How easy is it to walk to school?

An equity report for Metro Vancouver prioritized schools that would benefit most from making it easier and safer for students to walk and bike to school.Scroll for more...

Surrey has a large number of of school-aged children, which, combined with low density and limited cyclist and pedestrian infrastructure, makes schools less walkable.

High-density housing and more developed walking and biking infrastructure in areas like downtown Vancouver or New Westminster make it easier to walk or bike to school.

Several affluent, low-density areas like southwest Vancouver, West Vancouver and South Surrey emerge as priorities, possibly because of high numbers of children combined with limited walking and biking infrastructure.