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!
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
