Programs

CENTER FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY (CPBS)
UC Berkeley SafeTREC is consortium member of the Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS), a Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) supported by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and led by the University of New Mexico (UNM). 

CPBS is one of the twenty Tier One UTCs announced in March 2023, and will receive $2 million a year for the next five years to advance research on pedestrian and bicyclist safety. CPBS’s goal is to eliminate pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities and serious injuries. 

COLLABORATIVE SCIENCES CENTER FOR ROAD SAFETY (CSCRS)
UC Berkeley SafeTREC is a consortium member of the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS), a U.S. Department of Transportation-funded National University Transportation Center led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Highway Safety Research Center.

CSCRS is one of five national University Transportation Centers announced in November 2016. The Center unites leading university transportation research, planning, public health, data science and engineering programs with the mission to create and exchange knowledge to advance transportation safety through a multidisciplinary, Safe Systems approach.

COMMUNITY PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY Program (CPBSP)
The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) was launched by SafeTREC to reduce pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and injuries in California communities, with a special focus on addressing the safety needs of high-risk communities like seniors, children, and communities of concern.

The CPBSP is supported by funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety, and projects are conducted in partnership with California Walks. The overall program goal is to build the capacity of community partners to create safer and more accessible streets for walking and biking in their neighborhoods. CPBSP projects include the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST) and the Comunidades Activas y Seguras (CAyS) Program

Complete Streets Safety Assessment Program
SafeTREC is offering free Complete Streets Safety Assessments (CSSA) to California communities, including cities, counties, and school campuses with a population of over 2,500 people. CSSAs are comprehensive transportation safety assessments that focus on pedestrian and bicycle safety. They help local agencies identify and implement traffic safety solutions that lead to improved safety for all users of California’s roadways.