Bicycle safety

August 6th Webinar: Broadening the Toolbox for Kinetic Energy Management

August 2, 2021
SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek to present in CSCRS Safe Systems Summer Learning Series

The Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) recently launched a new Safe Systems Summer Learning Series that will be held...

3/25 Webinar: From Practice to Progress - Street Story in the Field

March 9, 2021
Join us for the first Focus Cities webinar in 2021!

Participants from Street Story workshop on walk assessment in Fresno, CA

DATE: Thursday, March 25, 2021
TIME: 10am - 11am PT

Join UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks for our first Focus Cities webinar of 2021! We will be talking with presenters from the ...

Focus Regions Program

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) selected California as a Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Focus State in 2015 due to its high rate of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities. In 2021, the FHWA updated their Focused Approach to Safety. California continues to be identified as a Focus State for Pedestrians and Bicyclists because of disproportionately high pedestrian and bicycle...

New Release: 2023 SafeTREC Traffic Safety Fact Sheets

September 29, 2023
2023 SafeTREC Traffic Safety Fact Sheets feature recent data on some of California's most pressing traffic safety issues to help inform future road safety efforts

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce the release of the 2023 series of Traffic Safety Fact Sheets, which feature traffic safety data and trends at the national and state level on a variety of road safety topics. This series also highlights the Safe System approach to road safety, which...

SafeTREC's Julia Griswold on tragedy of hit-and-run fatalities in Sacramento

June 20, 2023

On June 17, 2023, the Sacramento Bee published a news story by Ryan Lillis discussing the staggering death toll left by hit-and-run drivers in Sacramento, California. Lillis notes that "nearly 140 people were killed in hit-and-run crashes in Sacramento County between 2018 and 2022, according to a Sacramento Bee...

LA Walks Workshop on 5/23: Walking Safety Assessment in Los Angeles

May 15, 2018

As part of our Focus Cities Program, Los Angeles Walks will be hosting a Walking Safety Assessment on Wednesday, May 23 in Los Angeles in partnership with California Walks and the Youth Policy Institute. Join us to learn more about how to make walking and biking safer around the Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter School!

Event: Walking Safety Assessment
Date/time: Wednesday, May 23; 8:30am-9:45am
Location:...

Register now for the Tenderloin Community's Collaborative Approach for Safe Streets webinar

June 3, 2020
Join us for the next Focus Cities webinar!

Participants at Tenderloin Community Celebration on Taylor Street

DATE: Thursday, June 18, 2020
TIME: 10am - 11am PDT

In one-quarter square mile, the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco is home to the city’s largest concentration of children, seniors, immigrants, and people of color. It is also...

Register now for August 26th Connecting Kern County webinar!

August 12, 2020
Join us for the next Focus Cities webinar!

Bicyclist on Kern River Parkway Trail

DATE: Wednesday, August 26, 2020
TIME: 10am - 11am PDT

Join active transportation partners in Kern County and Bakersfield in a virtual tour of the Kern River Parkway Trail, a 30-mile protected multi-use trail that connects residents along the Kern River from the

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Register now for September 15th webinar: Expanding the Bike Network in Kern County

September 10, 2020
Join us for the next Focus Cities webinar!

Graphic of new design for the Friant Kern Canal Multi-Use Path

DATE: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
TIME: 3pm - 4pm PDT

Join Bike Bakersfield and leaders in local active transportation projects for a conversation about cycling and bike infrastructure in Bakersfield and Kern County!

In this webinar, you'll learn...

11/16 at UC GIS Week 2023: Traffic Safety in California: Advancing Equity by Identifying At Risk Communities with ArcGIS

November 10, 2023

Outreach graphic for the UC GIS Week 2023 event with an image of a sea monster on a dark beige background

Traffic Safety in California: Advancing Equity by Identifying At Risk Communities with ArcGIS Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 1pm - 1:35pm

Join SafeTREC Research Data Analyst Amalia Stahl for the presentation, "Traffic Safety in California: Advancing Equity by Identifying At Risk...