My vision for Houston’s future is different from the well-established voices of yesterday. I’m an infrastructure guy with the experience needed to tackle our problems. Infrastructure means so much more than overpasses and freeways.

Transportation is infrastructure.
Housing is infrastructure.
Sidewalks and streets are infrastructure.
Open ditches are infrastructure.
Drainage is infrastructure.
Shade is infrastructure.
Public trust and accountability of government (or lack thereof) is social infrastructure.

• I want to reclaim public land for public good, starting in Third Ward and branching out from there. I support a plan to transfer hundreds of vacant lots held by the Midtown Redevelopment Authority to the Houston Land Bank and Houston Community Land Trust. These public lands were supposed to fight displacement but instead they’ve been left to rot. I’ll fight to make them permanently affordable and governed by the community.

• Houston is only getting hotter — we need a shade ordinance. We already experience public health and economic impacts from extreme heat. By 2050, heat waves are expected to last up to 27 consecutive days. High energy costs and building codes designed in a different climate era mean that too few working Houstonians can afford to cool their homes appropriately. We need a comprehensive extreme heat plan, bolstered by local ordinances, to keep the elderly, children, outdoor workers, and those with disabilities safer. The city does have a plan to respond to extreme heat events and supports tree planting, but we need to do more. We need to expand what data we track, increase tree planting, build more shade structures, and incentivize cool roof retrofits.

• 345 people died on Houston roads in 2024, more than all homicides that year and the most ever recorded in our history. The crashes are getting worse, the cars are driving faster, and road design amplifies risk. We must re-commit to Vision Zero and require all city street projects to use traffic safety best practices and track data across departments to inform design. We must re-center evidence-based solutions that reduce crashes by slowing traffic, narrowing lanes, improving pedestrian crossings, and creating dedicated space for all road users. Cities using a similar approach reduced traffic deaths by 50% and redesigns already underway can be modified at negligible cost. Recommitting to Vision Zero may even unlock federal grants, such as the Safe Streets and Roads for All program, which awarded Houston over $100 million prior to the mayor’s rollback. Vision Zero is a common-sense commitment that saves lives.

• I’m not afraid to tackle the hard infrastructure challenges that affect all Houstonians. The storms are coming and we can’t stop them — I’ll push for a “worst-first” and human-centered drainage policy. I’ll fight to uphold the visionary METRONext transit plan, which was overwhelmingly supported by voters. I’ll work to make public investments align with community priorities. And I’ll work on a public infrastructure dashboard so every resident can see what’s being built, where, when, and why.