Brunswick West Ward
Merri-bek BUG have joined the Streets People Love campaign ahead of the 2024 Merri-bek council election. All candidates have been asked to commit to the Streets People Love pledge and complete this survey. Together with Walk on Merri-bek we have created scorecards for each candidate taking into account:
:commitment to the Streets People Love pledge
:survey responses
:consistency of voting to support council measures for safer active transport
:strength of active transport policies and recognition of local issues
:history of campaigning on safer active transport in Merri-bek
:engagement with and awareness of the Merri-bek transport strategy
Anneke Demanuele is a Victorian Socialist candidate in Brunswick West Ward.
The Victorian Socialists have sound policy on active transport but no track record in Merri-bek
Demanuele has committed to the Streets People Love pledge.
Demanuele has completed the Streets People Love survey.
Demanuele’s Streets People Love scorecard.
Ella Svensson is an Australian Greens candidate in Brunswick West Ward.
The Greens have a sound active transport policy. Greens councillors have been consistent in implementing measures from the Merri-bek transport strategy that support safe active transport and responding to residents concerns when raised. Svensson is campaigning on active transport issues.
Svensson has committed to the Streets People Love pledge.
Svensson has completed the Streets People Love survey.
Svensson’s Streets People Love scorecard.
Lambros Tapinos is a Labor Party candidate in Brunswick West Ward.
The Labor Party in Merri-bek have a new policy platform which seeks to introduce additional consultation for Streets for People projects, doesn’t support 30kph trials (although some Labor candidates do) and mentions protected bike lanes in the context of ‘off road networks’. Tapinos has been inconsistent in supporting implementation of the Merri-bek transport strategy. Tapinos has supported active transport measures in Merri-bek such as the Dawson and Victoria Street protected bike lanes, and has voted against others such as consultation of Brunswick West residents about a trial road closure on Pearson Street and a trial of a road closure in Barrow Street, Coburg.
Tapinos has committed to the Streets People Love pledge.
Tapinos has completed the Streets People Love survey.
Tapinos’s Streets People Love scorecard.
The following candidates have not taken the Streets People Love survey or pledge.
Kathleen De Courcy-Browne
Romeo Delorenzis
Authorised by Merri-bek BUG Inc. PO Box 4223 Richmond East 3121.
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