Position Running for: Mayor
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Bicycle Questions
A. Will you as Mayor/Councilman implement the Bicycle
Master Plan throughout the city/in your district?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: As a fellow cyclist, cycling coach, and triathlon coach, adding a feasible bicycle plan with bicycle lanes throughout the city is one of my first priorities regarding transportation. Saturating the city with bike lanes and a plan that keeps everyone safe is paramount. The other major transportation fix needed is making the VIA bus system more user friendly to where citizens use it as a primary mode of transportation due to choice rather than need alone, which is a majority of the cases now.
Explanation: As a fellow cyclist, cycling coach, and triathlon coach, adding a feasible bicycle plan with bicycle lanes throughout the city is one of my first priorities regarding transportation. Saturating the city with bike lanes and a plan that keeps everyone safe is paramount. The other major transportation fix needed is making the VIA bus system more user friendly to where citizens use it as a primary mode of transportation due to choice rather than need alone, which is a majority of the cases now.
B. Will you vote to remove a bicycle lane?
Answer: NO
Explanation: We must have adequate bike lanes to
provide a variety of safe transportation modes.
C. Will you make it illegal to park a car in the bicycle lane?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: Bike lanes are just that, bike
lanes. One of my pet peeves is when I am
cycling down a bike lane and have to venture out into traffic which of course
makes if more unsafe that being able to travel down the bicycle lane.
D. Will you make sure Broadway has a protected bicycle lane from Houston to
Hildebrand?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: This is paramount is providing adequate
travel in and out of downtown. The
Broadway ride through downtown is a route I am familiar with.
E. Will you insist on new developments to include bike infrastructure such as a bicycle lane, mix used 10ft paths, and bicycle racks?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: Again, this is part of the master
transportation plan so new developments should allow for bicycle lanes and
being bicycle friendly as this is a primary mode of transportation for some
citizens.
F. Will you amend Sec. 19-286. Driving or parking on sidewalks prohibited, so
people can ride their bicycles on the sidewalk?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: I will remove such city
ordinances. In fact, I am guilty of
riding my mountain bike on the sidewalk to get to the Leon Creek Greenway
because there is no safe way to ride in the lane of traffic (Guilbeau Rd.).
G. Do you support a city ordinance that prevents any further Development of
park or green space lands for development of sports fields?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: We must prevent any further development
of our park and green space for recreational fields. Additional non-park/green space land should
be acquired to build sports or recreational complexes. The more development of green space that
takes place, the more wildlife is displaced and green space will eventually not
be green space any longer. This is
something I am very serious about protecting.
H. Will you either amend or repeal Sec. 22-28. Public parks hours of operation
and curfew, so people can use the Howard W. Peak Greenway trails after dark?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: I know of people that use the greenway
after dark for recreation as well as commuting to and from work. I am for lifting the city ordinance in all
areas in which it can be done legally. I
know some access areas at neighborhoods might not be able to have twenty-four
hour access due to restrictions of deals made with the city. Also, we must look at an environmental study
of the impact of having activity in a natural area day and night. Adding lighting is one way in which the
environment could be impacted for the wildlife so all aspects of this would
need to be considered but I am all for it if it makes legal and environmental
sense.
VIA Questions
I. Are you willing to look for more funding options to improve and expand VIA bus service?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: Our VIA bus system is not meant for
the consumer in mind. I rode the VIA bus
around town and talked with people who told me the positives and negatives of
the bus system. We need to make this a
reliable way of our transportation model so that people will choose to ride
public transportation and not just have the service used mainly by people who
have to ride the bus. Making our bus
system successful is necessary to be able to provide free ridership or even
consider adding light rail in the future.
J. Will you support free bus rides for all residents
of SA?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: Part of the transportation system overall
would be to find ways to fund VIA so that some type of free ridership program
can be started and expanded upon over time.
K. Are you willing to bring Light Rail to a vote?
Answer: No
Explanation: I am only willing to bring light rail to a vote once we have
our current transportation system tuned up.
Light rail is meant to take over bus routes that are over loaded with
riders. Dallas is a great example of
what happens when you add light rail and all other types of transportation
types without phases. Dallas taxpayers
are on the line for $17 billion and counting of debt from their light
rail. That is a lot of free bus rides
and bike lanes.
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