Kitchener — Ward 10

• Prioritize active transportation improvements during routine resurfacing
• Focus improvements around schools, transit corridors, and commercial areas
• Guarantee year-round accessibility by funding direct municipal winter maintenance for sidewalks and transit stops

1. Use transit to shape land use
2. Prioritize lower-cost or incremental transit improvements
3. Prioritize expanding coverage area
4. Prioritize maximizing operational efficiency
5. Invest in rapid transit to anchor growth

Yes, sidewalks should be cleared alongside roads as part of regular winter maintenance

Yes, for specific groups

Would you like to provide any additional context for your views on transportation?candidate's own words

Transportation is fundamentally an economic equity and safety issue. Sidewalks and transit connections must be treated as essential municipal infrastructure every month of the year. Instead of allowing the City and Region to use the two-tier structure to pass the buck on winter maintenance, Kitchener can take immediate ownership of the problem. By creating a municipal Peer Employment program, the city can directly hire unhoused and underemployed residents to keep transit stops, crosswalks, and high-pedestrian footpaths clear of snow and ice. This simultaneously solves winter transit accessibility for seniors and people with mobility devices while putting immediate, low-barrier earned income into the hands of our vulnerable neighbours. Transportation, housing, and local labour cannot be treated in silos; they must work together to build working class security.

If you selected "Yes, for specific groups" above, which groups?candidate's own words

Seniors (ex. extend Older Adult Day Pass pilot), Low-income residents, Youth (age 12 and under)

Please describe one criterion or principle that should not be compromised when making transit investment decisions.candidate's own words

Transit investments must ensure that the workers, youth, and seniors on fixed incomes who depend on public transit every single day are not priced out by private land speculation along transit corridors. Capital investments in transit must always be paired with municipal land banking to secure permanently affordable workforce housing along those routes, ensuring transit remains an engine for working class mobility rather than gentrification. While major infrastructure has long-term value, rapid transit without ground-level affordability protections fuels land speculation and inflates rents for existing residents.

Other priority not listed abovecandidate's own words

Guaranteed municipal winter maintenance on sidewalks and transit stops so working-class riders, parents with strollers, and seniors are not stranded by ice and snow during winter months.

Please name one specific street, corridor, or project where you would prioritize these changes.candidate's own words

I will have to pick the The Victoria Street North corridor connecting Kitchener Central Station eastward through Ward 10. This is our primary multi-modal transit hub linking the ION, GO transit, and local bus routes with key residential neighborhoods and major employment zones. Prioritizing active transportation upgrades, safer pedestrian crossings, and guaranteed winter maintenance along this corridor directly protects shift workers, students, and seniors who rely on daily transit access.

• Reallocate space on selected streets (e.g. road diets, transit lanes, protected bike lanes)
• Adjust signal timing, curb use, or intersection design
• Focus improvements around schools, transit corridors, and commercial areas

1. Prioritize expanding coverage area
2. Prioritize maximizing operational efficiency
3. Invest in rapid transit to anchor growth
4. Prioritize lower-cost or incremental transit improvements
5. Use transit to shape land use

Yes, sidewalks should be cleared alongside roads as part of regular winter maintenance

Yes, for specific groups

If you selected "Yes, for specific groups" above, which groups?candidate's own words

People with disabilities, Low-income residents, Youth (age 12 and under)

Please describe one criterion or principle that should not be compromised when making transit investment decisions.candidate's own words

Adequate service coverage, especially for low-income neighbourhoods

Please name one specific street, corridor, or project where you would prioritize these changes.candidate's own words

If elected, I will work to implement municipal sidewalk snow clearing, prioritizing streets without adequate snow storage (i.e. curb-facing sidewalks). This would mirror similar improvements already implemented in a pilot program in Waterloo. Snow clearing should also be prioritized for crosswalks, trail connections, routes to transit stops, and school walking routes.

• Reallocate space on selected streets (e.g. road diets, transit lanes, protected bike lanes)
• Adjust signal timing, curb use, or intersection design
• Prioritize active transportation improvements during routine resurfacing

1. Prioritize lower-cost or incremental transit improvements
2. Prioritize maximizing operational efficiency
3. Prioritize expanding coverage area
4. Invest in rapid transit to anchor growth
5. Use transit to shape land use

No, maintain the current system where property owners clear adjacent sidewalks

Yes, for all residents

Would you like to provide any additional context for your views on transportation?candidate's own words

Transportation should be about practical choice. Residents should be able to walk, cycle, take transit or drive safely depending on the trip they are making. I support building those choices through safer streets, connected active-transportation infrastructure, reliable transit and land-use planning that puts more homes and destinations close to transportation options. I do not currently support city-wide municipal sidewalk clearing because of the significant additional cost. I do support enforcement, assistance for residents who cannot clear sidewalks themselves, and targeted solutions for recurring problems such as windrows, curb-facing sidewalks and publicly owned properties. I requested city staff to review our winter operations for 2026 that report was received in June. I believe exploring curb-facing sidewalks and windrow clearing would be a clear next step in expanding this service.

Please describe one criterion or principle that should not be compromised when making transit investment decisions.candidate's own words

Transit investments should connect transportation and land-use planning while providing reliable service and good value over the full life of the investment. A growing city needs transportation choices, but those investments also need to be operationally and financially sustainable. That being said I would love for our regional government to be able to afford to make public transit free. A mix of private and public funds would need to be used and the political will. Timing of such a vision would also be crucial.

Please name one specific street, corridor, or project where you would prioritize these changes.candidate's own words

I would prioritize the Victoria Street North/Ahrens Street West/Transit Hub area. In 2026, I brought forward a motion directing City staff to work with Regional staff on temporary and permanent intersection improvements and better winter maintenance around Regional and Metrolinx properties. As the Transit Hub and GO expansion move forward, this area needs to work safely and effectively for pedestrians, cyclists, transit users and drivers.