Education
traffic safety seminar
June 25: "Alameda County Pedestrian and Bicycle Counting Project" (PDF of PPT slides) Presented by Robert Schneider, TSC GSR, and Lindsay Arnold, TSC Research Associate. Download seminar flyer.
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The TSC hosts the Traffic Safety Seminar, which is open to the University community and the general public featuring both University and outside experts in traffic safety. Request to be notified when seminars occur.
View previous announcements in the news archive.
conferences and workshops
Pedestrian Safety & Advocacy Conference
NEW DATE: David Ragland to present at Pedestrian Safety & Advocacy Conference, September 19-20, in Sacramento. Register now. $25 covers food and materials for two days. Limited scholarships available.
TSC at Pro Walk/Pro Bike 08
TSC at Pro Walk/Pro Bike 08: "Transforming Communities: Beyond Sustainability"—will involve nearly 250 presenters in panels, workshops, poster sessions, and plenaries. The Pro Walk/Pro Bike biennial conference is being held September 2-5, 2008, in Seattle.
2008 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, "Public Health without Borders
TSC at APHA: Traffic Safety Center staff participation at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, "Public Health without Borders," October 25-29, 2008, in San Diego, is detailed, along with links to TSC research pages on the same subject.
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Teaching
Traffic Safety Center faculty and researchers teach two graduate courses and one course open to all students, which are informed by the disciplines of public health and engineering in ways seldom available at this level of instruction and which give students a chance to interact with people from different fields.
Spring 2008:
"Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation," (PDF of course announcement) a course under the auspices of the Department of City and Regional Planning. Pedestrian and Bicycle transportation planning links issues of mobility, access, air quality, global warming, and public health.
"Planning for Traffic Safety and Injury Control" (PDF of course announcement) integrates engineering, behavioral science, and vision science into a comprehensive approach to traffic safety.
Ongoing and Previous Semesters:
"Public Health Injury Prevention and Control" explores statistical and policy analysis of public health and injury prevention.
Also, "Advances in Aging: Mobility and Transportation Safety," Spring 2001.
Graduate student research jobs
NOW HIRING SPRING 2008: Position Openings – Graduate Student Researchers - The UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center (TSC) is seeking Graduate Student Researchers (GSR) at up to 49.5% for Spring 2008 with fee remission to conduct research related to department research projects for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and CA Office of Traffic Safety.
(i) Strategic planning for preventing pedestrian and bicyclist injury (related to California’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP)
(ii) Develop Methods to Reduce/Prevent Vehicle Backing Accidents
(iii) Development of a Safety Management Protocol – reducing Caltrans workplace accidents
(iv) Statistical Analysis of Traffic Safety Data
(v) Motorcycle Safety
Projects have a fair degree of flexibility to accommodate applicants with a range of experience.
To apply, email resume/CV and cover letter indicating which projects you are interested in working on to: Karen Mendelow Nelson at the Traffic Safety Center, karenmn@berkeley.edu or call 510-643-9447.
