OCTOBER 2012 DELAWARE CANDIDATE SURVEY

Candidate: Mark Perri

Running For: Governor

1. I supported or agreed with "Walkable Bikeable Delaware" (Senate Concurrent Resolution #13), passed unanimously by the 146th Delaware General Assembly in May of 2011.

Response: Strongly Agree

2. I believe that increased use of 'active' modes of transportation (i.e. walking and bicycling) improves public health.

Response: Strongly Agree

3. I believe that investing in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure saves people money by allowing them to spend a smaller percentage of their household budgets on transportation; and makes Delaware's economy less vulnerable to disruption from oil price shocks.

Response: Strongly Agree

4. I supported or agreed with the state authorization for "Bike and Pedestrian Improvements" in the FY2013 Bond Bill.

Response: Strongly Agree

5. As long as Transportation Trust Fund revenue is either stable or growing, I would support a state authorization for "Bike and Pedestrian Improvements" in the FY2014 Bond Bill at the same or greater level as in the FY2013 Bond Bill.

Response: Strongly Agree

Comments: We must stop burning fossil fuels. We must manage the transition to a fossil-fuel future proactively. Bikes and walking will be the primary modes of transportation in the future (sooner than we think) whether we plan for that or not. (I wonder what the stats are on the trending percentages of people for whom walking and biking are the main mode of getting around. I bet it's increasing. And I bet primarily among the poor...) Bicycle, pedestrian, and carbon-neutral public transportation infrastructure development should be the primary activity of DelDOT. Mobility is a basic civil right, and as existence is as well, it needs to be sustainable.