City of Surrey's 2024-2028 Financial Plan

TRANSPORTATION

EDUCATION & CULTURE

• Delivered joint road safety education and engagement campaigns with our Vision Zero Surrey partners, with a particular focus on pedestrian safety, distracted driving, speeding and back to school; • Attended Newton Car-Free day to provide education and awareness on

• Partnered with ICBC to provide pedestrian safety education & implement Walking Wednesdays at Coast Meridian Elementary to encourage safe walking and biking to school; • Delivered bike education and safety skills to Grade 4 and 5 classes at 28 elementary schools; and • Completed a School Streets pilot project at Lena Shaw Elementary School. • Worked with TransLink to implement a re-route of the 531 bus route in Campbell Heights to provide better coverage for employees of this growing industrial area; • Completed service planning and infrastructure design for the new R6 RapidBus on Scott Road and 72 Avenue. Construction was completed in 2023 with opening day in January 2024 with 20% reduction in travel times end to end and a 20% increase in capacity; • Developed a future transportation network to support development of Neighbourhood Concept Plans for Fleetwood and completion of the Newton-KGB and Guildford-104 Avenue land use plans; and • Initiated a comprehensive transportation review of the Newton area which includes signal timing coordination and an area specific transportation modeling analysis.

key transportation initiatives and engage on the fourth phase of the Surrey Transportation Plan;

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

• Implemented a system to measure and document vehicle congestion using 63 Bluetooth sensors on major roads. The system alerts the Traffic Management Center staff when travel speeds drop significantly, and they intervene to restore normal traffic flow; • Updated the Zoning Bylaw to reduce parking requirements for market rental developments to better streamline the rental development process and support objectives of increased rental housing in the City; • Initiated an update of Transportation Demand Management (“TDM”) policies and parking requirements to streamline development processes and support sustainable transportation options for defined Rapid Transit Areas;

City of Surrey | 2024—2028 Financial Plan | Utilities Operating Fund | Transportation

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