2016 Bart Board District 7 Candidate Will Roscoe

Candidate Facts

B7WR 2016-07-30 18.21.27    Name: Will Roscoe
   Campaign Website: roscoeforbart.org

Candidate Questionnaire

All official candidates were contacted and given the opportunity to answer our Candidate Questionnaire. Any candidate responses edited for length and clarity have been marked as such.

1. Do you ride a bicycle in the city?

Yes

If “Yes,” how often do you ride and for what purpose(s)?

I ride my bike almost everyday as I do not own a car. Mostly I ride, to downtown Oakland, to exercise in Emeryville, to meetings in San Francisco, and I bike with my son to drop him off at elementary school. When I don’t ride my bike, I skateboard or walk. 

2. Many Bay Area residents depend on being able to bring their bikes on transit, which gives more options for where you live, work, shop and more. Over the next four years, BART will be designing, testing and finalizing the new car designs. This gives a unique opportunity to improve bicycle access on BART. Do you support maintaining or increasing current space allocated for bikes on BART (currently two spaces per car)?

Yes 

3. Many of BART’s stations in San Francisco are surrounded by streets on the city’s high-injury network, defined by the Department of Public Health as 12% of the city’s streets where 70% of severe and fatal traffic collisions occur. As BART Director, would you support significant bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements on streets surrounding BART stations to improve multimodal access?

Yes 

4. Of the BART stations located in San Francisco in the district that you’re running for, name one station improvement you would prioritize as BART Director to improve bicycle, pedestrian and disability access.

Bike parking should be free, fast, safe and always available at every station. At all stations (specifically commuter stations) I’ll make sure there are enough bike racks for riders to quickly park and catch their train. I’d also ensure that the parking area was monitored by open (publicly searchable) security cameras to dissuade and catch bike theifs. Racks and cameras are affordable, easy to install and will help ease crowding on trains.

5. What are your key priorities in increasing BART access for all in order to improve multimodal connections for all communities and types of BART riders?

In 5 years: ● Maintain safe and reliable BART operations. ● Expand bike parking and bike share infrastructure at stations. ● Support dense, transit oriented developmenets on BART Station properties. ● Ensure bond funds are invested to develop the worlds best transit system. This includes infrastructure maintenance but also the research into alternatives to BART’s outdated, custom, and expensive technology.

In 20 years: ● Develop BART into multi carrier self driving mass transit system. ● Enable most of the Bay Area transit operators (MUNI, AC Transit, ect) to use BART right-of-ways. ● Add 1000 new BART stations [RESPONSE TRUNCATED]

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