Training and education

Complete Streets Safety Assessments (CSSA)

SafeTREC is offering free Complete Streets Safety Assessments (CSSA) to 16 California communities, including cities, counties, and school campuses with a population of over 2,500 people. CSSAs are comprehensive transportation safety assessments that focus on pedestrian and bicycle safety. They help local agencies identify and implement traffic safety solutions that lead to improved safety for all users of California’s roadways.

The CSSA program is funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Up until...

Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA)

Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA)

Participants conducting a needs assessment in Happy Camp, 2019

Needs assessment for the Karuk Tribe (Happy Camp, 2019)

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is inviting 12 California Tribes to apply for the next round of Tribal Transportation Safety Assessments (TTSAs), beginning October 2022 and to be completed by September 30, 2023. TTSA studies will be based on the...

The 2023 Peer Exchange Series

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

Once again, we were proud to host our three-part Peer Exchange program! The series supports communities as they work to implement pedestrian and bicycle transportation safety programming and improvements. All meetings took place Wednesdays at 11am PT in 2023. We invited...

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...

Register now for 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"

Register now for an upcoming session! 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...

Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST)

The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program is a joint project of UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks (Cal Walks). Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The CPBST program works with local neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates to understand a community’s walking and biking safety concerns and advance their pedestrian and bicycle safety...

Comunidades Activas y Seguras (Active and Safe Communities) Program

The Program

Comunidades Activas y Seguras (Active and Safe Communities) is a joint program of UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks (Cal Walks). After working with communities of a wide variety of backgrounds through our statewide Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program Training (CPBST) program, we learned that we needed to create a curriculum tailored to meet the needs of Spanish-speaking communities. To that end, Comunidades Activas y Seguras (CAyS) takes a community centered and culturally/linguistically...

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Apply for a Complete Streets Safety Assessment in your community by March 1, 2023

January 18, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

SafeTREC is offering free Complete Streets Safety Assessments (CSSAs) to 16 California communities, including cities, counties, and school campuses with a population of over 2,500 people. CSSAs are comprehensive transportation safety assessments that focus on pedestrian and bicycle safety. They help local agencies identify and implement traffic safety solutions that lead to improved safety for all users of California’s roadways.

The Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA)...

Register now for "Funding pedestrian and bicycle safety" peer exchange on January 18

January 4, 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"

Once again, we are proud to host our three-part Peer Exchange program! The 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...

Focus Regions Program

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) selected California as a Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Focus State in 2015 due to its high rate of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities. In 2021, the FHWA updated their Focused Approach to Safety. California continues to be identified as a Focus State for Pedestrians and Bicyclists because of disproportionately high pedestrian and bicycle...