1. Mystic Valley Parkway
Community Visioning Process
Keypad Polling Results – Meeting #2 – March 30, 2011
1. Which is your favorite New England sports team?
35%
24%
19%
13%
9%
Boston Celtics Boston Red Sox New England Boston Bruins They are all too
Patriots good to choose just
one
2. Which category best describes you?
54%
46%
Meeting 1
Meeting 2
22%
17%
15% 14%
10% 11%
6% 5%
A concerned Government Business/property Non-profit or Other
resident owner advocate

2. 3. Where do you live?
63%
59%
Meeting 1
Meeting 2
14% 13%
9% 8% 9%
5% 3% 5% 5% 3%
3% 1%
Medford Somerville Arlington Cambridge Winchester Boston Other
4. Do you own or rent a home?
53%
46% Meeting 1
Meeting 2
25% 26%
17%
13%
8%
5% 4% 3%
I own a single I own a multi-family I own a I rent my home Other (none)
family home home condominium or
townhouse

3. 5. How long have you lived in the Medford, Somerville, Arlington, or Cambridge area?
46%
Meeting
39%
1
22%
18%
14%
13%13% 13%
10% 8%
4%
2%
0 - 1 Year 2 - 5 Years 6 - 10 Years 11 - 20 Years 20+ Years in another municipality
I live
6. What is your age?
26% 27% Meeting
1
20% 20%
19% 18% 17%
17%
13%
8% 8%
5%
1% 2%
0 – 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60 – 69 70 or Better

4. 7. How do you identify yourself?
90%
84% Meeting 1
Meeting 2
7% 5% 5%
2% 0% 2% 0% 0% 3% 3%
White Black or African Hispanic or Asian Other Two or more
American Latino
8. Have you attended a Green Line Extension meeting before?
88%
Meeting 1
69%
Meeting 2
31%
13%
Yes No

5. 9. What mode of transportation do you use to commute to work?
43.3%
30.0%
16.7%
5.0% 5.0%
0.0% 0.0%
Drive Alone Drive Alone Carpool to Walk to Bike to Take Transit I Don’t
to Work to Transit Work Work Work to Work Commute to
Work
10. Do you think people will use the Green Line Extension to commute to work?
79.4%
19.1%
1.6%
People will use the Green People will not use the I don’t know
Line Extension Green Line Extension

6. 11. Are you concerned about the number of people who might be dropped off if a station were
constructed at Mystic Valley Parkway?
39.7% 38.1%
19.1%
3.2%
Yes, I’m I’m somewhat No, I’m not I don’t know
concerned concerned concerned
12. Would you support the implementation and enforcement of a residential parking permit
program if the Green Line was extended to Mystic Valley Parkway?
66.7%
20.0%
13.3%
Yes, I would support it No, I would not support I’m not sure
it
13. Did this portion of the presentation improve your understanding of the link between traffic
patterns and the Green Line?
56.1%
31.8%
12.1%
Yes, this presentation Somewhat, but I still have No, I still don’t
helped questions understand the data

7. 14. Thinking about the Green Line, are you concerned about air quality?
52.8%
26.4%
18.1%
2.8%
No, I think air Not very much I am worried about I’m not sure
quality will improve air quality impacts
15. What type of land acquisition most concerns you?
43.1%
23.5% 23.5%
9.8%
Residential land Commercial/Business Publicly owned land I don’t know
acquisition land acquisition acquisition
16. How significant do you think the land acquisitions will be along the proposed Green Line
corridor from College Ave to Mystic Valley Parkway?
50.0%
30.7%
16.1%
3.2%
I think numerous I think a few homes I think the land I don’t know
homes and businesses and businesses will be acquisitions will be
will be taken taken minimal

8. 17. Would you support a station at Mystic Valley Parkway if land acquisitions were required?
53.9%
18.5% 20.0%
3.1% 4.6%
Yes, I would support a Yes, as long as Yes, as long as No, I would not I’m not sure
station at MVP even if acquisitions didn’t acquisitions didn’t support a station at
commercial and affect residential affect commercial MVP if commercial
residential acquisitions property property and residential
were needed acquisitions were
needed
18. Based on the preceding information, what is your top concern regarding the potential for
neighborhood change?
31.0%
20.7%
17.2%
15.5%
10.3%
5.2%
0.0%
There will be Businesses will Jobs will be at Neighborhood Property taxes Other I’m not sure
less affordable be at risk risk demographics will increase
housing will change
opportunity
19. Did today’s event improve your understanding of the topics presented?
45.8%
33.3%
12.5%
8.3%
Definitely Somewhat A little Not really

9. 20. How did today’s event make you feel about the possible extension of the Green Line to
Mystic Valley Parkway?
41% 40%
Meeting 1
32% 31% Meeting 2
16%
14% 14%
12%
Excited Optimistic So So Pessimistic
21. How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the meeting?
41% 40%
32% 32% Meeting 1
Meeting 2
16%
13% 12%
8%
6%
0%
Very Effective Good OK Needs Poorly Managed
Improvement