Marcus Felgenhauer

As an avid mountain biker and fledgling roadie, cycling is near and dear to my heart. Being (hopefully) new on council there will much I need to learn regarding what we can and cannot do at a municipal level but hear are my thoughts.  As a City we should certainly look to include bike friendly upgrades when we are doing already required infrastructure upgrades, this seems both logical and cost effective. The city can and should partner with other levels of government and organisations such as CVCC  to plan well ahead to include and fund alternative transportation, bikes and pedestrians.  Education is also critical, the more people on bikes the better the reasoning for infrastructure upgrades. Finally increasing the density of the city itself so people live closer to work will count down on traffic increases and slow down urban sprawl. I don't have any where near all the answers but I look forward to working with you to make Courtenay better.