City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 Financial Plan

TRANSPORTATION

PUBLIC SAFETY • Added and improved crosswalk and yield signage at all right-turn channelization islands in the City, to improve pedestrian and road safety; • Published the first annual Vision Zero Report; • Between 2018 and 2019, data reported in 2020, the City had a 10% decrease in people killed and seriously injured in traffic collisions per 100,000 population; • Constructed $3.2 million of sidewalks and curb bulges at eight different schools in support of improving infrastructure for the Safe And Active Schools Program; and • Installed 20 Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons throughout the City to make neighbourhoods more safe, accessible and walkable. ∗ The City receives about half as many Service Requests per resident in low-income areas compared to high income areas, and request based systems tend to favor those areas with more requests. At the same time, there are twice the number of pedestrian crashes per resident in low-income areas compared to high income areas. As a result, there has been efforts towards improving processes to make interventions more equitable. • Organized and expanded Cityworks Service Request problem codes and custom fields, to enable better analysis of Service Request trends and hotspots and the development of proactive programs to improve our services and the equity in responding to Service Requests.* This included a partnership with the Data Science for Social Good program at UBC on a process to improve equity with regards to new crosswalks .

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

• In response to COVID-19, implemented successful and secure remote operation and integrated team communications for Surrey’s Traffic Management Centre that was not previously available; • Monitored the mobility impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic using the traffic data and analytics and disseminated this information to the public; • Enhanced streetlight database and reconciliation with BC Hydro billing leading to a one-time $1M financial benefit to the City in early 2020;

• Developed guidelines for the City’s Parking to Patio with successful implementation of three on-street patios on 176 Street in Cloverdale Town Centre to keep businesses open during the COVID-19 pandemic; and • Initiated the implementation of the six recommended initiatives identified in the Surrey Truck Parking Strategy developed by the Truck Parking Task Force to facilitate equitable and sustainable solutions for legal commercial truck park operations within the City.

City of Surrey | 2021—2025 Financial Plan | Utilities Operating Fund | Transportation

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