Training and education

March 29: Relationship Building for Temporary Demonstrations and Quick-Build Projects

March 22, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Members of the Costa Mesa Alliance for Better Streets in a celebratory happily group photo at installation of 19th Street demonstration project

Join UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks for the next session on Tuesday, March 29th in the new 3-part training series, the “Strengthening Partnerships:...

May 17: “I have the data, now what?” A closer look at data collection, collaboration and planning between community and governmental agencies

April 27, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Maps showing reports in Street Story for crashes, near misses, hazards and safe spaces in Humboldt County "I have the data, now what?" A closer look at data collection, collaboration, and planning between community and governmental agencies

DATE: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
TIME: 11am - 12pm PT

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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....

March 15: Using Crowdsourced Data Strategies in Community Engagement

February 28, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Community members at a walking and biking safety training filling out a Street Story survey about their transportation safety experiences, with the title of the Peer Exchange session on 3 stacked color boxes in orange, yellow and blue

UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks are...

Strengthening Partnerships: A 2022 Peer Exchange Series for former CPBST sites

February 11, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks are excited to announce a new 3-part training series, the “Strengthening Partnerships: A Peer Exchange Series for former CPBST sites” which will start on March 15, 2022. The biweekly virtual series is designed to support communities as they work to implement the recommendations developed during their Community and Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety (CPBST)...

July 25 - Implementing Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Improvements: A Peer Exchange

July 13, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Implementing Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Improvements: A Peer Exchange

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 | 10:00am - 11:00am PT

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce a new online peer exchange session as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program on how local agencies are successfully implementing complete streets safety improvements to make walking, biking and rolling safer in their communities. This peer exchange is designed to support...

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 from July 28, 2022 may be found at the UC Berkeley SafeTREC YouTube channel.


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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

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April 12: Active Transportation Planning in Unincorporated Communities

April 5, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

View of an intersection in a residential neighborhood in the unincorporated community of Empire during a walk/bike assessment

Join UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and California Walks for the next session on Tuesday, April 12th in the new 3-part training series, the “Strengthening Partnerships: A Peer Exchange Series for...

Creating safer streets for walking & biking: apply for a CPBST in your community!

February 11, 2021

Today we're excited to share a guest blog post by Katherine Chen, Senior Policy & Program Analyst at SafeTREC and the lead for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program. The CPBST program works with local neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety through engaging local stakeholders, providing information and data, supporting community empowerment, and strengthening collaboration with local officials and...