Complete Streets

In the past eight years over 57 Million in state and federal money has been invested in Grand Blanc’s primary roads. Yet despite favorable policies at every level of government it’s still pioneer days out there if you’re trying to ride a bike or walk or take the bus.

My goal is to maximize state and federal investment in our roads to benefit residents.

We need to revamp our transportation system, and we need to do it fast. We’ve idled our motors for thirty years, while obesity becomes an epidemic along with depression, anxiety, adhd, diabetes, high blood pressure and all the associated risks of sedentary lifestyle. 

Active Transportation design has proven benefits even to those who don’t use it. Specifically, safer driving conditions, increased property values, ability to attract the kinds of businesses we need and want. 

"I remember as mayor of South Bend traveling with a delegation that was looking at good pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure around Europe. And the most striking thing to me was really the story of how each city got there. If you look at pictures of, let's say, Copenhagen in the '70s, you realize very quickly that today's bicycle culture there is not the result of some immutable Nordic affinity for bicycles. It's the result of decisions that they made over the years. Because if you look at those older pictures, you see a place that is as unfriendly to bicycles as many American neighborhoods are today."

— Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation