Pedestrian Safety

SafeTREC staff publish research brief on the link between public health and active transportation planning

September 30, 2024
Submitted by Kris Leckie
While the overall number of motor vehicle fatalities and serious injuries have generally decreased in recent years, vulnerable road user fatalities and serious injuries continue to rise (National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2024). Public health professionals, their methods, and their models are essential to incorporate within active transportation best practices because it allows decision makers to capture the ideas, desires, and needs of communities.

A new research brief by UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) staff...

Explore the newest 2024 CPBSP reports from communities across California!

September 27, 2024
Submitted by Kris Leckie

This year, the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) partnered 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. As we near the end of our fiscal year, another round of reports are now publicly available...

SafeTREC staff publish research brief on equitable transportation planning using the Safe System Approach

September 26, 2024
Submitted by Kris Leckie
Public health safety concerns surrounding road use in the United States are prevalent, with the number of fatalities and serious injury crashes for those walking, biking, and rolling continuing to reach all-time highs. These burdens are also disproportionately felt by the most vulnerable road users, especially those in low-income and BIPOC communities.

A new research brief by UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) staff Noelani Fixler, Lucia Ornelas, and Kris Leckie aims to explores how the ...

Equitable Transportation Planning for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety through the Use of the Safe System Approach

Noelani Fixler
Lucia Ornelas
Kris Leckie
2024

This research brief explores how the Safe System Approach works to reframe the current landscape in the United States to promote equitable transportation policies and planning. Topics identified for further discussion and analysis from current literature on equity and the Safe System Approach include 1) engaging diverse communities in transportation planning, 2) turning towards equity to address past systemic injustices, and 3) employing education and prevention strategies to promote “upstream” versus “downstream” (i.e., traditional) approaches.

CPBS 10/7 Webinar - Tales of Traffic Violence: Turning Tragedy into Safer Streets

September 18, 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 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...

National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) releases 2023 Shared Micromobility in the U.S. and Canada report

August 14, 2024
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) released the 2023 Shared Micromobility in the U.S. and Canada report in July 2024, where monthly and yearly trends in the usage of e-bikes, pedal bikes, and e-scooters were collected and analyzed.

The report finds that shared micromobility options are a popular and growing form of public transportation, especially in major cities, and...

Join SafeTREC this week for CPBST and CAyS workshops in San Diego and Knights Landing

August 14, 2024
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo

Join program partners UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks (Cal Walks) for the upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) and Comunidades Activas y Seguras (CAyS) workshops in San Diego and Knights Landing:

Community Date Flyer San Diego Saturday, August 17, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m....

SafeTREC’s SangHyouk Oum and Amalia Stahl to present at ATSIP 2024 Traffic Records Forum

August 7, 2024
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo

UC Berkeley SafeTREC associate director SangHyouk Oum and research data analyst Amalia Stahl will present at the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP) 2024 Traffic Records Forum on August 13, 2024 in San Diego, California. The Traffic Records Forum gathers transportation professionals, including data analysts and engineers, to discuss the best practices and newest collection methods of highway safety data and traffic records.

SafeTREC researchers will be speaking in the...

Course Announcement: Fall 2024 Public Health Injury Prevention and Control

August 5, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Emergency responders with an ambulance to the left, people walking and biking in a crosswalk in the middle and a helmet and bike in a crosswalk on the right

Fall 2024: Public Health Injury Prevention and Control Public Health PH285a 2 units | Course #30506 Friday, 12pm - 2pm | Berkeley Way West 1206 Instructors

Glenn Shor, PhD, MPP, gshor@berkeley....

Injury Prevention and Control

Emergency responders with an ambulance to the left, people walking and biking in a crosswalk in the middle and a helmet and bike in a crosswalk on the right Fall 2024: Public Health Injury Prevention and Control Public Health PH285a 2 units | Course #30506 Friday, 12pm - 2pm | Berkeley Way West 1206 Course Overview

Injury is the leading cause of death for ages 1-44 and the leading cause of years of potential life lost up to...