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September 30, 2020

2020 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 during the pandemic


COVID-19 and Traffic Safety

September 18, 2020

September is Pedestrian Safety Month!

This year's Pedestrian Safety month looks very different during COVID-19, with communities practicing social distancing, essential workers traveling to their work while others work from home, students are returning to school virtually, and in some cases activities are resuming and businesses are reopening as it is safe to do so. In the midst of this, the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) is encouraging all of us to look out for one another.

September 17, 2020

As part of our education and professional development activities for the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS), we're excited to announce the recipients of our 2020-2021 CSCRS Road Safety Graduate Student Fellowships! This year's five awardees submitted excellent applications for a wide range of timely and important student-initiated research projects. 

September 10, 2020

Join us for the next Focus Cities webinar!

Graphic of new design for the Friant Kern Canal Multi-Use Path

DATE: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
TIME: 3pm - 4pm PDT

Join Bike Bakersfield and leaders in local active transportation projects for a conversation about cycling and bike infrastructure in Bakersfield and Kern County!

September 4, 2020

"The good news is we already have the vaccine for the transportation safety pandemic. We just must choose to use it."

August 30, 2020

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to share a new research highlight by research analyst Katherine Gosselin, "Commercial vehicles, fatigue, parking, and safety."

August 13, 2020

The JTTE launches the first session of Young Academic Editors (YAE)

Please join us in congratulating SafeTREC postdoctoral researcher Praveen Vayalamkuzhi and the 68 members from 11 countries & 45 institutes for their appointment as Young Academic Editors (YAE) to the Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (JTTE)! Learn more about these outstanding young scholars in transportation. 

August 12, 2020

Join us for the next Focus Cities webinar!

Bicyclist on Kern River Parkway Trail

July 27, 2020

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Julia Griswold, SafeTREC Researcher.

July 22, 2020

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to release the California Traffic Safety Survey 2020 led by Ewald & Wasserman Research Consultants (E&W). This study was conducted on behalf of the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) at the University of California, Berkeley.  

July 21, 2020

This month, SafeTREC Co-Director and Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) Associate Director Offer Grembek was featured in "Talking with Offer Grembek, Transportation Researcher, about Safe Systems & Speed" the latest entry of the Vision Zero Network's People Behind the Progress Series.

July 14, 2020

June 23, 2020

Join the latest webinar in WALKSacramento's Safe Routes to Parks and Healthy Retail Webinar Series


How to Conduct a Walk Audit

DATE: Thursday, June 25th, 2020
TIME:
1pm - 2pm PST
REGISTRATION: 
https://bit.ly/37TltTQ

June 12, 2020

The SafeTREC Tribal Road Safety Program announces availability of one to two hour technical assistance webinars for either or both of two online tools relevant for tribal road safety: 

June 4, 2020

Preliminary observations and important questions about traffic safety during COVID-19 based on provisional weekly police-reported injury crashes on state highways in California

How to study traffic safety in a rapidly changing environment?

June 3, 2020

Join us for the next Focus Cities webinar!

Participants at Tenderloin Community Celebration on Taylor Street

DATE: Thursday, June 18, 2020
TIME: 10am - 11am PDT

May 20, 2020

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to share a new research highlight by graduate student researcher Marta Polovin, "Media Narratives of Pedestrian & Bicyclist-Involved Crashes."

May 15, 2020

NEW! Tribes in California can obtain funding for transportation safety improvements from the following sources. Note details for program application deadlines and upcoming informational webinars:

May 12, 2020

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Adrienne Joseph, SafeTREC Research Administrator.

May 4, 2020

Join Us for the Next Focus Cities Webinar!

Image of volunteers with donated food bags for KidWorks and congregation families

DATE: Tuesday, May 12, 2020
TIME: 10am - 11am PDT
REGISTRATIONhttps://bit.ly/FCMay12Webinar