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Register now for Safe Routes to Parks on Wednesday, February 15th

February 3, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

My community is energized about pedestrian and bicycle safety! Where do we go from here? A 2023 Peer Exchange Series"

Register now for our last session on February 15th! The 2023 Peer Exchange series supports communities as they work to implement pedestrian and bicycle transportation safety programming and improvements. All meetings will take place Wednesdays at 11am PT. We...

Custom Boundary Instructions for Street Story now available in Spanish!

September 30, 2022
Submitted by Jarah Crowner

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Office of Traffic Safety promotes Street Story at Transit Stops

February 9, 2023
Submitted by Jarah Crowner

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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Explore the newest 2024 CPBSP reports from communities across California!

July 25, 2024
Submitted by Kris Leckie

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...

Farewell from SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek

March 10, 2023
Submitted by Offer Grembek

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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Explore our latest CPBST reports!

August 3, 2023
Submitted by Kristen Leckie

As the summer rolls on, our Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST) continues to work with communities across the state of California to advance their pedestrian and bicycle safety goals. In 2023, the CPBST program is partnering with 7 new communities to:

review pedestrian and bicycle crash data and safety strategies;

facilitate a walking and biking assessment;

strategize with participants to define specific community pedestrian...

2024 CPBSP Program: Apply for a free pedestrian and bicycle safety training in your community

December 18, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks are excited to announce applications are now being accepted for our 2024 Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP)!

Group photo of 13 people, smiling from the CPBST at Westmont Highschool


This year, we will partner with...

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...

Cal ITE's Interdistrict Transportation Competition workshop features SafeTREC's VR simulator

November 27, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

This fall, the UC Berkeley student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the Cal Transportation Team hosted the 2024 Interdistrict Transportation Competition (ITC) a conference intended to be a space for students to "engage in various transportation-related challenges often seen in the professional world, including in fields like planning, design, and data analysis."...