Bicycle safety

Sites chosen for 2025 Complete Streets Safety Assessments program

April 21, 2025
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo

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 2025 Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program!

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CPBS 4/23 webinar: What's new in the NACTO and AASHTO bike guide updates?

April 16, 2025
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo
People walking and biking in a crosswalk with "Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety" in dark teal on a white background below Join the conversation with CPBS about the latest NACTO and AASHTO bike guides

Join our consortium partners at the Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) and guest speakers on Wednesday, April 23 at...

Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program

The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program is a joint project of UC Berkeley SafeTREC (SafeTREC) and California Walks (Cal Walks). The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST) works with local residents, agency and organization staff, and transportation safety advocates to understand a community’s walking and biking safety concerns and advance their pedestrian and bicycle safety goals. We work to strengthen collaboration between all safety...

Comunidades Activas y Seguras (Active and Safe Communities) Program

Comunidades Activas y Seguras (Active and Safe Communities) is a joint program of UC Berkeley SafeTREC (SafeTREC) and California Walks (Cal Walks). After working with communities of diverse backgrounds through our statewide Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training program, we decided to create a curriculum tailored to better meet the needs of Spanish-speaking communities. Since its inception in 2021, Comunidades Activas y Seguras (CAyS) has been dedicated to enhancing walking and...

Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program

The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) was launched by UC Berkeley SafeTREC (SafeTREC) in collaboration with California Walks (Cal Walks) to reduce pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injuries in communities across California. The CPBSP prioritizes working in communities that are at disproportionate risk for road traffic injuries and addressing the safety needs of people who are underserved by traditional transportation resources and planning, e.g., older adults, people with lower incomes, people...

4/29 Peer Exchange - Leveraging the CSSA for funding opportunities: A case study from the City of Calabasas

April 10, 2025
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce our 2025 online peer exchange series as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program. This two part webinar series aims to support agencies and communities working to advance safer walking and biking throughout California. Registration is now open for the first session on April 29th, which will provide the opportunity to gain a greater...

Street Story: A platform for community engagement

Street Story

Street Story is a community engagement platform provided by UC Berkeley SafeTREC in English and Spanish that allows residents, community groups, and agencies to collect information about transportation crashes, near misses, general hazards, and safe locations to travel. The tool is free to use, anonymous, and publicly accessible. Street Story is not a...

Complete Streets Safety Assessments

Complete Streets Safety Assessment Program

SafeTREC offers free technical assistance to communities across California to make safe spaces for people to walk and bike. This year, the Complete Streets Safety Assessment program offers two unique tracks to better support communities’ safety needs.

Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA)

Safe Speed Limits Assessment (Safe Speed Limits)

These programs are free and available to communities across California. Specific eligibility varies by...

The 2025 CPBSP: Partnering with 13 communities throughout California for safer walking, biking and rolling

March 24, 2025
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

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 2025 Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP)!

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Creating an inclusive bicycle level of service: Virtual bicycle simulator study

March 26, 2025
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
New report explores the benefits and limitations of using a VR environment to assess individuals’ bike infrastructure preferences

A new report by UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) co-authored by Julia Griswold, Edna Aguilar and Md. Mintu Miah, "Creating an inclusive bicycle level of service: Virtual bicycle simulator study" aims to assess how virtual reality (VR) technology can be used to gather user feedback on a variety of bicycling...