Safe System

Media Framing and Advocacy on Wednesday, February 1, 2023

January 30, 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"

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 invite participants who were involved in a pedestrian or bicycle...

CSCRS Webinar on 2/22: SafeTREC's Jill Cooper to present on Peer Influence and the Perceptions of Safety

February 21, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

SafeTREC Co-Director Jill Cooper smiling in the promotional graphic for the 2/22 CSCRS Webinar

UC Berkeley SafeTREC Co-Director Jill Cooper presented in the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) Research to Practice Bytes Series on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 for "Peer Influence and the Perceptions of Safety." Policy development and implementation related to traffic safety is...

Register now for 6/22 webinar: Strategies for managing the effects of kinetic energy in crashes

May 27, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Strategies for managing the effects of kinetic energy in crashes

Join UC Berkeley SafeTREC Co-Director and Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) Associate Director Offer Grembek for the latest session in the CSCRS Research to Practice Bytes Series on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 11:30am PT for "Strategies for managing the effects of kinetic energy in crashes." This session will...

Course Announcement: Spring 2022 Traffic Safety and Injury Control

January 6, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

People walking in crosswalk with traffic passing with course title, time and date overlaid

Course Description:

Injuries from traffic crashes are a major cause of death and disability in the United States and around the world. In the United States injury from traffic crashes is the leading cause of death and disability for people ages 1 to 34, and a major cause for all groups....

Building Programs in Spanish: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Programming

July 18, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Building Programs in Spanish: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety Programming

The recorded presentation of Building Programs in Spanish: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Programming(link is external) from July 28, 2022 may be found at the UC Berkeley SafeTREC YouTube channel(link is external).


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6/30 webinar: Applying the Safe System Approach to Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety

June 14, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Applying the Safe System Approach to Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety

DATE: Thursday, June 30, 2022Graphic representing the adapted Safe System approach with a dark blue circle and six segments with overlaid white text and icons to show the six adapted principles and elements
TIME: 10am - 11am PDT

Join UC Berkeley SafeTREC and...

July 30, 2021 Webinar: Redesigning the System to Support Safety

July 26, 2021
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
SafeTREC's Katherine Chen presented in CSCRS Safe Systems Summer Learning Series

The Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS)(link is external) recently launched a new Safe Systems Summer Learning Series(link is external) that will be held on Fridays...

SafeTREC at the 2024 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

December 8, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley SafeTREC researchers and graduate students are excited to participate in the upcoming Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting,(link is external) held in person this year January 7-11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. The program covers all transportation modes, with sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. The full 2024 program, including details on all...

Save the Date for CSCRS Safety Sunday @TRB 2024

December 22, 2023
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
Join the conversation at Safety Sunday @ TRB 2024CSCRS Safety Sunday invitation with event details and sponsor logos

Headed to the 2024 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting(link is external) this year? Interested in learning more about the latest safety-related research topics?

The...

Course Announcement: Spring 2024 Traffic Safety and Injury Control

December 19, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Busy urban intersection with people walking, rolling in the crosswalk

Spring 2024: Traffic Safety and Injury Control Civil and Environmental Engineering C265 | Cross-Listed with Public Health C285 3 Units | Class #30620 | Tu - Th | 3:30-5PM Dwinelle 233 Course Overview

Injuries from traffic crashes are a major cause of death and disability in the United States and around the world. In the United States injury from...