small business owners' opposition to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure has proved misplaced

www.vox.com/future-perfe...

11.02.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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claps for Cambridge for doing the right thing here

..so many rebuttals to choose from..

going with: should have referred this to the comprehensive planning committee

11.02.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ha, do we just call them posts?

07.02.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

how many things in one blorp?
more money for schools, more houses and apartments, more speed humps, better T stops, more bike lanes, fewer cars going slower, more buses & trains, social workers not SROs, fewer more-accountable representatives, broader reproductive rights, athletics for all

07.02.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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