Training and education

Register now for August 19 Tribal Road Safety Data Collection & Reporting workshop

August 2, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Graphic for NIJC workshop

Monday, August 19, 2019
9:00am - 4:00pm
Blue Lake Casino & Hotel, 777 Casino Way, Blue Lake, CA.

UC Berkeley SafeTREC and the National Indian Justice Center (NIJC) are providing a free "Tribal Road Safety: Data Collection & Reporting"...

Course Announcement: Fall 2019 Injury Prevention and Control

July 23, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Course flyer image of people crossing street in NYC

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Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program Evaluation Report

Doggett, Sarah
Beck, Kate M.
Ana Lopez
Cooper, Jill F.
2019

The UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks (Cal Walks) developed the Community Pedestrian Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program to train and mobilize communities to address pedestrian and bicycle safety and to strengthen collaboration with local officials and agency staff. SafeTREC and Cal Walks work hand-in-hand with communities to plan and facilitate workshops that are reflective of each community’s needs and priorities.

This report provides a summary of the qualitative and quantitative methods used to evaluate the CPBST...

The CPBST at work in Florence-Firestone

June 25, 2019
Submitted by Kate Beck

Pedestrians and bicyclists make up a disproportionate share of road deaths and injuries, and low-income, majority person-of-color communities tend to face the greatest danger. Comprehensive pedestrian safety programs targeted toward such communities have the potential to build communities’ capacity to address...

Safe Routes to School Launch Workshop in San Bernardino: Friday, June 14

June 4, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Join SafeTREC and the Safe Routes Partnership on Friday, June 14 at King Middle School in San Bernardino for the first Safe Routes to School Launch Workshop of 2019! During this workshop you will hear about ways to make walking and rolling to and from school safer, convenient and fun.

Children biking and walking on street and in crosswalk

Together with other community members, parents, students, city representatives and...

Upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Workshops in Los Angeles County

April 19, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Register now for one of our upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshops! These workshops are presented throughout the state of California by UC Berkeley SafeTREC in partnership with California Walks. The CPBST program trains neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates on how to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety to make California communities safer and more pleasant to walk and bike.

Join us in the following communities to identify priorities to...

Apply now for a Safe Routes to School Launch Program in your community!

March 13, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

The Safe Routes to School National Partnership and UC Berkeley SafeTREC are accepting applications for the next round of the Safe Routes to School Launch Program in 2019! We are looking for three California communities eager to move to a new level of safety and support for students walking and rolling to school.

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March 27: Upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training in Foothill Farms

March 11, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Interested in learning how to make walking and biking safer for the Foothill Farms community? Join UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks, in partnership with Safe Kids Greater Sacramento, WALKSacramento and Safety Center Incorporated for the first...

New Publication: How effective are community pedestrian safety training workshops?

January 29, 2019
by Ali von Klan

We are proud to announce that SafeTREC researchers and staff co-authored a study for the March 2019 Journal of Transport and Health titled, “How effective are community pedestrian safety training workshops? Short-term findings from a program in California”. The paper, written by Jesus Barajas, Kate Beck, Jill Cooper, Ana Lopez and Amanda Reynosa, assesses the efficacy of SafeTREC’s Community Pedestrian Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program using a process and outcome...

Course Announcement: Spring 2019 Traffic Safety and Injury Control

December 11, 2018
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Spring 2019 C265 Flyer