With one in Coolidge Corner and one in Brookline Village, it makes sense to have one on Harvard just north of School/Aspinwall. Why?
* The Brookline Teen Center [coming soon!] is right around the corner
* It's almost exactly half way between the proposed station in Brookline Village (BVil T stop) and CCorner (in front of Boca Grande).
* It's very near the Pierce School
* It will help to bring a little more customer traffic to "north" Brookline Village
* It will serve as a backup for Hubway users who are going to CCorner or BVil and discover that the station is full
* It's within 4 blocks of an awful lot of residential units, many of which have residents who don't own a car
* It's under-served by the T (just the 66 bus) and can be used by those residents to get to and from the C or D line conveniently, thereby expanding the ease of use of the Green Line

I uploaded a screenshot of my Hubway suggestion map. My fifth location (not shown) is in Cleveland Circle (putting it geographically in Brighton) in the parking lot in front of Cassidy Playground. It's close to my Brookline neighborhood (Kilsyth Road) and equally accessible to the Boston College community. (Unfortunately, an error message popped up on the Hubway website when I pressed "submit.")

With Coolidge Corner and Brookline Village as shoo-ins, the other two stations should be at intermediate locations. Harvard St. at School/Aspinwall is a natural spot, as is Beacon Street at Kent/Powell. Recall there is already a station at Park Drive and Buswell Street that effectively serves the St. Mary's/Audubon Circle area. But it'd be a long haul between there and Coolidge Corner. Yet I haven't heard the Kent/Powell area mentioned anywhere in the Brookline discussion.

Until bicyclists stop running red lights and begin to obey basic traffic rules, no accommodations should be made. Any spaces assigned to Hubway should not take up parking in the commercial areas.

perhaps Vitolo should learn not to encourage his fellow bicyclists to run red lights. I don't want Brookline spending any money for bicyclists until the majority of obey traffic rules. currently the majority of bicyclists the vast majority of bicyclists do not obey basic traffic rules. one cannot compare motorists bicyclist and pedestrians it is not an apples to apples comparison.

Sorry, but in last year's TAB, Mr. Vitolo did exactly that and more ! Vitolo was chastised by Captain Gropman for saying that last year. Bicyclists in Brookline, in large numbers are every day violating basic rules of the road. Stand ion any corner and watch them run through red lights on Beacon Street. Not just running a light while going down the street but I mean cutting across traffic on Beacon Street, against a red light. It must stop!!

That's simply not true. While I acknowledged to the reporter who wrote that article (closer to 5 years ago than 1) that cyclists often run red lights, and sometimes do it in the name of safety in order to get ahead of a pack of autos clumped at an intersection, I've *never* encouraged a cyclist to run a red light.

I do encourage cyclists to ride safely. In addition to lights and bright colors, that includes (a) riding predictably, and (b) riding assertively. For example, if necessary for safety, cyclists ought to (and are legally permitted to) take the lane to prevent an automobile driver from attempting to pass where road width isn't sufficient.

You don't need to take my word check out this link yourself. June 15, 2009 Brookline TaAB, Vitolo says:

The red light
Imagine a bicyclist heading down Beacon Street comes upon several cars stopped at a red light. There’s no bike lane, so the bicyclist eases past several cars and stops at the intersection. She looks left and right; there’s no traffic coming. Should she go?

The bicyclist: It depends, said Tommy Vitolo” but he’s more lenient on bicyclists who run red lights after they’ve determined that they can do so safely.
The reason, Vitolo said, is that bicyclists don’t like to be in front of impatient motorists when the light turns green. Unlike cars, bicycles can take some time to get moving, and bicyclists may not be able to start as quickly as motorists would like.
“The expectation is when the light turns green, it’s a drag race,” Vitolo said. “That’s a very stressful place to be.”
*********************************
Vitolo said running a red light can give bicyclists a jump on vehicle traffic. Even if cars eventually catch up, it’s easier for motorists to pass a bicyclist mid-block than while bunched up at an intersection, he argued.

I don't mean to insult or malign Mr. Vitolo. His words speak for themselves. I firmly believe that the vast majority of bikers violate traffic rules, thus making them a danger to all. A motorist can not rely on a bicyclist to be a predictable driver. I say, NO money for bicycle accomodations until they can learn to follow the law.

Lower Beacon by the St. Mary's T Stop would be a great location. The station at Buswell and Park drive has been removed and thus this are will be a perfect fit!

I think Washington Square could be great too--it would work well for interaction between Brookline Village and the Coolidge Corner Stations.

No bicycle stations should be installed until after Mr. Vitolo and Mr. Izeman settle their dispute, preferably by bicycle-jousting through a red light on Beacon Street.

So it's July and Hubway doesn't show any Brookline stations on their map. Any word on whether we'll see stations installed this year?

If we're limited to four stops, then hands down the fourth should be Washington Square, a burgeoning concentration of restaurants and nightlife in Brookline - not to mention a densely populated neighborhood with already good bicycle infrastructure. I'm very surprised it was left out of the first three.

I'm also surprised JFK Crossing wasn't already included. What's the point of both Brookline Village and Town Hall?

The four should have been - and I submit should still be -

1) Coolidge Corner
2) Brookline Village
3) Washington Square
4) JFK Crossing