Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Meet the District 9 candidates: Do you support new biking infrastructure? if so, How should SFMTA approach it?

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Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, where we ask the District 9 supervisorial hopefuls in the November 2024 election one question each week. Candidates are asked to answer questions on policy, ideology and more in 100 words or fewer.

Answers are being published individually each week, but we are also archiving the weekly series here.

If you know of other political events, let me know and I will add them to the post.

I will be at El Chato (2301 Bryant St.) at 6. P.M on Thursday July 18, to say hello and talk about the district, or you can email me at oscar.palma@missionlocal.com.

This week’s question: Would you support new biking infrastructure in District 9? If so, How should SFMTA approach it? 


Roberto Hernandez

  • Job: CEO, Cultura y Arte Nativa de Las Americas (CANA).
  • Age: 67
  • Residency: Homeowner, born in the Mission in June 1956 and has not left
  • Transportation: Car and bicycle
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in sociology from University of San Francisco
  • Languages: English and Spanish

As a commuter cyclist, I absolutely support more biking infrastructure!

But planning how and where we build it must come from the bottom up. When the SFMTA decided to build the Valencia bike lane, they ignored community input. I’ll use my decades of experience as an organizer to advocate for SFMTA to create a local task force for each district that integrates the perspectives of cyclists, business owners, residents, and other stakeholders. Even if not everyone agrees on all points, that process will undoubtedly lead us to more safe, sensible biking infrastructure in D9 and throughout the city.

Endorsed by: Civil Rights Leader Dolores Huerta, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, Supervisor Myrna Melgar, Supervisor Shamann Walton, State Senator Scott Wiener… read more here.

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