Pedestrian Safety

Street Story: How can we create inclusive community engagement technologies?

November 1, 2018
Submitted by Kate Beck

During the California-wide PedsCount! Summit 2018, we launched Street Story, SafeTREC’s new community engagement platform that allows residents, community groups and agencies to collect information about transportation collisions, near-misses, general hazards and safe locations to travel. In essence, the platform invites users to enter ...

Media Framing and Advocacy on Wednesday, February 1, 2023

January 30, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

My community is energized about pedestrian and bicycle safety! Where do we go from here? A 2023 Peer Exchange Series"

The 2023 Peer Exchange series supports communities as they work to implement pedestrian and bicycle transportation safety programming and improvements. All meetings will take place Wednesdays at 11am PT. We invite participants who were involved in a pedestrian or bicycle...

March 29: Relationship Building for Temporary Demonstrations and Quick-Build Projects

March 22, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Members of the Costa Mesa Alliance for Better Streets in a celebratory happily group photo at installation of 19th Street demonstration project

Join UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks for the next session on Tuesday, March 29th in the new 3-part training series, the “Strengthening Partnerships:...

SafeTREC’s Offer Grembek Provides Expert Testimony on AB 1909 Bicycle Omnibus Bill

April 6, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

On Monday March 28th, 2022 the California State Assembly Committee on Transportation held a hearing to discuss fourteen bills addressing transportation legislation around pedestrian and bicycle safety, speed safety systems, transportation planning and funding, and more. As part of the proceedings, SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek provided expert testimony for AB 1909, the Bicycle Omnibus Bill...

March 15: Using Crowdsourced Data Strategies in Community Engagement

February 28, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Community members at a walking and biking safety training filling out a Street Story survey about their transportation safety experiences, with the title of the Peer Exchange session on 3 stacked color boxes in orange, yellow and blue

UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks are...

Strengthening Partnerships: A 2022 Peer Exchange Series for former CPBST sites

February 11, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks are excited to announce a new 3-part training series, the “Strengthening Partnerships: A Peer Exchange Series for former CPBST sites” which will start on March 15, 2022. The biweekly virtual series is designed to support communities as they work to implement the recommendations developed during their Community and Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety (CPBST)...

September 14, 2023 - Implementing Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Improvements: A Peer Exchange

August 29, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Implementing Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Improvements: A Peer Exchange

Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm PT

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce our second online peer exchange session as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program on how local agencies are successfully implementing complete streets safety improvements to make walking, biking and rolling safer in their communities. This peer exchange is designed...

July 25 - Implementing Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Improvements: A Peer Exchange

July 13, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Implementing Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Improvements: A Peer Exchange

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 | 10:00am - 11:00am PT

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce a new online peer exchange session as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program on how local agencies are successfully implementing complete streets safety improvements to make walking, biking and rolling safer in their communities. This peer exchange is designed to...

Advocates for Change: Supporting Community Leaders in Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Programs

August 23, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Advocates for Change: Supporting Community Leaders in Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Programs

The recording of this Focus Cities Webinar: Advocates for Change: Supporting Community Leaders in Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Programs held August 30, 2022 may be found at the University of California SafeTREC YouTube channel.

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Building Programs in Spanish: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Programming

July 18, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Building Programs in Spanish: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety Programming

The recorded presentation of Building Programs in Spanish: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Programming from July 28, 2022 may be found at the UC Berkeley SafeTREC YouTube channel.


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