Peterborough Bicycle Advisory Committee Candidate Survey

I support...

• Continued implementation of the cycling network and dedicated capital funding,
• Winter maintenance of cycling infrastructure,
  Pursuing senior-government funding,
• Bike racks on buses,
• Land-use planning that supports mixed-use and greater density, and
• Prioritizing important missing sidewalk connections.

I also added that the City should prioritize closing short but dangerous gaps in otherwise useful walking and cycling routes.

I would support...

• Better cycling information and communication,
• Community cycling events,
• Work on bike theft and policing issues, and
• Ongoing public consultation on cycling and transportation projects.

I would support these cycling and active-transportation projects:

• Park Street,
• Charlotte Street,
• Sherbrooke Street,
• The Otonabee River Trail, and
• The Crawford Trail extension

I support Vision Zero, an evidence-based road-safety plan, restoring automated speed enforcement where legally available, and opposing provincial restrictions that prevent municipalities from making evidence-based local cycling and road-safety decisions.

I am also supportive of lower neighbourhood speeds, but I asked for clarification on what P-BAC means by "all residential streets" in the proposed 30 km/h limit - specifically whether that includes collector roads as well as local residential streets.

I was hesitant to commit to specific three-lane designs for Chemong Road or Clonsilla Avenue without seeing more of the current traffic modelling and, in Clonsilla's case, the results of the ongoing City study. I am similarly open to exploring two-way operation on George, Water, Reid and Rubidge streets, but I had not seen enough evidence to confidently accept the survey's claim that the change would improve business investment.

My hesitation is about the specific intervention, not the broader goal. I am open to updating those positions if the evidence supports the proposed designs.

The improvement that matters most to me is making neighbourhood streets and crossings safer for people walking and cycling.

I choose not to drive and do most of my daily trips on foot, so I notice how much difference a safe crossing, continuous sidewalk, or calmer street can make - and how quickly one dangerous gap can undermine an otherwise good route.

In my first term, I would work to restore consistent funding for traffic calming, complete priority sidewalk and cycling connections, and make safety improvements part of routine road reconstruction rather than separate projects whenever possible.

The main challenges will be limited capital funding, competing uses for road space, and making sure we choose measures that actually work. I would want projects prioritized using collision, speed and usage data, then measured afterward to see whether they genuinely made the street safer.