Bicycle safety

Media Framing and Advocacy on Wednesday, February 1, 2023

January 30, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

My community is energized about pedestrian and bicycle safety! Where do we go from here? A 2023 Peer Exchange Series"

The 2023 Peer Exchange series supports communities as they work to implement pedestrian and bicycle transportation safety programming and improvements. All meetings will take place Wednesdays at 11am PT. We invite participants who were involved in a pedestrian or bicycle...

March 29: Relationship Building for Temporary Demonstrations and Quick-Build Projects

March 22, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Members of the Costa Mesa Alliance for Better Streets in a celebratory happily group photo at installation of 19th Street demonstration project

Join UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks for the next session on Tuesday, March 29th in the new 3-part training series, the “Strengthening Partnerships:...

SafeTREC’s Offer Grembek Provides Expert Testimony on AB 1909 Bicycle Omnibus Bill

April 6, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

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. As part of the proceedings, SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek provided expert testimony for AB 1909, the Bicycle Omnibus Bill...

March 15: Using Crowdsourced Data Strategies in Community Engagement

February 28, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Community members at a walking and biking safety training filling out a Street Story survey about their transportation safety experiences, with the title of the Peer Exchange session on 3 stacked color boxes in orange, yellow and blue

UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks are...

Strengthening Partnerships: A 2022 Peer Exchange Series for former CPBST sites

February 11, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

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. The biweekly virtual series is designed to support communities as they work to implement the recommendations developed during their Community and Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety (CPBST)...

July 25 - Implementing Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Improvements: A Peer Exchange

July 13, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Implementing Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Improvements: A Peer Exchange

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 | 10:00am - 11:00am PT

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce a new online peer exchange session as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program on how local agencies are successfully implementing complete streets safety improvements to make walking, biking and rolling safer in their communities. This peer exchange is designed to support...

Building Programs in Spanish: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Programming

July 18, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Building Programs in Spanish: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety Programming

The recorded presentation of Building Programs in Spanish: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Programming from July 28, 2022 may be found at the UC Berkeley SafeTREC YouTube channel.


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6/30 webinar: Applying the Safe System Approach to Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety

June 14, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Applying the Safe System Approach to Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety

DATE: Thursday, June 30, 2022Graphic representing the adapted Safe System approach with a dark blue circle and six segments with overlaid white text and icons to show the six adapted principles and elements
TIME: 10am - 11am PDT

Join UC Berkeley SafeTREC and...

Investigating Bicyclists' Perception of Comfort on Physically Separated Bicycle Paths in Nanjing, China

Li, Zhibin
Wang, Wei
Liu, Pan
Schneider, Robert J.
Ragland, David R.
2014

Providing bicyclists favorable and comfortable riding environments is an important objective for transportation professionals. This study investigated the factors that contribute to bicyclists' perception of comfort on physically separated bicycle paths and quantified their impacts. A survey was conducted on 29 physically separated bicycle paths in the metropolitan area of Nanjing, China. A factor analysis and an ordered probit model were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the mean perception of comfort was significantly different between age groups, but not...

April 12: Active Transportation Planning in Unincorporated Communities

April 5, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

View of an intersection in a residential neighborhood in the unincorporated community of Empire during a walk/bike assessment

Join UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks for the next session on Tuesday, April 12th in the new 3-part training series, the “Strengthening Partnerships: A Peer Exchange Series for...