John: When a parent takes the Broad Street line to drop a child off at daycare, a delivery worker carries groceries on their bicycle, a senior takes daily walks with a friend, or a wheelchair user rides the bus to work each morning, they deserve to feel confident, safe, and supported.

I’ve spent years fighting to make traveling our city safer and easier. As a Councilmember, I passed laws that saved workers money with pre-tax commuter benefits and required safer sidewalks around construction sites. And I led the efforts to make public transit more equitable by ending transfer fees and youth fares.

As Mayor, I’ll build on that track record by growing SEPTA ridership, reducing traffic fatalities, and ensuring everyone can easily, affordably, and confidently travel across the city. Here are the highlights of my plan:

• Addressing the congestion clogging streets and polluting our air through a mix of new policies and enforcing existing ones — such as non-police Public Safety Officers, expanding and enforcing dedicated bus lanes, and promoting vehicle electricization.

• Increasing public transit use by making SEPTA clean, safe, reliable, and service-oriented. I will support daily cleaning and make safety on buses, subways, and in stations a top priority — increasing coordination between SEPTA and City police and ensuring a special focus on the times children are commuting to and from school.

• Making sure streets and sidewalks are accessible and safe by increasing city paving capacity, expanding our network of protected bike lanes, and creating a Sidewalk Safety Program to ensure clear, well-maintained walkways.

• Splitting the Transportation and Sanitation Department into two separate departments to improve services and ensure a clear mission, leadership, and accountability.

• Ending the courtesy tow madness and ensuring the location of every vehicle subject to “courtesy towing” is centrally tracked.

My transportation agenda will unlock opportunities for employment, education, and economic development, and it will make Philadelphia a greener, cleaner city for the future.

But first, we need to win the primary election on May 16th, and with a historically deep field of candidates — including self-funding multimillionaires — that will take all of us stepping up.

If you’d like safer streets, cleaner air, and more accessible public transit for all Philadelphians, please make a donation of any amount to power my campaign to victory.

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I can't do this without you, John.

— Helen