Surrey Safe and Active School Program

An on-going challenge that many cities face relates to the safety of students as they cross roads, driveways and parking lots around the schools on their daily commute. The constant conflict between students as pedestrians or cyclists and vehicular traffic is a serious concern for all involved during the peak weekday school arrival and dismissal times. To address these concerns, and thereby encourage more students to walk and bike to school and improve their health, the City of Surrey undertook a Safe and Active Schools Program. The engineering component of this program identified the safety issues around each of its schools, developed short to long-term mitigation measures to address the issues, and prioritized the measures throughout the City. The review anticipated a team approach in response to the issues and developed road safety plans that fostered a coordinated effort to improve safety by the City, RCMP, the School District and individual school administration and parents.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals

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• Authors:
  • Dean, D
  • Afridi, A
  • BOAN, J
• Conference:
  • Twenty-Fourth Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 310 KB, 8p.
• Monograph Title: Twenty-Fourth Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Case studies; Conferences; Evaluation; Safety; School trips; Schools; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vicinity
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8531: Case study; 8525: Conference; 759: Cycling; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 622: Journey to school; 1665: Safety; 101: School; 393: Vicinity; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01569389
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Jul 10 2015 2:35PM