Candidates vying for a city council seat in the Oct. 15 municipal election are vowing to address transportation needs in Burnaby, a new HUB Cycling Connection election survey shows.
Seventeen out of 26 (65 per cent) of the council candidates took part in the survey.
This included Burnaby Citizens Association candidates Alison Gu, Sav Dhaliwal, Pietro Calendino, James Wang, Daniel Tetrault, Antara Deb, Reah Arora and Maita Santiago, as well as Burnaby Green Party's Carrie McLaren, Jasmine Nicholsfigueiredo and Tara Shushtarian.
Mario Miceli and Richard N. Liu from One Burnaby were also respondents alongside independents Martin Kendell, Heymann Yip, Deborah Skerry, Scott Van Denham and Konstantine Roccas.
All 17 participating candidates said they believe the city's current elected officials are not doing enough to address the transportation needs of future generations in light of a climate crisis and increases in transportation costs.
Each candidate also said they would work to ensure that everyone in Burnaby has equal access to safe cycling infrastructure and they would vote in favour of infrastructure projects that separate bikes from cars and pedestrians in areas of high cycling potential.
All agreed the budget for bike infrastructure should be increased and each candidate pledged to be an "active champion" for active transportation should they be elected to council.
Hub cycling has also provided long answers online from each answering candidate.
