In June, the Mount Auburn Street project team hand delivered surveys to Coolidge Square businesses to better understand business operations, deliveries, and loading. The feedback received will be used by the City to address delivery and loading needs in the project design.
The project team reviewed the results of the survey and identified several themes:
Deliveries are made throughout the day, without any one period of time being most popular
Businesses have little to no control over when deliveries are made
The time it takes for deliveries varies greatly
Delivery vehicles use Mount Auburn Street and/or side streets most frequently
Based on survey feedback, we are now evaluating parking and loading options to better accommodate delivery and loading vehicles. The project team’s focus is to designate loading areas on side streets, recognizing the importance of preserving customer parking options along Mount Auburn Street.
We would like to thank all Coolidge Square businesses that submitted survey responses. They will lead to an improved project design.