Pedestrian Safety

Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program

The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) was launched by UC Berkeley SafeTREC (SafeTREC) in collaboration with California Walks (Cal Walks) to reduce pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injuries in communities across California. The CPBSP prioritizes working in communities that are at disproportionate risk for road traffic injuries and addressing the safety needs of people who are underserved by traditional transportation resources and planning, e.g., older adults, people with lower incomes, people...

Street Story: A Platform for Community Engagement

Street Story

Street Story is a community engagement platform provided by the UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) in English and Spanish that allows residents, community groups, and agencies to collect information about transportation crashes, near misses, general hazards, and safe locations to travel. The tool is free to use, anonymous, and publicly accessible. To promote access to the tool,...

CPBST Peer Exchange Series

Participants on a walk assessment at the CPBST in Planada, CA

We are excited to once again host our virtual three-part Peer Exchange Series in 2024! The series supports communities as they work to implement pedestrian and bicycle transportation safety programming and improvements.

Over the course of the three webinars, we will facilitate conversations on how former...

Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety

CPBS Logo of a dark teal blue bicycle spoke on the left, Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety text in the middle, and an icon of a person walking on the right, all on a white background

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to be a part of the Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS), a Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) supported by the...

CPBS 11/13 Webinar: Pedestrian and Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress

November 6, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
People walking and biking in a crosswalk with "Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety" in dark teal on a white background below

Join our consortium partners at the Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) and guest speakers on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 12pm PDT and learn how new tools are being developed to assess roadway...

2024 series of SafeTREC Traffic Safety Facts released!

November 6, 2024
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo
The 2024 SafeTREC Traffic Safety Facts series features the latest trends and data on various levels of traffic safety, including pedestrian and bicyclist safety, drug and alcohol-impaired driving, and emergency medical services.

UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) is excited to announce the release of the 2024 series of Traffic Safety Fact Sheets, which feature traffic safety data and trends at the national and state level on twelve...

Text Version of CPBSP Interactive Map

Below you will find a web accessible, text version of our interactive Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) Map, which highlights reports created from 2023 onwards from the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST) and the...

CPBS 10/21 Webinar - From Heartbreak to Hope: Advocating for Safer Streets Through Storytelling

October 21, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
People walking and biking in a crosswalk with "Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety" in dark teal on a white background below Join the conversation with CPBS and get inspired for taking action in National Pedestrian Safety Month 2024

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month and an opportunity to elevate the actions for making walking safer, easier and more enjoyable for people of all ages and...

Explore the latest 2024 CPBSP reports from communities across California!

October 9, 2024
Submitted by Kris Leckie

This year, the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) partnered with 13 communities to help advance their pedestrian and bicycle safety goals. The team’s year just ended and their last round of reports are now publicly available!

Since 2009, the Program has conducted 126 pedestrian and bicycle safety trainings throughout California.

Each training resulted in a final...

2024 California Traffic Safety Survey Summary

Lisa Peterson
Karen Nguyen Vo
2024

The UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) has released the California Traffic Safety Survey 2024. The study was led by Ewald & Wasserman Research Consultants (E&W) and conducted on behalf of the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and SafeTREC.

The California Traffic Safety Survey has been conducted annually since 2010 to gain a better understanding of a range of traffic safety behaviors, and to help inform traffic safety programs and public education campaigns. This year’s survey was conducted with an online panel of California...