What I'm working on

On May 12 I said I would strip my platform down to what's actually achievable and turn it into an action plan. These are the outlines of that plan.

I'm not on council. Everything on this list can be done without a seat. I won't be able to do everything alone, I made the list public, to find people who can help. Until then, I'm chipping away at the items.

Transit

• Bike racks The biggest obstacles for biking in the city is not the weather or the lack of bikelanes. It's arriving. And not having a way to lock one's bike. Proper bike racks are not expensive, but require permission and work to install. We had a program that brought artistic bike racks to some Uptown businesses. I'm picking up where it was left off, but besides Uptown businesses, big box stores, UNB, and schools also need ways for shoppers and students to secure their bikes.
• A beg-button audit Documenting every pedestrian crossing in Saint John that makes you press a button to get a walk signal, and pushing to fix the ones that have pedestrian traffic that justifies switching to regular operations.
• Bike Your City Group rides that help people become more comfortable riding our streets. From homes to destinations, all around the city.

Food

• A live map of who's feeding Saint John A public inventory of every nonprofit doing work, with timing and scale, so gaps are visible and groups can find each other.
• Scale the Food Purchasing Club Building the software to make managing members, orders, payments, pickups, easier. To make Saint John's Food Purchasing Club easier to run, grow, and spread the model across the country.

Community

• A clearer view of Common Council Every motion, bylaw amendment, who moved it, who voted for and against it, the outcome, and a plain-language summary of each meeting, so you don't have to watch hours of video to find out what happened.
• A list of free spaces around town Rooms, halls, and community spaces that are available, either from the city, or as donation in kind, to clubs and programs who can book them at no cost.