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January 21, 2016

Two SafeTREC Transportation Research Record (TRR) papers recently got published. View them at TRR from the links below.

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD (TRB) 95TH ANNUAL MEETING

JANUARY 10-14, 2016


                                                                                                                                                                             Co-Director Offer Grembek presides at TRB workshop 

January 10, 2016

November 30, 2015

SafeTREC Seminar

The commitment of the IDB on Road Safety

Néstor H. Roa
Chief of Transport Division, Inter-American Development Bank

Friday, November 13 , 2015
12 - 1 pm, PST

2614 Dwight Way (at Bowditch)
2nd Floor Conference Room
Berkeley, CA 94720


SafeTREC has two more Visiting Scholars this fall. Please join us in welcoming Victoria Kendrick and Ugo Vollmer! 

The Community Pedestrian Safety Training (CPST) program is a partnership between UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks. Since 2009, a total of 36 CPST workshops have been implemented in 35 communities.

Nine separate projects address crucial pedestrian, bicycle and traffic safety concerns

(Berkeley, Calif., November 23, 2015) – The Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (UCB SafeTREC) announced today nine grants for 2015-16 from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support crucial traffic safety programs.

October 29, 2015

September 10, 2015

A farewell to our two visiting scholars this year: Junhua Wang and Ying Ni-- and welcome new Graduate Student Assistants and Student Assistants.

Our graduate student Frank Proulx passed the qualifying examination for PhD candidacy! Congratulations for meeting this milestone!

BIKE & PEDESTRIAN ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

WHEN: SEPT. 28; 1PM-3PM
LOCATION: 1120 N St.
CalTrans Boardroom, Sacramento, CA

WEBCAST URL:  
http://livemsmedia. dot.ca.gov/channel12

We join many others in mourning the loss of Deb Hubsmith, who passed away on August 18, 2015 after a nearly two-year battle with acute myeloid leukemia.

August 11, 2015

The purpose of the Community Bicycle Safety Training (CBST) is to make bicycling safer and more pleasant in California’s communities. Modeled off of SafeTREC’s Community Pedestrian Safety Training (CPST), CBST will empower communities to envision safer bicycling environments, and reduce bicycle-related traffic crashes in California.

Our Community Pedestrian Safety Training (CPST) program with California Walks(link is external) is a four-hour, community-based workshop designed to help local advocates and community members develop pedestrian safety action plans that leverage best practices, promote walkability and ensure community engagement. 

Our upcoming CPSTs: