Surrey Transit Issues

7/29/2019 Surrey Transit Issues

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Surrey is facing a

transportation crisisScroll down to find out what we need to address


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Current modal split+ 2040 targetsSurrey and area

Poor transit op

discouraging tra

Sprawl and autdevelopment cdiscourage walk

Current transit mSurrey and area

84% of trips ma

2041 modal shifreduces car trip

Source: Surrey Rapid Tran

Mode share describes the number of trips orpercentage of travelers using a particular typeof transportation. Often measures percentage

of walking, cycling, public transit, andautomobile trips.

Modal shift can describe a shift betweentransportation modes, i.e. a shift from driving totransit. Can be influenced by several factors i.e. cost of driving, new rapid transit lines,personal choice.


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Problems ofincreased car useand car ownership

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Increasing car use is aproblem for SurreyandMetro Vancouver

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SUR REY V AN COUVE R

Registered

vehicles in

Metro

Vancouver

2001 2011

98750

45467

27276

28010

11400

79617

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of growth

Vehicle registrations

growth 2001-2011Other cities

Richmond

Tri-Cities

Burnaby + New West

Vancouver

Surrey

98,750 nbetween

Surrey savehicle re

2001 anddouble tof 24.4%

Vehicle rSurrey isregional

Surrey sagrowth tBurnaby,Richmon

Car use ifaster thVancouv

Data source


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Vehicle registrations growth 1999-2013

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Vehicle reg. growpopulation increa

Population increaamong fastest in

70% of [upcominMetro Vancouverin the South of Fr

Both outpace roaincrease each yea

Impacts to congeeconomy, health,

Modal shift to traand cycling are a

3%

4.30%

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Growth rate in %

Surrey growth rates

Avg. annual population increase (2001-11)

Avg. annual vehicle reg. increase (2001-11)

Avg. annual lane-km increase (2007-10)Data source: Metro Vancouver, City of Surrey


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Young populationin Surrey

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

Greater

Vancouver

Vancouver Surrey Provincial

Average

Percentage of population under 19

Percentage of population under 19

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amount of any m

Percentage of punder 19 in Surrregional averag

Largest young pMetro = increas

transit & altern Many young peo

must rely on thfor mobility thparents produc

Data source: S


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Infrastructureimbalance

Infrastructure-per-capita imbalance between Surrey an

Left map: median income right map: car commute ra

Low income areas in Vancouver can benefit from bettehave lower car commute rates. Low-income areas in Stransit shortage and car commute rate remains high

Data source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census


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GreenhouseGas Emissions

GHG emincrease

action by

GHG emreduce bscenarioaction ssome rapinvestme

BRT, no S 66% of S

emissiontranspor

Data source: City of Surrey EnergyShift study

Data collected by HB Lanarc


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Surrey RapidTransit Study

TransLink initiative to study rapid transit for Su Rapid transit supposed to address issue of incre

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