Broadway Magoun Transportation Safety & Redesign Priorities Survey

Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on Broadway between Winchester Street and Central Street. The City is exploring a new design for this section of Broadway to make it safer, more accessible, more sustainable, and more comfortable. We want to hear from you about how you use the street today, what transportation safety concerns you have, and what priorities you have for the future of this section of Broadway.

Please take this 5 – 10-minute survey to provide your input on the future redesign of Broadway Magoun and share a bit about yourself to help us learn better who we are reaching.

If you want to learn more about the project, please check out the following materials:

A recording of the first community meeting.
The presentation slides of the first community meeting.

If you prefer to take this survey over the phone, please contact us at 311 (617-666-3311) to log your request and a member of the Mobility Division will call you back. You can also email transportation@somervillema.gov if you have any questions or prefer to provide written comments.

Section 1: Street Experience

How do you use this section of Broadway? Check all that apply.

I live on this street.

I use the street as my primary way to get to or leave my home.

I work on this street.

I go to businesses on this street.

I travel to this street for sports activities on Trum Field.

I use this section of Broadway to travel to other destinations.

Other (please specify)

Do you use this section of Broadway to get to any of the following destinations? Check all that apply.

I use this street in my regular work commute.

I use this street to go to school/take my kid(s) to school.

I use this street to get to the Ball Square or Magoun Square Green Line stations.

I use this street as one of my main ways to get to Davis Square, Magoun Square, East Somerville, and Assembly.

I take this street to get to I-93.

Other (please specify)

If you traveled on this section of Broadway in the past month, how did you travel? Check all that apply.

Walking or rolling

Biking

Taking the bus

Taking a rideshare or carpooling

Driving

I did not travel on this section of Broadway in the past month.

Other (please specify)

What are your top five transportation-related concerns with this section of Broadway? Please select up to five.

The sidewalks are in poor condition.

The sidewalks are too narrow.

The sidewalks are too wide.

Vehicles frequently speed on this street.

There is too much congestion in general on the street.

There aren’t enough crosswalks.

Vehicles do not stop for people trying to use the crosswalks.

It doesn’t feel safe to bike on the street.

There aren’t enough street trees or green space.

The pavement is in poor condition.

Other (please specify)

If you want to expand on what you selected above, please use the following comment box.

What intersections or crossings do you feel most unsafe in? Please select up to five.

Broadway at Winchester Street

Broadway at Cedar Street

Broadway at Alfred Street

Broadway at William Street

Broadway at Charles E Ryan Road

Broadway at Hinckley Street

Broadway at Medford Street/Dexter Street (Magoun Square)

Broadway at Strathmore Road

Broadway at Broadway Terrace

Broadway at Norwood Road

Broadway at Partridge Avenue

Broadway at Glenwood Road

Broadway at Bartlett Street

Broadway at Adams Street

Broadway at Central Street

When the City reconstructs a main street, we also evaluate the side streets that feed in and out of the street for traffic calming interventions like speed humps. Are you concerned about speeding on any of the following streets? Please select up to three. We did not include any streets within the City of Medford or any that currently have MBTA bus service.

Cedar Street

Charles E Ryan Road

Hinckley Street

Broadway Terrace

Norwood Road

Partridge Avenue

Glenwood Road

Bartlett Street

Adams Street

Central Street

Other (please specify)

If you have any other transportation concerns that you haven’t already shared, please share them in the comment box below.

Section 2: Priorities for the Street

What ideas do you have for improving the street design of this section of Broadway?

10.

How important is it to you that the City address each of the following when considering changes to this section of Broadway?

Decrease speeding.

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

Improve safety at existing crosswalks.

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

Add more crosswalks across Broadway.

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

Improve the bike lanes.

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

Add more bike parking and/or Bluebikes stations.

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

Add more amenities like benches and trash cans.

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

Modify parking regulations to include more loading zones and accessible parking spaces.

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

Improve bus stops.

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

Combine or relocate bus stops to reduce bus delay.

Very Important

Somewhat Important

Not Important

11.

Broadway is wide enough that there will be room to provide a combination of on-street parking and planted areas. How would you like to see the city prioritize the amount of each of these resources as the concept design is developed? Please choose one.

Keep as much parking as possible and little-to-no new planted areas.

Keep parking on both sides of the street, but use a space or two on each block for planted areas.

Have parking on one side of the street and a planting strip on the other (which side has which could change along the corridor).

Have planting strips on both sides and little-to-no on-street parking.

Other (please specify)

12.

Do you have any other comments or questions you would like to share about Broadway Magoun?

Section 3: Demographic Questions

13.

How did you hear about this project and/or survey? Check all that apply.

Flier on my door

Word of mouth

Social media 

Newsletter

City street outreach event

Other (please specify)

14.

Where in Somerville do you live? Please select one.

* required

On “Broadway Magoun” (between Winchester Street and Central Street).

In Somerville within a 5-minute walk of Broadway Magoun.

In Medford within a 5-minute walk of Broadway Magoun.

In Somerville, but further than a 5-minute walk from Broadway Magoun.

I don’t live in Somerville.

15.

How do you self-identify by race or ethnicity? Check all that apply.

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black or African American

Hispanic, Latinx, or Spanish origin

Middle Eastern or North African

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

White

Prefer not to say

Another race or ethnicity not listed above (please specify)

16.

What is the approximate annual income of your household? Please answer for all with whom you share immediate living space (e.g., roommates).

Less than $25,000

$25,000 - $49,999

$50,000 - $74,999

$75,000 - $99,999

$100,000 - $149,999

$150,000 - $199,999

$200,000 or more

Prefer not to say

17.

How many people 18 years and older live in your household?

Select option

18.

How many people under 18 years old live in your household?

Select option

19.

What is your age?

17 or younger

18 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 54

55 to 64 

65 to 74

75 and older

Prefer not to say

20.

What is your gender? Check all that apply.

Woman

Man

Non-binary

Prefer not to say

Prefer to self-describe: 

21.

What language(s) do you speak at home? 

Maximum 255 characters

0/255

22.

What is your housing status in Somerville?

Own

Rent

Temporary or unstable housing

Prefer not to answer

Other (please describe)

23.

Do you self-identify as a person with a disability (with or without a diagnosis)?

Yes

Prefer not to say

Prefer to self-describe: