The keypad polling results from the first meeting about the Mystic Valley Parkway Community Visioning Process showed that residents were most likely to think that Boston Harbor would be cleaned up under budget in their lifetime. Most attendees were residents living in Medford or Somerville. A majority owned single family homes and had lived in the area for over 10 years. The meeting improved understanding of different perspectives and made most attendees feel optimistic about a possible Green Line extension. Small group discussions were generally productive and the meeting was rated as very or good effective by over 70% of attendees.

1. Mystic Valley Parkway
Community Visioning Process
Keypad Polling Results – Meeting #1 – February 16, 2011
1. Which of the following did you think would be least likely to happen in your lifetime?
25.2%
20.6% 20.6%
17.8%
15.9%
Boston Harbor State health Cities in the US Red Sox win Al Gore wins
cleaned up and care reform and around the the World Academy Award
under budget world ban Series for a climate
smoking change
2. Which category best describes you?
46.3%
22.2%
14.8%
11.1%
5.6%
Resident Government Business/property Non-Profit or Other
owner Advocate

2. 3. Where do you live?
59.5%
14.4%
9% 9%
2.7% 4.5%
0.9%
4. Do you own or rent a home?
45.8%
25.2%
16.8%
8.4%
3.7%
I own a single I own a multi- I own a I rent my home Other (none)
family home family home condominium
or townhouse
5. How long have you lived in the Medford, Somerville, Arlington, or Cambridge area?
38.7%
18%
14.4%
12.6% 12.6%
3.6%
0 - 1 Year 2 - 5 Years 6 - 10 Years 11 - 20 20+ Years I live in
Years another
municipality

3. 6. What is your age?
26.1%
19.8%
18%
17.1%
12.6%
5.4%
0.9%
0 – 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60 – 69 70 or Better
7. How do you identify yourself?
90.1%
2.7% 5.4%
1.8% 0% 0%
White Black or Hispanic or Asian Other Two or more
African Latino
American
8. Have you attended a Green Line Extension meeting before?
69.4%
30.6%
Yes No

4. 9. Did today’s event improve your understanding of how others feel about the potential Green
Line Extension to Mystic Valley Parkway?
44.4%
30%
14.4%
11.1%
Definitely Somewhat A little Not really
10. How did today’s event make you feel about the possible extension of the Green Line to
Mystic Valley Parkway?
39.8%
31.6%
16.3%
12.2%
Excited Optimistic So So Pessimistic
11. Did you find the small group discussion productive?
50.5%
45.3%
3.2% 1%
Everyone We did pretty Some Lackluster
participated fully well dominated the discussion
and fairly conversation

5. 12. How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the meeting?
40.8%
31.6%
13.3%
8.2%
6.1%
Very Effective Good OK Needs Poorly
Improvement Managed
13. Which accommodations could help enable your participation in future meetings?
41.5%
31.9%
12.8%
7.4%
5.3%
1.1%
Translation Additional Listening Devices Childcare Other Accommodations
Accessibility Were Appropriate
14. Which location would you prefer for the next public input meeting? (location not guaranteed)
63.2%
30.3%
2.6% 4%
51 Winthrop Columbus Medford City Medford
Street Meeting Elementary Hall Senior Center
Space School in
Medford