Excerpted from Houston Public Media, September 12, 2025
In my personal opinion, the candidates below deserve your further consideration. The candidates at the very bottom of this post are either indifferent, uninformed, hostile towards cyclists, or have a "let's compromise with motorist users" (who completely have the upper hand anyway). It's bit like saying "Let's have Ukraine compromise with Russia". How about NO, we have to defend ourselves and our fragile human bodies?
The election is Tuesday November 4, 2025
Brad Batteau - "A cyclist, he said he opposes the direction Whitmire's administration is taking when it comes to mobility infrastructure — especially the removal of concrete protections on the Austin Street bike lane."
Ethan Hale - "When it comes to road projects, Hale argued the city's current approach under Whitmire is 'completely ignoring the data on what is safe.' He pointed specifically to the redesign of Telephone Road, in which the local management district dropped a plan for a three-lane road with a center-turn lane as well as protected bike paths in favor of a four-lane road."
Miguel Herrera - "When it comes to road infrastructure, Herrera said the city needs to do more to fix streets — especially in areas with heavy 18-wheeler traffic — and the administration should stop destroying bike lanes because it makes Houston appear 'bad and careless that they don’t have any space for the people who use the bike lanes.'"
Alejandra Salinas - "Asked about the removal and reversal of traffic safety features and cyclist infrastructure, Salinas said she's a 'strong believer in multimodal transportation.' A resident of the Montrose neighborhood, she said she enjoys the sidewalks and bike path in the area. 'I think we need to turn to the experts,' she said. "I’m a trial lawyer, and I often present experts in court, and it’s important to listen to them. And so the experts are telling us that narrow streets make it safer for drivers on the road, make it safer for all those that are trying to get around the city of Houston. We should try to listen to them and take their advice and try to make transportation as safe as possible."
Kathy L. Tatum - "When it comes to the Whitmire administration's removal of certain cyclist infrastructure, she said "what we have built needs to be better, not taken away." She also called for the expansion of the city's sidewalk network."
Jordan Thomas - "Thomas called for a multimodal approach to the city's transportation infrastructure. He argued the car-centric, 'general mobility' approach of Whitmire's administration — focused on maintaining the number and width of vehicle lanes, often at the expense of cyclist infrastructure — will impede economic development. 'This administration is hostile towards pedestrians, cyclists, anyone who is not in a car, and that’s unfortunate,' he said. 'I’m a Ford F-150 driver, I’m a cyclist, I’m a pedestrian — I try to get around town multiple ways. This city sprawls out too much, and if we continue that pattern of development, we’re going to run into a lot of challenges.'"
Adrian Thomas Rogers - "An avid cyclist, Rogers said he would seek a meeting with Whitmire to address the removal of bike lanes."
Do not consider: Dwight Boykins, Martina Dixon, Al Lloyd, Kristal Mtaza-Lyons, Sonia Rivera, Sheraz M. Siddiqui, Kathy Tatum, Angie Thibodeaux, Cris Wright
These opinions are mine and mine alone.
