Pedestrian Safety

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

March 9, 2021
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
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
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
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
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

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
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

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
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
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...

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

November 10, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

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...

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...