Training and education

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...

Registration open for 6/24 CSSA peer exchange - "Beyond city limits: Advancing safety through the CSSA – Lessons from Contra Costa County and CSU San Marcos"

June 6, 2025
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce the final part of our 2025 online peer exchange series as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program. This two-part webinar series aims to support agencies and communities working to advance safer walking and biking throughout California.

Registration is now open for the second session on June 24, where former CSSA participants will share the best...

Sites chosen for 2025 Complete Streets Safety Assessments program

April 21, 2025
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo

UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks are excited to share news about the communities throughout California that we will be partnering with this year as part of our 2025 Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program!

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Watch as traffic safety research is explained in 101 seconds

May 6, 2025
By Sean Patrick Farrell

There’s a statistic that sticks in the minds of many who work on traffic safety issues: The U.S., among wealthy nations, has the highest rate of road traffic fatalities. People in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die in a car crash than people in Australia, and six times more likely than in Sweden.

For Julia Griswold, this troubling fact should be front of mind for everyone, whether they are drivers, cyclists, pedestrians or transportation planners. Griswold runs UC Berkeley’s...

4/29 Peer Exchange - Leveraging the CSSA for funding opportunities: A case study from the City of Calabasas

April 10, 2025
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce our 2025 online peer exchange series as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) program. This two part webinar series aims to support agencies and communities working to advance safer walking and biking throughout California. Registration is now open for the first session on April 29th, which will provide the opportunity to gain a greater...

The 2025 CPBSP: Partnering with 13 communities throughout California for safer walking, biking and rolling

March 24, 2025
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks are excited to share news about the communities throughout California that we will be partnering with this year as part of our 2025 Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP)!

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Registration open for 12/17 webinar about the Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA) Program

December 10, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
The Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA) Program

Participants in Happy Camp safety assessment

Caltrans, Division of Transportation Planning (DOTP), Native American Liaison Branch (NALB), in collaboration with SafeTREC and the National Indian Justice Center (NIJC) will provide California Native American Tribal Governments with expert, focused, and independent Tribal Transportation Safety Assessments (...

Register now for Street Story Webinar on August 7th

July 19, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Registration Now Open for a Free Webinar with UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks:

Participants at CPBST Workshop using Street Story

Street Story at Work: How Communities are Using the Tool
Wednesday, August 7, 2019, 3pm - 4pm PT...

New Resource: Strengthening Partnerships Peer Exchange Series Summaries Now Available

July 12, 2022
Submitted by Katherine Chen

This spring, UC Berkeley SafeTREC, in collaboration with California Walks, rolled out a new resource for former Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training program participants. Funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), we convened residents, agency staff, and other transportation safety advocates for a three-part virtual peer exchange, Strengthening Partnerships:...

Develop Methods to Reduce or Prevent Backing Crashes

Cooper, Douglas L.
Duffy, Sarah
Orrick, Phyllis
Ragland, David R.
2009

Workplace motor vehicle incidents at Caltrans are a significant cause of injuries, employee lost time, and property damage. Because backing crashes are major contributors to motor vehicle incidents, identifying and promoting methods of reducing backing accidents is a top priority. According to internal Caltrans’ data, 92.3% of workplace backing crashes were preventable by the driver. Backing crashes are the single largest category of preventable crashes, representing 30% of preventable crashes in the Caltrans fleet. From 1998 through 2007, preventable backing crashes cost Caltrans at least...