The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP), created in collaboration with UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks, has released its second annual report for the 2024 fiscal year (FY24). The CPBSP works with California communities at disproportionate risk for road traffic injuries to address the safety needs of people underserved by traditional transportation resources — including but not limited to older adults, people with lower socioeconomic status, people with disabilities, people who use mobility devices, and immigrant and refugee populations.
The CPBSP is comprised of the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST), which conducts workshops and traffic analyses to advance communities' pedestrian and bicycle safety goals through the Safe System Approach, and Comunidades Activas y Segura (CAyS), which guides large Spanish-speaking populations through culturally-sensitive active transportation planning.
Report highlights
In 2024, we partnered with 13 communities to conduct workshops to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety, including developing eight new community action safety plans and conducting five follow-up technical assistance trainings. Additionally, we provided follow-up technical assistance to 32 communities this year and conducted three peer exchanges for former CPBSP communities:
The CPBSP also released four research briefs, including "Connecting public health and transportation - Applying crowdsourcing and community engagement principles to traffic safety", which compares current literature on equity and the Safe System Approach through three topics: engaging diverse communities in transportation planning, turning towards equity to address past systemic injustices, and employing education and prevention strategies to promote “upstream” versus “downstream” approaches.
Over ten CPBSP communities we have worked with in the last five years were awarded funds in the most recent Safe Streets and Roads for All grant cycle, including Riverside, Vacaville, San Bernardino, Stockton, Los Angeles County, Sonoma-Marin Rail Transit District, Costa Mesa, Madera, Placenta, Stanislaus County, and the Tulare County Resource Management Agency.
The full report outlines the CPBSP's activities, including research, publications, and workshops, across California during FY24.
Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).