Kitchener — Mayor

• Reallocate space on selected streets (e.g. road diets, transit lanes, protected bike lanes)
• Prioritize active transportation improvements during routine resurfacing
• Focus improvements around schools, transit corridors, and commercial areas

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

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

Yes, for specific groups

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

Seniors (ex. extend Older Adult Day Pass pilot), People with disabilities, 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

operational stability

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

An east-west link along Ottawa Street in Kitchener, which has been identified in the ROW transportation stratgy.

• Reallocate space on selected streets (e.g. road diets, transit lanes, protected bike lanes)
• Adjust signal timing, curb use, or intersection design
• Transportation Planning should be reoriented around accessibility and the most vulnerable road users.

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

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

I have a whole right to mobility platform co created with low income and disability advocates it can be read at davidalton.org

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

Seniors (ex. extend Older Adult Day Pass pilot), People with disabilities, 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

That transit is public infrastructure. We should not undercut transportation planning with private public partnerships or expensive consulting. We should not emulate Metrolinx but should instead increase our local transit development capacity.

Other priority not listed abovecandidate's own words

Transit needs to be decoupled from economic development. To often it is designed not for efficient mobility but for land speculation. Affordable transit and frequent transit are priorities to build trust and ridership.

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

Victoria street from Park to Lancaster is need of a redesign. This route is supposed to support high density development and a transit hub and yet is not safe for vulnerable road users.

• Reallocate space on selected streets (e.g. road diets, transit lanes, protected bike lanes)
• Prioritize active transportation improvements during routine resurfacing

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

Yes, but roads should take priority; sidewalks cleared after

Yes, for specific groups

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

Seniors (ex. extend Older Adult Day Pass pilot), People with disabilities, Low-income residents

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

Transparency in how transit investment decisions are made and funded. Every dollar spent on transit infrastructure should be traceable through an open, documented process, with clear council deliberation, not decided informally or without public scrutiny.

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

The Highway 7/8 Stratford West interchange in Kitchener. This corridor is the gateway into our downtown core, and right now it sends the wrong first impression, with heavy congestion during peak hours and dangerous conditions greeting people as they arrive. I've committed to working with the Province to improve safety here, alongside transportation solutions that reduce congestion and protect residents.

• Adjust signal timing, curb use, or intersection design
• Focus improvements around schools, transit corridors, and commercial areas
• Use a practical
• data-driven approach that improves walking
• cycling and transit without unnecessarily compromising road access
• safety
• emergency response
• or the needs of residents and businesses. Prioritize improvements where they will deliver the greatest measurable benefit. Kindly Checkout https://www.votefornair.ca/post/a-safer-kitchener-starts-with-streets-designed-for-people

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

Yes, but roads should take priority; sidewalks cleared after

Yes, for all residents

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

We also need On-Demand Transit.

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

Long-term financial and operational sustainability should not be compromised. Transit investments must provide reliable service and meaningful benefits to residents while ensuring that the ongoing operating and maintenance costs are affordable and sustainable. We should invest for the long term, not create infrastructure that future taxpayers cannot afford to operate

Other priority not listed abovecandidate's own words

Prioritize transit investments based on measurable ridership demand, housing and employment growth, connectivity, and long-term financial sustainability. Every major investment should have a clear business case, realistic funding plan, and measurable outcomes for residents.

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

I would prioritize the Victoria Street corridor, particularly the connection between downtown Kitchener, Victoria Park and the Victoria Street North employment and residential areas. I would support targeted improvements to transit reliability, safer cycling connections, pedestrian crossings and intersection design, while maintaining appropriate access for businesses, residents and emergency services. The goal would be a connected, multimodal corridor that makes it easier to choose transit, walking or cycling without treating automobile access as an afterthought.

• Reallocate space on selected streets (e.g. road diets, transit lanes, protected bike lanes)
• Prioritize active transportation improvements during routine resurfacing
• Focus improvements around schools, transit corridors, and commercial areas

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

Improve existing subsidies and discounts, but maintain fares for most riders

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

Transportation planning should give people practical choices beyond driving. I support reliable and affordable public transit, safer walking and cycling connections, while recognizing that roads and parking remain important for many residents, businesses and families.

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

Seniors (ex. extend Older Adult Day Pass pilot), People with disabilities, 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

Accessibility and affordability should not be compromised. Transit investments must ensure that seniors, people with disabilities, low-income residents and those who rely on public transit can access jobs, services and their communities safely and reliably.

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

I would prioritize the Victoria Street corridor, particularly around 100 Victoria Street, where housing, homelessness, transit and redevelopment pressures intersect. It presents an opportunity to combine more affordable and supportive housing with thoughtful, transit-connected development and improved public spaces.