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Ride Safely With Uber and Lyft

Presented by the TRIPPS Program at the Brookline Council on Aging, this video describes how to safely use the Uber and Lyft app on your smartphone to show you exactly what to expect when you ride with these transportation companies.

0:00 Intro
0:11 Eileen
1:36 Rideshare Options
1:51 Chapter 1: Preliminaries
2:26 Chapter 2: Origin And Destination
3:40 Chapter 3: Pick a Vehicle And Confirm Trip Details
7:16 Chapter 4: While You’re Waiting
10:20 Chapter 5: Tada! You Are In The Vehicle
11:25 Chapter 6: After Your Ride, Ratings and Tips
12:27 Chapter 7: Managing Your Account
13:50 Chapter 8: Summing Up
14:26 Chapter 9: Ride Along

Explore your Neighborhood with Google Maps

Presented by the TRIPPS Program at the Brookline Council on Aging, this video describes how to explore your own neighborhood and beyond using the Google Maps app on your smartphone.

0:06 Maps on Your Phone = So Useful
1:17 Maps for Pedestrians
5:58 More Travel Routes, Times & Choices
9:26 Use Maps to Explore the Neighborhood
10:47 Get Curious – Not Lost!

Explore the MBTA with Transit

Presented by the TRIPPS Program at the Brookline Council on Aging, this video describes how to use the Transit app on your smartphone to save time and know when your MBTA bus or train/trolley is arriving.

0:00 Intro
0:40 Chapter 1: Benefits of the App
2:10 Testimonials by Seniors
4:41 Chapter 2: Step by Step
6:46 Chapter 3: Customization & Tips
9:40 Chapter 4: Demo with Travel
12:23 Sum Up

The Safety Net – Flavia Guerreiro

Host Susan Howards interviews Flavia Guerreiro, Executive Coach at TAB (The Alternative Board) Boston West. TAB offers advisory groups and coaching for independent business owners. Flavia talks about some tenets of her coaching, including identifying and properly dealing with “saboteurs,” coping mechanisms that may have been helpful in childhood but now get in the way of healthy emotions. Learn more about Flavia’s methods at https://www.tab-bostonwest.com/assessments

TV on TV – Bradford Kimball

In this interview (conducted before the May 2024 Town Meeting), Tommy Vitolo speaks with Bradford Kimball, the youngest person ever to be elected as a Brookline representative. Bradford details his civic background and his experience working on campaigns before becoming a Town Meeting Member. He and Tommy discuss how his youth impacts his focus on environmental as well as fiscal sustainability for Brookline. They touch on age diversity among Brookline’s representatives, and they address some of the warrant articles that were up for debate at Town Meeting.

Brookline Memorial Day 2024

On May 27th 2024, Brookline residents showed their support for veterans and those fallen in the line of duty with a ceremony taking place at the World War Monument.