What do you believe are the greatest transportation challenges facing the City of Chicago right now?

Collaboration. We need a regional approach to addressing transportation.

Do you or members of your family regularly use sidewalks, bike, take transit, drive, or a combination of any/all to get around? Does this correspond with your preferred/ideal modes of getting around? If not, what barriers do you and your family face in using your preferred mode of transportation?

Everyone walk the sidewalks of Chicago. It's important that these are more accessible to our families with disabilities.

Can you share a personal experience that changed your opinion about a transportation related policy matter?

My disabled and elderly constituents navigating the sidewalks.

Chicago is a snowy city, and even one stretch of uncleared sidewalk can make it impassable – particularly for folks with disabilities, the elderly, and parents with young children. What is your position on implementing a universal city-wide sidewalk snow/ice removal service?

I support a city partnership with businesses.

It is now widely recognized and understood that interstate highways were used to physically divide urban communities from one another – often along racial and class lines. How do you propose we overcome these divisions to restore the urban fabric of Chicago and reconnect our segregated neighborhoods?

Have a regional collaboration approach.

What role do you believe transportation plays in Chicago’s collective greenhouse gas emissions, climate responsibility, and overall environmental health?

Investing in environmentally safe and green modes of transportation.

What is your position on the Illinois Department of Transportation’s current proposals for rebuilding North DuSable Lake Shore Drive? Do you believe the proposed designs will reduce congestion, improve transit access and make pedestrians and cyclists safer? How do you think the current proposals will impact access to the lakefront?

I have to be briefed on the full proposal.

What barriers do you believe the Illinois Department of Transportation presents to Chicago pursuing better safe streets design standards and transit investments? How do you plan to work with City Council, the Governor, and State legislators to overcome these barriers?

Collaboration.

The 99-year parking meter deal enacted by former Mayor Richard M. Daley has been a barrier to enacting safe street designs by privatizing large portions of Chicago’s streets. What is your plan to address this?

I need more information in order to answer your question.

Studies show us that speed and distracted driving kill. What do you think are the most effective ways to reduce driver speed and increase safe driving behavior?

Public Safety officers being more present and holding drivers accountable.

What is your position on the City passing ordinances that attempt to regulate the size, weight, and/or safety features of personal and private vehicles?

I support it.

What is your position on establishing a dedicated funding stream for safe and universal pedestrian and bike infrastructure in Chicago?

I support having a collaborative conversation around the issue. We cannot take a one size fit all neighborhood approach to this issue.

What is your position on creating select pedestrian-only streets?

I support having a collaborative conversation around the issue. We cannot take a one size fit all neighborhood approach to this issue

What policy solutions would you implement to ensure CTA buses operate on schedule, frequently, and quickly?

I support hiring more operators at a liveable wage so that we can have the appropriate number of buses on each line based on use. In addition, I have and continue to support dedicated bus lanes during high use hours and dedicated traffic signals.

Considering the role the CTA, Metra, and Pace play in providing public transportation within the city, what are your plans to address the impending fiscal cliff – a deficit of over $700 million – that the agencies will be facing in 2025?

We have to take a regional approach like other major cities and not a independent approach.

What is your position on establishing a network of Bus Rapid Transit lines in Chicago?

I support having a collaborative conversation around the issue. We cannot take a one size fit all neighborhood approach to this issue

Will you commit to securing the funding necessary to implement CTA's plan to become 100% accessible according to ADA standards? (yes/no)

Yes