2025-2029 Surrey 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; • Initiated a Walking School Bus pilot project in partnership with TransLink at Lena Shaw Elementary School;

Partnered with ICBC to provide pedestrian safety education &

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implement Walking Wednesdays at Strawberry Hill and Latimer Road Elementary to encourage safe walking and biking to school; and • Delivered bike education and safety skills to Grade 4 and 5 classes at 10 elementary schools.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

Started service planning and infrastructure design for King George Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit

Updated transportation demand management provisions and parking rates along rapid transit corridors in

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from Surrey City Centre to Semiahmoo Town Centre;

the Zoning Bylaw to address provincial legislative changes,

streamline the development process, and support the City’s objectives for increasing housing; • Launched R6 RapidBus on Scott Road and 72 Avenue increasing transit service speed and reliability on the highest ridership corridor in the South of Fraser region; • Developed a future transportation network to support development of Neighbourhood Concept Plans for the Clayton Corridor, Fleetwood, Anniedale-Tynehead, South Westminster, and South Campbell Heights; and • Completed a comprehensive transportation review of the Newton area which includes signal timing coordination and an area-specific transportation modeling analysis.

• Initiated work on the Surrey Transit Strategy, in partnership with TransLink, which will develop a new transit network for Surrey to support the future growth and economic development of the City; • Began work on a critical review of Surrey’s road network/intersections which will identify improvements • Staff investigated 10,000 automated traffic congestion alerts. The data shows that the top five causes of congestion on Surrey roads are due to: roadwork (64%); seasonal traffic variations (10%); causes outside of Surrey, such as Port Mann Bridge congestion affecting Surrey roads (7%); traffic collisions (5%); and large special events (4%); needed on the road network to reduce congestion and enhance goods movement;

City of Surrey | 2025—2029 Financial Plan | Utilities Operating Fund | Transportation

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