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January 21, 2015

TRB-Hosted Webinar

Tools for Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection

January 29, 2015

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET 

December 19, 2014

Course Announcement 


Traffic Safety and Injury Control - Spring 2015

(Civli and Environmental Engineering C265, cross-listed with Public Health C285) 

The UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies will be hosting a reception at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2015 in Washington, DC.

If you will be attending TRB, please join us:

Monday, January 12, 2015
5:30 to 7:30 pm

DOWNLOAD SAFETREC AT TRB 2015 FLYER

December 1, 2014

SafeTREC/UCTC Seminar

NCHRP 07-19: Methods and Technologies for Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection

Frank Proulx
UC Berkeley

Friday, December 5, 2014
12:00 - 1:00 pm

2614 Dwight Way
2nd Floor Conference Room
Berkeley, CA 94720

SafeTREC Seminar

Tess Lengyel
Deputy Director of Policy and Planning, Alameda County Transportation Commission

Friday, December 12, 2014
12:00 - 1:00 pm

2614 Dwight Way
2nd Floor Conference Room
Berkeley, CA 94720

October 4, 2014

An overview of transportation in Ireland and the design of the National Cycle Network
Friday, October 11, noon to 1
Slides online.

September 11, 2014

As of September 5, the final version of the 2012 SWTIRS data has been added to TIMS. The SWITRS GIS Map, SWITRS Query & Map and the complete data download from the SWITRS resource page have been updated.

August 28, 2014

SafeTREC graduate student researcher Frank Proulx (at far left in photo) is among three students from the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley to win prestigious 2014 Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowships for their research in transportation planning. 

June 19, 2014

Capturing Trips on Foot: Offer Grembek and Frank Proulx at PedsCount! 2014

Preliminary findings from NCHRP 07-19: review of count methods and technologies, notably advantages and disadvantages of manual vs. automated; tips on improving data quality, and methods to adjust counts without sacrificing accuracy.

May 30, 2014

The SafeTREC-UCTC Research Seminar/Webinar Series has ended for the Spring Semester. We have posted slides and recordings (where they are available) on the SafeTREC eScholarship site at the University of California Digital Library. Here are the presentations and the links where you can find related materials online. The entire archive of research seminar/webinars, dating back to 2012, is located on the SafeTREC Webinar page of the eScholarship site.

    Free Webinar from Bay Area Health in Transportation

    July 16 10-11 am 

    Presentation by Swati Pande, Research Associate, SafeTREC

    Discussion of the findings of a project she conducted with the Safe Routes to School National Partnership on evaluating Active Transportation funding and Complete Streets policies in the Bay Area. 

    May 7, 2014

    The third edition of the biannual PedsCount! conference features two sessions involving SafeTREC staff and researchers. PedsCount! 2014 takes place May 14-16 in Sacramento. The full program can be found here May 7 is the final day to register. Register here

    MAY 9

    NOON-1 P.M.

    SAFETREC 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, 2614 DWIGHT WAY

    PRESENTATION BY MOHSEN A. JAFARI, PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

    April 30, 2014

    MAY 9

    NOON-1 P.M.

    SAFETREC 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, 2614 DWIGHT WAY

    PRESENTATION BY MOHSEN A. JAFARI, PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY