As Surrey’s roadway network is mainly formed of four laned arterials, it is suggested that all main roads be equipped with sidepaths. This will provide increased safety for all cyclists, while also creating a real network designed for true transportation. This should begin with roads such as King George Highway, Fraser Highway, Highway 10, 104th Ave, Scott Road, and 152nd St. The sidepaths should enable all three types of cyclists (Strong & Fearless, Enthused & Confident, Interested but Concerned) to bike around the city. They need to be wide and smooth, while the barrier needs to provide sufficient distance from the road. The barriers could be designed to fit the feel of each distinct community or town centre.

The red lines are sidepaths, the green lines are new bikepaths, while the blue lines are existing bikepaths, and the brown lines are trails which could be easily upgraded to bikepath.

As Surrey is a young city, it still has many old suburban or exurban areas that have not yet been redeveloped. In addition, it has quiet a few parks and large sprawls of farming. If right of ways can be secured, several popular bikepaths could be created to support recreational cycling for Surrey’s, and other Metro Vancouver, residents.

Surrey also currently has something of a biotope (a long stretch of continuously connected park area) along it’s western side in Newton, that, if connections were made, could easily become the city’s first bike path, connecting Newton, with Bear Creek Park, the BC Parkway, Green Timbers, Tynehead, and Barnston Island.

There are many secondary or local roads in the city that are not yet too busy to discourage safe cycling. These roads should be equipped with either bike lanes or sharrows, to inform drivers to share the roadway with cyclists. These roadways are good places for traffic calming, which would not only increase safety for cyclists, but for children and other pedestrians in the neighbourhoods.

In addition, Surrey should install additional facilities, as presented in the “Other Facilities” page to complete the network, such as bicycle parking, and streamlined signage for cyclists and motorists. It is also suggested that Surrey establish a bicycle committee on council to ensure the network is maintained and upgraded, while retaining the feeling of community ownership of the network. Surrey should also implement a marketing and educational campaign as the network is built and opened to inform and encourage citizens to get out and use the pathways.