UC Berkeley SafeTREC has adapted its Street Story tool for use in and by Tribal communities in California. Street Story is an online engagement platform that allows residents to collect information on transportation collisions, near misses, hazards, and safe places to travel.
Improving Transportation Infrastructure on Tribal Lands Using Crowdsourcing Data
The goal of this project is to reduce traffic crash injuries and fatalities by all users of roads on and near tribal lands in California by tailoring an existing crowdsourcing application to enable tribal communities to improve transportation safety, education, and emergency response times. The project team will collect motor vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle crash data that are not currently being documented by tribal or other law enforcement agencies by crowdsourcing method and will guide the use of the data...
UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce that two new video tutorials are now available as part of the Tribal Road Safety Program! Click on the links below to learn how to use two new tools for advancing road safety on tribal lands: Tribal Street Story and Tribal TIMS.
Tribal Street Story: Online Crowdsourcing & Engagement
The SafeTREC Tribal Road Safety Program announces availability of one to two hour technical assistance webinars for either or both of two online tools relevant for tribal road safety:
This year SafeTREC faculty, staff and graduate students joined over 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world at the Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting from January 16-20, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Our team had the opportunity to present some of our latest transportation safety research, participate in various events, workshops and activities, and connect with alum. Enjoy our round-up of selected photos to share what we were up to at #TRBAM!
On June 7, 2016 co-director Jill Cooper presented at the PedsCount! Summit on SafeTREC's efforts in data analysis to improve traffic safety on and near tribal lands in California. Her presentation focused on work being done to identify available data regarding safety planning, safety education, and roadways. Learn more about our ...
California Tribal Road Safety Data Project: Methods, Challenges, and Preliminary Results
Co-director David Ragland will present SafeTREC's Tribal Road Safety Data Project at the University of Minnesota's Roadway Safety Institute on November 10, 2016. For participants interested in the topic, please watch the live webcast.
Seminar Information
Thursday, November 10, 2016 3 – 4 p.m. Central Room 1130
SafeTREC has been working on a project to analyze and map tribal road safety data in order to improving road safety for California’s Native American populations. Native American tribal lands may not be able to obtain funding for roadway improvements, for example, due to the lack of available injury data. Improving the quality and quantity of data collected...
