Meeting minutes from BUMC focus group meeting - Green Line ...

MGNA
Medford Green Line Neighborhood Alliance
www.medfordgreenline.org
info@medfordgreenline.com
On June 5, the Medford Green Line Neighborhood Alliance began circulating a petition in support of
Route 16/Mystic Valley Parkway as the best location for the Green Line extension terminus.
As of July 31, a total of 1,687 people had signed the petition online, and 335 had signed paper petitions.
Here are some of the comments people submitted when signing the online petition:
1690. Frank Kastenholz
I am a West Medford resident. I was very disappointed when the Green Line extension was cut short of West
Medford. Bringing the Green Line to Rt. 16 is necessary to serve our community
1531. Douglas Smith 137 Harvard Avenue Medford 02155
Access to convenient public transportation is a cost effective response to soaring energy cost and global
climate change. Please bring the Green Line to Route 16. (And a daily walk makes good health sense!)
1472. David R Mahoney 46 Winter St. Medford 02155
This would greatly benefit the elderly and disabled at Walkling Court.
1439. Anthony Hartman 18 Irving St. Medford 02155
It would be a shame if the last stop were not at Route 16. The one complaint I have had since I moved to West
Medford is that the bus service is unreliable. When 94 misses a run it is 1 1/2 hours between buses.
1078. B. Iris Tanner, 82 Harvard Ave. #2, Medford 02155: Initially I was against this but in light of gas prices,
etc., I now think it makes a LOT of sense.
1056. Eric Pinsoneault, 186 Gardner St., Arlington 02474: This is a vote for better air quality and greater
economic opportunity for the residents of Somerville, Medford and Arlington
1036. Althea Brown, West Medford, 02155: Let's not miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity. Why
should just Somerville and Tufts University reap the benefits? I hope we have a more open-minded community
of people that will rally around this and demand that the Green Line will be coming to Medford through to Route
16. Joy! Wow, our property would even be worth more!
981. Anthony Biscardi, 29 Harvard Ave #33, Medford 02155: The infrequent times of the commuter rail on
weekends and later evenings force me to take my car into Boston for sporting events, etc. If the Green line
were walkable, I would no longer use my car for many events.
976. Thomas Whiteford, 77 Boston Ave., Medford 02155: I am strongly in favor of green line station at route
16. It's a perfect space for end of line station.
934. Paul Seaburg, 53 High St., Somerville 02144: Being blind I would LOVE to see this happen.
898. Sheila Horne-Talarico, 52 Monument St., Medford 02155: Let's not lose this opportunity.
877. Rick Weir, 41 Sharon St., Medford 02155: In today's world of high gas prices, this addition could provide
many of us with a cleaner, faster and simpler way of transportation. Would be nice to leave my car and walk to
the T.
785. Wig Zamore, 13 Highland Ave. #3, Somerville 02143: Multi-modal access and ridership will be best
served by ending the Green Line at a commercial node on a major roadway rather than incur the negative
impacts of terminating the Green Line in a more residential area between Tufts and Route 16.
703. Marco Rivero, Harvard Avenue, Medford 02155: A terminus at Tufts would greatly serve the student
community. A terminus at Route 16 would greatly serve the community at large. Don't cripple the extension:
Bring it to Rt. 16 and give thousands more a chance to use it.
(OVER)