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April 25, 2022

On April 21, 2022, the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) San Diego Chapter held their virtual April 2022 Luncheon, "Setting Speed Limits for Safety." The event included presentations with SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek, "The Safe System Approach: Considerations for Speed Limits and Management" and

April 20, 2022

CSCRS Vision Zero & Safe System Research Highlighted in UTC Spotlight

April 12, 2022

On March 31, 2022 SafeTREC Researcher Julia Griswold commented on the steady rise of hit-and-run deaths in the last 15 years as a share of traffic deaths in anPedestrian crosswalk button near an intersection article, "Traffic safety crisis marked by spike in hit-and-run deaths" with CNN Business journalist M

April 6, 2022

On Monday March 28th, 2022 the California State Assembly Committee on Transportation held a hearing to discuss fourteen bills addressing transportation legislation around pedestrian and bicycle safety, speed safety systems, transportation planning and funding, and more.

April 5, 2022

March 23, 2022

TIMS Update: 2019 Final and 2020-2021 Provisional SWITRS Crash Data

On March 21, 2022 the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) was updated with the final version of the 2019 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS) crash data. In addition, the provisional set of 2020-2021 SWITRS crashes was also updated. Learn more here

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Applications Programmer Liwei Fu.

Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

March 22, 2022

March 14, 2022

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

Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I'm a Graduate Student Researcher at SafeTREC, working as a primary developer of a Virtual Reality (VR) bicycle simulator.

February 28, 2022

February 11, 2022

UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks are excited to announce a new 3-part training series, the “Strengthening Partnerships: A Peer Exchange Series for former CPBST sites” which will start on March 15, 2022.

January 21, 2022

Creating safer streets for walking & biking: apply for a CPBST in your community!

UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks are excited to announce applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) Program

January 14, 2022

CSCRS Collaborator Profile features SafeTREC's David Ragland

January 6, 2022

People walking in crosswalk with traffic passing with course title, time and date overlaid

Course Description:

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 traffic crashes is the leading cause of death and disability for people ages 1 to 34, and a major cause for all groups.

December 27, 2021

The Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC), a program of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, is a center involving academics, governmental officials, and community-based organizations in California. With sponsored funding, the Center’s objective is to prevent injuries from traffic collisions through projects encompassing research, training, public service, and/or policy. Please see the details below and upcoming review date for our open position.

December 17, 2021

UC Berkeley SafeTREC researchers, faculty and graduate students are excited to participate in the upcoming Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting, held in person this year January 9–13, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

December 15, 2021

On December 13, 2021, as part of the 3rd Annual Israel Road Safety Conference held in Tel Aviv, Israel, SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek presented virtually about the Safe System Approach to road safety. In this presentation, Grembek discussed the motivation for focusing on zero deaths and the main principles of a Safe System.

Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Eisenhower Fellowships!A collage of the nine UC Berkeley students at ITS that received the Eisenhower Fellowship

December 8, 2021

Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA)

Participants conducting a needs assessment in Happy Camp, 2019

Needs assessment for the Karuk Tribe (Happy Camp, 2019)

November 30, 2021

Within the past year, several new resources have been developed for Street Story, an online community engagement tool that allows residents, community groups and agencies to collect information about transportation collisions, near-misses, general hazards and safe locations to travel.