Candidate Name: joe Connelly What ward or position you are running in/for: Ward Six Mobility: 1.

Given that 77% of trips (Statistics Canada, Commuting to Work 2013) are currently made by car in Calgary, do you believe it is City Halls job to ...
a.

To support the choice of Calgarians to use their automobiles while also improving accessibility to other methods of transportation.
2. The recent Tom Tom Index found that in Calgary,

congestion adds 27 minutes of additional travel time in a 30 minute commute. What are you going to do to help decrease this lost personal time for Calgarians?

New interchange at Bow and Sarcee, improvements to 85 street, extra lanes on Crowchild Trail (all of which fail every rush hour)

Affordability: 1. According to the Fraser Institute, property taxes have increased by 31% over the past 3 years. Do you agree with this gure? Yes 2. If No, what do you believe this increase to be? 3. Over the next four years, what is your personal objective in terms of tax increases? Specify a percentage amount. Low as possible - 3% to 4% depending on a number of other factors 4. What regulations and red tape will you eliminate to reduce the regulatory burden on Calgarys residents and businesses? Blow up the planning department and start again... Never been worse!

5. The 2013 $52 million surplus was directed for ood reconstruction efforts. Many Calgarians have different views on how to use this. What do you believe is the best use for the 2014 $52 million surplus?

b) Give money back to the taxpayer Safety: 1. Do you believe that the $470,000 spent on the blue ring artwork called travelling light could have been better spent on improving light and security on public transit? Yes - 2. What specic measures would you introduce to improve personal safety on public transit after dark? Undercover security 3. What measures would you implement to make Calgarians safer? More cameras