Canterbury Regional candidates

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Name: Tom O'Connor

Regional/city/district council or health board: Environment Canterbury

Constituency or ward where applicable:  South Canterbury
 

1.       What do you see as the advantages of
  (a) walking and
  (b) cycling
  as a form of transport in your area?
  HEALTHY AND POLLUTION FREE
  2.       How would you rate (good, average, poor) facilities for
  (a) pedestrians and
  (b) cyclists
  in your area? This could include such things as cycleways, pedestrian overbridges, cycle parking, quality of footpaths.
  GOOD
  3.       Would you support lowered speed limits on certain streets to enhance their use by pedestrians or cyclists?
  YES
  4.       Are you aware of where walking or cycling paths/lanes/routes are?
  YES
  5.       How well signposted are these facilities? Please note if signage is better for one mode than the other.
  VERY WELL
 
  6.       Are you aware of parts of the roadways or public spaces that (a) pedestrians or (b) cyclists can't use?
  YES
 
  7.       What would you do about these barriers?
  NO BARRIERS HERE
 
  8.       Do you think there are certain conditions under which parking on footpaths is permissible?
  ONLY IN EMERGENCIES
 
  9.       If your ward/community does not have a walking or cycling route map, would you support creating one?
  WE HAVE ONE
    10.   Does the council have a walking and cycling strategy, and if not, would you support having one?
  DON'T KNOW BUT I WOULD SUPPORT ONE
    11.   Do you support travel plans in schools and workplaces? If so, what would you do to facilitate them?
  NOT SURE
  12.   What other techniques could you suggest to improve walking and cycling as a regular activity?
  EDUCATION
  13.   What role do you see the council has in promoting public health? How do you see walking and/or cycling contributing?
  NOT SURE
  14.   Does your council or DHB have a travel plan for staff and visitors?
  NOT SURE
  15.   Will you sign the Walking Charter? http://www.livingstreets.org.nz/ICharter.htm
  YES
  16.   Do you cycle and/or walk regularly? We recognize of course that many people who do not remain supportive of our aims to increase rates of both.
  YES
 

Name: Bronwen Murray

Regional/city/district council or health board: Environment Canterbury

Constituency or ward where applicable:  South Canterbury
 

  1.       What do you see as the advantages of
  (a) walking and
  (b) cycling
  as a form of transport in your area?
  2.      How would you rate (good, average, poor) facilities for
  (a) pedestrians and
  (b) cyclists
  in your area? This could include such things as cycleways, pedestrian overbridges, cycle parking, quality of footpaths.
  The area of SC is the largest constituency in Canterbury so blanket question are difficult to answer, the facilities in the city of Timaru and small towns are excellent for pedestrians and average for cyclist,
  On state highways there are few provisions for either, and currently I would suggest that cycles from a safety position should not be on parts of state highways eg the inland road from Geraldine to Fairlie
   
  3.       Would you support lowered speed limits on certain streets to enhance their use by pedestrians or cyclists? You need to Quantify your question, eg do you mean an extension to the format near schools, if this is what you mean, perpetual speed changes appears to be a safety issue as drivers appear to go well over the next speed limit when passing a slower one 
   
  4.       Are you aware of where walking or cycling paths/lanes/routes are? yes in portions of South Canterbury, I was a Mackenzie District Councillor who served on the Canterbury Land Transport Committee
   
  5.       How well signposted are these facilities? Please note if signage is better for one mode than the other. Well signed.
   
  6.       Are you aware of parts of the roadways or public spaces that (a) pedestrians or (b) cyclists can?t use? Yes
   
  7.       What would you do about these barriers? Currently there should be greater improvement to roading infrastructure as a whole
   
  8.       Do you think there are certain conditions under which parking on footpaths is permissible? This scenario does arise but it is not one I am in favour of.
   
  9.       If your ward/community does not have a walking or cycling route map, would you support creating one? n\a
   
 10.      Does the council have a walking and cycling strategy, and if not, would you support having one? It has a committee involving all Canterbury which has a position on cycling.


 11.     Do you support travel plans in schools and workplaces? If so, what would you do to facilitate them? N\A

12.      What other techniques could you suggest to improve walking and cycling as a regular activity? For cycling I do thing cyclist have a greater responsibility to act with consideration for others particularly  pedestrians. and I do ride a bike.
   
13.       What role do you see the council has in promoting public health? How do you see walking and/or cycling contributing? There role is to facilitate in education and roading inatives that improve access for cycling and walking
   
14.   Does your council or DHB have a travel plan for staff and visitors?
   
15.   Will you sign the Walking Charter? http://www.livingstreets.org.nz/ICharter.htm
   
16.   Do you cycle and/or walk regularly?  yes 
   We recognize of course that many people who do not remain supportive of our aims to increase rates of both.