Bicycle safety

Street Story 101 Workshop in Altadena, February 20th

February 13, 2020
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
Street Story 101: Give Your Input on Safe Streets in Altadena!

Thursday, February 20th, 7pmStreet Story 101 Flyer with image of participants in walk assessment
Altadena Community Center
730 E. Altadena Drive, Altadena, CA 91001

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Register now for a community pedestrian and bicycle safety workshop on March 4th in Pico-Aliso/Boyle Heights

February 13, 2020
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Register now for our Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshop coming up in the Pico-Aliso, Boyle Heights community to identify priorities to make walking and biking safer for everyone - including seniors, students, parents, and people with disabilities. These workshops train neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates on how to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety to make California communities safer and more pleasant to walk and bike. Refreshments, childcare,...

Safe Routes to School Launch Program

The Safe Routes to School Launch Program, a joint project of the Safe Routes Partnership and UC Berkeley SafeTREC, was designed to start strong and sustainable Safe Routes to School programs in California communities. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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SafeTREC at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2020

January 31, 2020
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

This year SafeTREC faculty, staff and graduate students joined over 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world at the Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting from January 16-20, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Our team had the opportunity to present some of our latest transportation safety research, participate in various events, workshops and activities, and connect with alum. Enjoy our round-up of selected photos to share what we were up to at #TRBAM!

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Partner Highlight & CPBST Applications Open!

December 3, 2019
Submitted by Wendy Ortiz

Today we're excited to share a guest blog post by Wendy Ortiz, Community Programs Manager at California Walks (Cal Walks), our partners for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program. 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). The purpose of the CPBST program is to train local neighborhood residents and safety advocates on how to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety and to strengthen...

Course Announcement: Spring 2020 Traffic Safety and Injury Control

November 27, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Page 1 of Spring 2020 C265 Flyer

2019 SafeTREC Traffic Safety Facts: Bicycle Safety

Chen, Katherine L.
Tsai, Bor-Wen
Fortin, Garrett
Cooper, Jill F.
2019

Bicycling is becoming more popular across the country, for commuting, exercise, and leisure. In 2017, there were 783 bicyclists killed in a traffic collision in the US. In citing concern about the level of bicycle fatalities, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) identified key recommendations for improving safety, including collection of better crash data, increased training for law enforcement to understand laws designed to protect bicyclists, partnerships with bicycling and community organizations regarding safety messaging and public education campaigns about infrastructure...

Register for an upcoming Community Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Training in September!

August 30, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Register now for one of our upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshops in September! These workshops are presented throughout the state of California by UC Berkeley SafeTREC in partnership with California Walks. The CPBST program trains neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates on how to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety to make California communities safer and more pleasant to walk and bike.

Join us in...

2019 SafeTREC Traffic Safety Facts: Bicycle Safety

October 16, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Welcome back to the 2019 SafeTREC Traffic Safety Facts blog series, where we feature recent data on some of California's most pressing traffic safety issues! Each day this week and next, we'll highlight the facts for a range of topics related to safety on our roads. In cased you missed it, yesterday's post was on pedestrian safety.

In today's post, explore SafeTREC's fact sheet on bicycle safety. Tomorrow, we'll be highlighting the facts on aging road user safety.

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New Research Brief: Community Trainings at Work

September 22, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

The Community Pedestrian Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program trains and mobilizes communities to address pedestrian and bicycle safety and strengthens collaboration with local officials and agency staff. This research brief summarizes an evaluation of the CPBST program completed in 2018. Read the full research brief.

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