Pedestrian Safety

Research Brief: Mobility Safety for California’s Affordable Housing Residents: Co-locating Improvements

June 26, 2024
Submitted by Kris Leckie
New research brief highlights mobility safety needs for California’s affordable housing residents and provides recommendations to better connect mobility safety improvements with anticipated affordable housing developments.

A new research brief, Mobility Safety for California’s Affordable Housing Residents: Co-locating Improvements, authored by UC Berkeley SafeTREC's Kyler Blodgett explores how California is rapidly building affordable housing, yet...

Register now for 7/11 webinar: Engaging Decision-Makers using Street Story

June 25, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Engaging Decision-Makers using Street Story

 Thursday, July 11, 2024 | 1pm - 2pm PT | Register nowSafeTREC's Areli Balderrama conducts a walk assessment in Boyle Heights with a group of 12 participants on a neighborhood street...

June 11, 2024: SafeTREC's Griswold and Oum to present at OTS Traffic Safety Law Enforcement Forum

June 5, 2024
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
Upcoming forum to highlight the importance of traffic safety throughout CaliforniaCalifornia Office of Traffic Safety Logo

On June 11, 2024 SafeTREC's Director Julia Griswold and Associate Director SangHyouk Oum will present on key traffic safety topics at the ...

Join SafeTREC this week for Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Trainings in Jurupa Valley and San Bernardino

June 18, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Join program partners UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks for these upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshops in the following communities:

Community Date Flyer Jurupa Valley Saturday, June 22, 2024 | 10:30am - 1:30pm English |...

Join us for an upcoming Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training in Tulare and Kingsburg!

May 16, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Join program partners UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks for these upcoming Comunidades Activas y Seguras (CAyS) and Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshops in the following communities:

Community Date Flyer CAyS Workshop: Tulare Friday, May 17, 2024 | 8:30am - 11:30am English |...

SafeTREC's Griswold awarded new contract for "Developing a Safe System Approach to Setting Speed Limits: Phase II"

May 6, 2024
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
Research project to inform future speed-limit-setting in CaliforniaPrinciples and elements of the Safe System approach to road safety

In April, 2024 SafeTREC Director Julia Griswold was awarded a new contract, "...

Our CPBSP Team is Coming to a Community Near You!

April 24, 2024
Submitted by Kris Leckie
This year, the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) will partner with eight communities throughout California to discuss, plan, and implement active transportation safety improvements. We’re excited to announce the start of our site visits this week!

This week our program staff will be on the ground in Kingsburg, San Bernardino, and Tulare to conduct site visits with each community’s Planning...

Explore our new California Traffic Safety Dashboard

April 2, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce the launch of our new California Traffic Safety Dashboard, a series of tools designed to allow users to visualize crash data and traffic safety activities in conjunction with demographics in California.

California Traffic Safety Dashboard - do your own analysis or visualize traffic safety at a glance

The following Tools are currently available:

TOOL SNAPSHOT

Traffic Safety and Equity Overview
The Traffic Safety...

5/14 Peer Exchange offered in Spanish: Building a Collaborative and Equitable Transportation Vision with Decision-Makers

March 29, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Los Angeles Walks Promotoras Leads Gaby Segovia and Nancy Cid raising their arms celebrating a decorative crosswalk Register now for the next 2024 Peer Exchange!

This year, we're excited to once again offer a series of Peer Exchange sessions...

The 2024 CSSA: Partnering with 16 communities to advance Complete Streets safety improvements

March 29, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

This year as part of SafeTREC's Complete Streets Safety Assessment Program (CSSA) we are excited to share that we will be partnering with 16 communities throughout California to identify and implement traffic safety solutions that lead to improved safety for all users.

Participants at the Santa Cruz Complete Streets Safety Assessment conducting a walk audit

The 2024 CSSA Program

SafeTREC's...