You hold in your hands the product of a very intense investigation, an investigation that occurred during the fall of 2015. Thirteen students in the UBC Master of Urban Design program took thirteen weeks to imagine a future for the City of Surrey BC. That City sponsored this investigation, contributing financial and staff support.
The project? Imagining the transformation of a city from an auto oriented suburb to a transit oriented regional center. Surrey BC, located in the center of its urban region, is adding more people every year than any other city in BC, and will soon surpass the City of Vancouver in population. By every indicator this city is a vanguard. It attracts more young families, more immigrants, and has faster job growth than its sister cities by far. It was for these reasons that we were happy to provide an urban design vision for this growing city, one organized around walking, biking and transit rather than the car.