Brookline’s Transportation Board Traffic Calming Subcommittee will review proposed speed humps and other treatments for nine residential streets at a remote meeting Thursday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m.

The meeting agenda lists two neighborhood clusters for discussion or action:

  • Beals/Lawton neighborhood: Lawton Street, Thorndike Street, Coolidge Street, Fuller Street, Naples Road and Beals Street
  • Hayes School neighborhood: Eliot Street, Reservoir Road and Dean Road

A project plan and staff presentation are available with the meeting materials.

Why the town groups streets together

Brookline groups neighboring streets into clusters to discourage drivers from shifting onto adjacent roads to avoid traffic calming on a single street, according to the town’s traffic calming policy.

Staff prioritize eligible streets using speed and traffic-volume data, crash history, proximity to schools and parks, resident requests and other factors.

The updated policy, approved by the Transportation Board in 2024 and the Select Board in 2025, emphasizes simpler treatments that can reduce design and construction costs. Options include speed humps, speed cushions, speed tables, flexible posts and pavement markings.

The town says these approaches can avoid the extensive drainage changes associated with some earlier designs.

First cluster covered five streets

The program’s first cluster included Buckminster Road, Clinton Road, Tappan Street, Beaconsfield Road and Clark Road.

The Transportation Board approved that plan June 25, 2025, following a neighborhood meeting and revisions incorporating resident feedback.

The town awarded Mario Susi & Sons Inc. a $410,683 contract to install 37 speed humps across the five streets. Its program page lists spring 2026 as the construction schedule but does not confirm completion.

Public participation

Thursday’s meeting will address the traffic calming process, proposed streets and treatment locations. The agenda lists Jonathan Kapust as vice chairperson.

Under the town’s policy, finalized concepts go before the Transportation Board at a public hearing, where abutters can comment before the board votes on approval. Residents may also request a neighborhood meeting, subject to the Engineering and Transportation Director’s discretion.

Residents can register for the Zoom meeting or call 646-828-7666 and enter Meeting ID 165 411 1549.