Surrey Safe and Active School Program

摘要

An on-going challenge that many cities face relates to the safety of students as they crossroads, driveways and parking lots around the schools on their daily commute. The constantconflict between students as pedestrians or cyclists and vehicular traffic is a serious concern forall involved during the peak weekday school arrival and dismissal times. To address theseconcerns, and thereby encourage more students to walk and bike to school and improve theirhealth, the City of Surrey undertook a Safe and Active Schools Program. The engineeringcomponent of this program identified the safety issues around each of its schools, developedshort to long-term mitigation measures to address the issues, and prioritized the measuresthroughout the City. The review anticipated a team approach in response to the issues anddeveloped road safety plans that fostered a coordinated effort to improve safety by the City,RCMP, the School District and individual school administration and parents.