View source for Election 2011: Mary Tasi

'''1. What modes of transportation do you normally use within Metro Vancouver?'''

<blockquote>I live in Lower Lonsdale which has an amazing pedestrian friendly grid with smaller blocks for walking, so I walk to do most of my grocery shopping, banking, etc.  (I also walk to my School Board and Advisory Planning Commission meetings at City Hall) If I am going over to Vancouver for meetings, I take the seabus and sky train and I walk. In my field of city planning expertise,  new urbanism goals for a healthier and more liveable community include pedestrian and bicycle friendly lanes and pathways,and  smaller blocks. I do feel the majority of people are presently not “commuter”  bikers, so to get to a critical mass like some European cities, we need to do a better job of supporting the majority who want to be healthy but find our high inclines challenging to navigate at times with a bycicle.</blockquote>

'''2. How would you support and encourage parents and children to cycle to school to promote healthy and livable communities?'''

<blockquote>To support parents and children to cycle to school, I would encourage wider landscaped boulevards with bicycle racks, and I would restrict drop off and pick up parking in front of the school to essential or for handicapped only.</blockquote>

'''3. What role do you think the school board has in supporting and promoting cycling education and training for children?'''

<blockquote>The School Board can certainly play a role in creating policy around these issues. The challenge with vehicle congestion at pick up and drop off , and the need for more “walking or cycling school buses”   has come up in informal Board discussions . I would personally suggest a  committee comprised of the Environmental Team,  and interested schools  and community members to look at this issue in more depth, with achievable results and follow up.</blockquote>

Best regards,

Mary Tasi

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