Bicycle safety

Register now for the 2023 Mobility Summit on November 3, 2023

October 25, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Graphic with Haas Transportation & Mobility Club in black text on a yellow background

Join SafeTREC Safety Research Lead and Acting Co-Director Julia Griswold for the panel session, "Vision Zero: Closing the Loop on Safety and Equity" on Friday, November 3, 2023 at the 2023 Mobility Summit, UC Berkeley's flagship annual mobility conference sponsored by the Haas Transportation & Mobility Club...

New Research Brief: Community Engagement at the Intersection of Public Health and Transportation

October 25, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
New research brief explores the use of the Promotores Model to engage residents in transportation safety campaigns in their community and features a case study from CBOs using the model to deliver resources and programs

A new research brief, "Community Engagement at the Intersection of Public Health and Transportation: Highlighting Community Based Organizations’ Use of the Promotores Model for Engaging Community Members in the Field of Transportation" authored...

Community Engagement at the Intersection of Public Health and Transportation: Highlighting Community Based Organizations’ Use of the Promotores Model for Engaging Community Members in the Field of Transportation

Ana Lopez
2023

Under federal statutes, transportation planners have an obligation to actively engage community members and to conduct equity-based analyses on transportation plans to ensure that people of color, low-income people, and other historically disenfranchised groups are neither disproportionately burdened nor denied the benefits of transportation investments. Planning professionals have an ethical and moral responsibility to involve and engage the communities they serve—to intentionally center community members in planning decision-making processes regarding their communities and ensure equity...

Research Brief: Towards a Better Understanding of Best Implementation Practice for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program

September 25, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
New research brief highlights effectiveness and progress of the CPBST, and features case studies with community partners on how the program can be strengthened

A new research brief, Towards a Better Understanding of Best Implementation Practice for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program, co-authored by UC Berkeley SafeTREC's Aqshems Nichols, Areli A. Balderrama, and Katherine L. Chen explores the program effectiveness and...

Understanding Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Trends in the Post-Pandemic Era

Understanding Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Trends in the Post-Pandemic Era
Research Team

Principal Investigators:

SangHyouk Oum, Julia Griswold, Iman Mahdinia, University of California, Berkeley

Funding Organization

Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS)


Summary

This project aims to analyze trends in pedestrian and bicyclist crashes and deaths in the post-pandemic era and investigate the underlying factors...

A Context-Sensitive Street Classification Framework for Speed Limit Setting

A Context-Sensitive Street Classification Framework for Speed Limit Setting
Research Team

Principal Investigators:

Julia Griswold, University of California, Berkeley
Robert J. Schneider, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Funding Organization

Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS)


Summary

Historically, speed limit setting (SLS) procedures in many states have relied on driver-behavior-based approaches such as...

Creating a Data Resource of California Police Stops for Use in Traffic Safety Applications

Creating a Data Resource of California Police Stops for Use in Traffic Safety Applications
Research Team

Principal Investigator:

Julia Griswold, University of California, Berkeley

Funding Organization

Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS)


Summary

Traffic stops are one the most common ways in which the American public interacts with police. Although one of the leading reasons given for police traffic stops is a...

Research Brief: Towards a Safer California: Addressing the Road Safety Needs of Older Adults

July 19, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
New research brief explores the factors that contribute to road safety needs of older adults

With an aging state population, it is crucial to understand the factors that contribute to road safety among adults aged 65 and older and identify at-risk neighborhoods for targeted interventions. In a new research brief, Towards a Safer California: Addressing Road Safety Needs of Older Adults, UC Berkeley SafeTREC's Graduate Student Researcher Lekshmy Hirandas analyzes fatal and serious injury (FSI) trends and patterns among aging road users, including older pedestrians and...

Towards a Better Understanding of Best Implementation Practice for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program

Aqshems Nichols
Areli Ariana Balderrama
Katherine L. Chen
2023

The Community Pedestrian Safety Training Program (CPST), funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), was established in 2009 to help promote informed community awareness, advocacy, planning, and programming in reducing pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Originally considering pedestrian safety only, the program was expanded to include bicycle safety in 2016 and became known as the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST). The program is a statewide project of the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC), a research center created in...

CPBST 9/19: Promoting safe walking, biking and rolling at Cal Poly Pomona

August 31, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

This year, the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) Program will partner with seven communities throughout California to discuss, plan, and implement active transportation safety improvements. Join us for the last CPBST of 2023 at Cal Poly Pomona on Tuesday, September 19th!

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