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UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks are excited to share news about the communities throughout California that we will be partnering with this year as part of our 2024 Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP)! 

Work with Us!

The Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) is a program of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the Institute of Transportation Studies. The Center’s objective is to prevent injuries from traffic crashes through projects encompassing research, training, public service, and policy. We currently have one position open. Please see the details below and upcoming review date.

Join us in welcoming our new staff member to the SafeTREC team! 

Lucia Ornelas
Policy and Program Analyst

Want to implement lower speed limits in your community? Watch the conversation with SafeTREC, Caltrans, and Rock Miller, PE to learn how to get started!

Register now for the 2024 Peer Exchange Series! 

We are excited to once again host our virtual three-part Peer Exchange Series in 2024! The series supports communities as they work to implement pedestrian and bicycle transportation safety programming and improvements.

Want to implement lower speed limits in your community? Watch the SafeTREC, Caltrans, and Rock Miller, PE "Toolkit for Safe Speed Limit webinar" SafeTREC to learn how to get started.

On December 8, 2023 UC Berkeley SafeTREC Director Julia Griswold discussed how Tesla Cybertruck's stiff

UC Berkeley SafeTREC researchers and graduate students were excited to participate in the  Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting, held in person this year January 7-11, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

Congratulations to the recipients of the Eisenhower Fellowships for the coming year!

UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) welcomes new Director, Dr. Julia Griswold, to the helm after a nationwide search this fall.