This year, the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP)(link is external) is partnering with 8 new communities and 5 previous communities to help advance their pedestrian and bicycle safety goals: Altadena, Bakersfield, El Sereno, Jurupa Valley, Kingsburg, Knights Landing, Lamont, Orange Cove, Oxnard, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Tulare. After months of hard work, the program published their first round of reports and they’re now publicly available!
Since 2009, the Program has conducted 126 pedestrian and bicycle safety trainings throughout California.
Each training results in a final report that summarizes the outcomes of the workshop and provides Community and Project Team recommendations based on observed pedestrian and bicycle safety concerns, Safe System strategies, and workshop participants’ priorities.
Cover of the Kingsburg Summary and Recommendations Report.
Kingsburg
The City of Kingsburg requested a Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) to:
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Reduce traffic congestion in the downtown area;
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Increase the safety and comfort of those walking and biking in business corridors;
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Identify and prioritize infrastructure improvement projects through a multi-modal approach to improve safety, including improvements to existing bike paths.
The Kingsburg CPBST workshop convened the larger local community on Monday, May 20, 2024 at the Kingsburg Senior Center. Read the full report(link is external) to learn more about the outcomes of the workshop and Community and Project Team recommendations.
Lamont
The Lamont Elementary School District requested follow-up technical assistance and training to:
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Conduct school arrival and dismissal observations; and
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Conduct a walking and biking assessment on Segrue Road, the main entrance to Lamont Elementary School.
The Comunidades Activas y Seguras (CAyS) Program team conducted a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) training on March 21, 2024. Read the full report(link is external) to learn more about the outcomes of the training and Community and Project Team recommendations.
Tulare
The City of Tulare applied to the Comunidades Activas y Seguras (CAyS) Program to:
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Create safe routes to school for students walking to and from Roosevelt Elementary School and Alice Mulcahy Middle School;
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Identify traffic-calming strategies that reduce driver speeds and reduce conflict among all road users in the area surrounding Roosevelt Elementary School and Alice Mulcahy Middle School; and
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Advocate for infrastructure improvements along West Inyo Avenue (State Route 137, or SR-137) to reduce driver speeds and increase safety for all road users.
The Tulare CAyS workshop convened the larger local community on May 17, 2024 at Roosevelt Elementary School. Read the full report(link is external) to learn more about the outcomes of the workshop and Community and Project Team recommendations.
The CPBSP engages residents and non-traditional partners in active transportation planning and strengthens the capacity of community partners to create safer and more accessible streets for those walking and biking in their neighborhoods. The Project Team does this by:
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Educating participants on pedestrian and bicycle safety strategies and best practices, including the Safe System framework and Safe Routes to School;
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Training communities to conduct walking/biking safety assessments to identify concerns and opportunities for improvements and other data collection to advance their safety goals;
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Providing site-specific support, including traffic crash data analysis, outreach, pedestrian/bicycle safety research, and activities to develop a community-driven safety action plan;
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Sharing resources on open source mapping technology and crowdsourced data strategies;
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Engaging communities with large monolingual Spanish-speaking populations in active transportation safety discussions and creating shareable educational content; and
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Offering follow-up services to communities that previously received training to support their pedestrian and bicycle safety efforts.
Explore our interactive map of the CPBSP Program(link is external) to view summary reports where available of each workshop proceeding, including ideas identified during the process and recommendations for pedestrian/bicycle safety projects, policies, and programs.
View a web accessible, text version of the CPBSP Interactive Map.(link is external)
The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) is a joint project of UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks(link is external). 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).