Samantha Ratnam

Party: Greens

I live in city/suburb: Brunswick

My commitment: I am a keen bike-rider and have experienced how important it is that bike pathways are safe, accessible and link to other pathways. Cycling improves health and well-being as well as reduces reliance on car use, pollution and congestion. On Council, I will work to ensure that funding continues to increase towards improving bike paths. These improvements include separating cyclists and pedestrians to improve safety on the busiest shared paths. I will also work towards linking up existing bicycle paths to create a better bicycle network and address gaps by creating new routes that run from north-south and east to west through the city. I would also like to see more bicycle parking at high use areas such as schools and shopping areas. We have a comprehensive bicycle policy that can be found at at http://morelandgreens.co.cc/policies/sustainable-transport/

Details on this website: http://vic.greens.org.au/samantha.ratnam (opens a new window)

Current sitting member: no