Bicycle safety

New Research Brief: Why Don't Women Cycle? A Case Study of Women's Perceptions of Cycling in San Francisco

September 4, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Safety and women’s perceptions of safety is a prevalent factor affecting the gender gap of cycling within the US. In a recent study by UC Berkeley researchers, the use of bike lanes in the South of Market Area of San Francisco found that only 29% of the cyclists were female despite accounting for 50% of the population in the area. A new research brief by UC Berkeley SafeTREC's policy and program analyst Dorry Funaki summarizes key issues found in this study of women’s perceptions of safety when cycling. Read the...

Investigating the underreporting of pedestrian and bicycle crashes in and around university campuses - a crowdsourcing approach

Medury, Aditya
Grembek, Offer
Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia
Shafizadeh, Kevan
2017

In this paper, the non-motorized traffic safety concerns in and around three university campuses are evaluated by comparing police-reported crash data with traffic safety information sourced from the campus communities themselves. The crowdsourced traffic safety data comprise of both self-reported crashes as well as perceived hazardous locations. The results of the crash data analysis reveal that police-reported crashes underrepresent non-motorized safety concerns in and around the campus regions. The spatial distribution of police-reported crashes shows that police-reported crashes are...

Safe Routes to School Launch Communities Receive California ATP Funding

August 21, 2019
Submitted by Margaux Mennesson

We are excited to share this guest blog post by Margaux Mennesson, Marketing & Communications Manager with the Safe Routes Partnership. The original post appeared on the Safe Routes Partnership blog on August 7, 2019.

The Safe Routes to School Launch program, a joint project of the Safe...

Evaluating Research on Data Linkage to Assess Underreporting of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Injury in Police Crash Data

Doggett, Sarah
Ragland, David R.
Felschundneff, Grace
2018

Traffic safety decisions are based predominantly on information from police collision reports. However, a number of studies suggest that such reports tend to underrepresent bicycle and pedestrian collisions. Underreporting could lead to inaccurate evaluation of crash rates and may under- or overestimate the effects of road safety countermeasures. This review examined ten studies that used data linkage to explore potential underreporting of pedestrian and/or bicyclist injury in police collision reports. Due to variations in definitions of reporting level, periods of study, and study...

Register now for a community pedestrian and bicycle safety workshop in Planada, 8/20 and in Blue Lake Rancheria, 9/17!

August 13, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Register now for one of our Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshops coming up in Planada and Blue Lake Rancheria 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. Food and refreshments will...

Course Announcement: Fall 2019 Injury Prevention and Control

July 23, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Course flyer image of people crossing street in NYC

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The CPBST at work in Florence-Firestone

June 25, 2019
Submitted by Kate Beck

Pedestrians and bicyclists make up a disproportionate share of road deaths and injuries, and low-income, majority person-of-color communities tend to face the greatest danger. Comprehensive pedestrian safety programs targeted toward such communities have the potential to build communities’ capacity to address...

Safe Routes to School Launch Workshop in San Bernardino: Friday, June 14

June 4, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Join SafeTREC and the Safe Routes Partnership on Friday, June 14 at King Middle School in San Bernardino for the first Safe Routes to School Launch Workshop of 2019! During this workshop you will hear about ways to make walking and rolling to and from school safer, convenient and fun.

Children biking and walking on street and in crosswalk

Together with other community members, parents, students, city representatives and...

Safety Stories: new feature on CATSIP for sharing active transportation successes

June 3, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

Bicyclists on trail

Original blog post appeared on the California Active Transportation Safety Information Pages (CATSIP) on May 30, 2019.

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is thrilled to pilot...

Upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Workshops in Los Angeles County

April 19, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Register now for one of our upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshops! 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 the following communities to identify priorities to...