Bicycle safety

Applications open for free Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA)

December 7, 2018
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

SafeTREC is offering free Complete Streets Safety Assessments (CSSA) to California local agencies with a population of over 25,000 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.

The Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA)

When a local agency applies for a CSSA and is approved for a study, a team of two safety experts in the fields of traffic engineering and planning are assigned...

New Research Brief: The Goal of Road Safety in the Safe Systems Context

October 15, 2018
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

As part of our Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP), UC Berkeley SafeTREC has prepared a series of research briefs about the Safe Systems Approach to road safety. These research briefs support local advocacy, community, and agency partner efforts to engage and educate residents on pedestrian and bicycle safety. In our first entry in the series, we provide an overview of the Safe Systems Approach and how it relates to both current road safety...

Spring Research Brief: Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety

April 21, 2017
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Research Brief

SafeTREC staff created a summary on practice-ready research presented at the...

SafeTREC Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Research Brief

December 21, 2016
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

We just released a quarterly research brief featuring newly published research related to bicycle and pedestrian issues.
Please share and distribute to your traffic safety partners.

SafeTREC Traffic Safety Facts: Bicycle Safety

July 25, 2018
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Traffic Safety Facts blog series! Each day this week we're featuring recent data on some of California's most pressing traffic safety issues. In case you missed it, yesterday's post was on aging road users.

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

SafeTREC Traffic Safety Facts: Bicycle Safety

Bicycling is becoming more popular across the country, for commuting, exercise...

Apply now for a Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training in your community!

November 15, 2018
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

We are excited to share news of another successful year delivering the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) Program in partnership with California Walks and local residents, agencies, and safety advocates in communities throughout California! We are continually inspired by and grateful for the work being done to create conditions for safer, more accessible and enjoyable walking and biking in their neighborhoods.

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Street Story: Mapping Transportation Safety Issues

December 27, 2017
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Low-income groups, people with disabilities, seniors, and communities of color are at higher risk of being injured while walking and biking. Information on the safety needs of these groups is also limited.

To address these challenges, a team from SafeTREC is creating Street Story, an online platform that will allow the public to report transportation safety issues in their community. Residents will be able to enter various types of information, such as photos, voice recordings, near-misses and perceptions of dangerous areas for walking and bicycling. This will...

Street Story in Bakersfield

August 29, 2018
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

This summer, the Street Story team worked with local agencies in Bakersfield and the organization, Bike Bakersfield, to collect community feedback about street safety issues and opportunities in the area.

Demonstration of Street Story in Bakersfield

Community members had the opportunity to get hands-on experience...

Final week of Street Story pilot

July 2, 2018
Submitted by Frances Fu

Street Story Outreach

SafeTREC's newest data analysis tool, Street Story, is in its final pilot week. To quickly recap, Street Story is an online data tool that allows people to self-report incidents, near-misses and transportation safety issues. It was...

Upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Workshops in September

September 11, 2018
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's 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 the following communities to identify priorities to make walking and biking safer for seniors, students, parents,...