Co-director David Ragland presented SafeTREC's Tribal Road Safety Data Project at the University of Minnesota's (UMN) Roadway Safety Institute on November 10, 2016. His presentation focused on the development of the Tribal Road Safety Tool in conjunction with the National Indian Justice Center. This tool will allow individual tribes to analyze SWITRS data relevant to their specific tribal area, add data from tribal police and/or first responders, and conduct analyses for improving road safety. Learn more about our ...
The Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA) Program
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 (...
The Tribal Transportation Safety Assessment (TTSA) Program
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...
NEW! Tribes in California can obtain funding for transportation safety improvements from the following sources. Note details for program application deadlines and upcoming informational webinars:
Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 10
From May 14-16, 2019 tribal, federal, state, and industry leaders from across the United States who are working on the tribal transportation issues and challenges gathered in San Diego, California for the National Tribal Symposium to Advance Transportation. This event, hosted by the Federal Highway...
Co-director David Ragland attended the National Tribal Transportation Conference (NTTC) on October 4, 2016 and presented SafeTREC's Tribal Road Safety Data Project. In the initial phase of this project, traffic collisions in and around tribal areas were identified via the statewide traffic crash database for California (Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, or SWITRS). In the second phase, to be conducted in...
Ragland honored with ATSIP's Traffic Records Forum Best Practices Award for his work to improve transportation safety on California's Tribal Lands
This year the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP) held their annual Traffic Records Forum virtually from August 16-20, 2021 to convene data analysts, state and local law enforcement officials, engineers, motor vehicle officials, emergency medical services providers, judicial administrators, and highway safety professionals from across the United States to...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Afsaneh Yavari, Research and Development Engineer.
Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I am from Iran and moved to Milwaukee, WI in 1978 when I was in high school. I got both B.S. and Master’s degrees from University of WI-Milwaukee. Both degrees are in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in Transportation Engineering. I am a registered Traffic...
Since 2014, SafeTREC has been working on the Tribal Road Safety Data Collection project to improve traffic safety on tribal lands in California. The goal of this project is to improve traffic safety on and near tribal lands in California.
Tribal Crash Data Tool
SafeTREC works in collaboration with the National Indian Justice Center (NIJC...
SafeTREC's Ragland and Grembek present at 2021 ATSIP Traffic Records Forum
This year the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP) held their annual Traffic Records Forum virtually from August 16-20, 2021 to convene data analysts, state and local law enforcement officials, engineers, motor vehicle officials, emergency...
