Pedestrian Safety

Office of Traffic Safety promotes Street Story at Transit Stops

February 9, 2023

In partnership with UC Berkeley SafeTREC, the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has launched a campaign to promote Street Story at a total of eighty-four transit stops in the cities of Berkeley, Sacramento, Chico, and Redding. The tool is also being promoted via social media for the duration of the campaign. The campaign will be running from January 23rd through February 19th, 2023.

Share Your Street Story

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Register now for March 18th webinar: How to build and strengthen a coalition

February 24, 2025
Advancing safer walking, biking and rolling across California

We are excited to launch the pilot of our new follow-up program as part of the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP), aimed at educating and empowering community agencies, organizations and advocates working to advance safer walking, biking and rolling across California! This webinar will allow you to learn how to create and strengthen positive traffic safety culture in your community...

Explore the newest 2024 CPBSP reports from communities across California!

July 25, 2024

This year, the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP)(link is external) is partnering with 8 new communities and 5 previous communities to help advance their pedestrian and bicycle safety goals: Altadena, Bakersfield, El Sereno, Jurupa Valley, Kingsburg, Knights Landing, Lamont, Orange Cove, Oxnard, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Tulare. After months of hard work, the program published...

Recorded Webinar: Street Story and Perceptions of Safety

September 5, 2023

Participants in the CPBST at Westmont High School conducting a walk and bike assessment

Participants conducting a walk and bike assessment near Westmont High School in San Jose, CA

Street Story and Perceptions of Safety Originally presented Tuesday, September 12,...

Webinar now available: Engaging Decision-Makers using Street Story

June 25, 2024
Recorded Webinar available: "Engaging Decision-Makers using Street Story"

Do you shy away from speaking with decision-makers regarding traffic safety concerns in your community? Tune in to our webinar! This 2024 webinar has been recorded and is available at the UC Berkeley SafeTREC YouTube channel.

Join SafeTREC’s webinar, “Engaging Decision-Makers using Street Story...

7/16 CSSA Peer Exchange: Funding and the Importance of Public Involvement in Implementing Suggestions

June 27, 2024
Funding and the Importance of Public Involvement in Implementing Suggestions

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 |

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce our 2024 online peer exchange session as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program on how local agencies are successfully implementing complete streets safety improvements to make walking, biking and rolling safer in their communities. This peer exchange is designed to support agencies as they work to...

Farewell from SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek

March 10, 2023

After 13 great years of leading safety research at University of California, Berkeley, I’ve decided that it’s time for another challenge and I will be leaving my position as Co-Director of the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC). My time at SafeTREC has been extremely rewarding and I believe that it was also impactful.

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Register Now: the 2024 Peer Exchange Series is Here!

January 31, 2024
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 Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST)...