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Save the Date for CSCRS Safety Sunday @TRB 2024

December 22, 2023
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
Join the conversation at Safety Sunday @ TRB 2024CSCRS Safety Sunday invitation with event details and sponsor logos

Headed to the 2024 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting this year? Interested in learning more about the latest safety-related research topics?

The...

Course Announcement: Spring 2024 Traffic Safety and Injury Control

December 19, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Busy urban intersection with people walking, rolling in the crosswalk

Spring 2024: Traffic Safety and Injury Control Civil and Environmental Engineering C265 | Cross-Listed with Public Health C285 3 Units | Class #30620 | Tu - Th | 3:30-5PM Dwinelle 233 Course Overview

Injuries from traffic crashes are a major cause of death and disability in the United States and around the world. In the United States injury from...

Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts

December 13, 2023

View of the online news item from Reuters showing a photo of Tesla's new Cybertruck on display at a Tesla store in San Diego, CaliforniaOn December 8, 2023 UC Berkeley SafeTREC Director Julia Griswold discussed how Tesla Cybertruck's...

Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS)

CPBS Logo of a dark teal blue bicycle spoke on the left, Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety text in the middle, and an icon of a person walking on the right, all on a white background

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to be a part of the Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS), a Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) supported by the...

Applications open soon for the 2024 Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program!

December 5, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Graphic showing participants on a walk audit with a light blue filter and CBPSP program launch announcement in white text

The 2024 CPBSP

UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks are excited to announce the upcoming January launch of our 2024 Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP)!

The...

New Podcast Episode: The Future of Transportation Safety

November 28, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

People walking, biking across an intersection on Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles on a sunny day

For many of us, we might think of transportation as a means to safely get from one place to another, but it's much more than that. Transportation is also having access to the basic needs and activities of our lives, and it's a critical factor that influences people's health and the health of our communities...

Applications open for virtual California Local Speed Management Trainings

January 12, 2021
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Original post appeared on the Vision Zero Network.

Is your California community eager to explore and implement strategies to effectively manage speed for safety?

Logos of three sponsors of trainings, Vision Zero Network, ITE and SafeTREC

The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the...

August 6th Webinar: Broadening the Toolbox for Kinetic Energy Management

August 2, 2021
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek to present in CSCRS Safe Systems Summer Learning Series

The Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) recently launched a new Safe Systems Summer Learning Series that will be held...

New Release: 2023 SafeTREC Traffic Safety Fact Sheets

September 29, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
2023 SafeTREC Traffic Safety Fact Sheets feature recent data on some of California's most pressing traffic safety issues to help inform future road safety efforts

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce the release of the 2023 series of Traffic Safety Fact Sheets, which feature traffic safety data and trends at the national and state level on a variety of road safety topics. This series also highlights the Safe System approach to road safety, which...

SafeTREC's Julia Griswold on tragedy of hit-and-run fatalities in Sacramento

June 20, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

On June 17, 2023, the Sacramento Bee published a news story by Ryan Lillis discussing the staggering death toll left by hit-and-run drivers in Sacramento, California. Lillis notes that "nearly 140 people were killed in hit-and-run crashes in Sacramento County between 2018 and 2022, according to a Sacramento Bee...