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SafeTREC Director Simon Washington on the Bay Bridge S-Curve
Our New Name
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE that the Traffic Safety Center has a new name, SafeTREC, the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center.
Our new name more accurately reflects the manner in which our mission has grown since our founding nearly 10 years ago to encompass safety and travel risk in a multi-modal transportation system; a robust and diverse research agenda across multiple disciplines; and development and enhancement of curriculum, training, and outreach on the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as for professionals and members of the community. Read more about SafeTREC.
Conferences and workshops
SafeTREC at TRB 2010: SafeTREC researchers, students, and staff are participating in numerous events at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 10-14, in Washington, D.C., the world's largest gathering of transportation professionals and academics.
SafeTREC at the 7th Annual Active Living Research (ALR) Conference February 9-11, 2010, in San Diego, CA: "Safe Routes to School: communities creating policy, environmental and behavioral changes,"
Tracy McMillan, PPH Partners, Jill Cooper and David Ragland, SafeTREC, Deb Hubsmith and Robert Ping, Safe Routes to School National Partnership.
International Conference on Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users: Pedestrians, Motorcyclists, and Bicyclists, May 30-June 2, 2010, in Jerusalem. SafeTREC Development Coordinator David Ragland is serving on the Scientific Committee. The conference is sponsored by Israel's National Road Safety Authority in cooperation with the U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB), and the Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI). October 31, 2009, deadline for submission of abstracts. March 31, 2010, deadline for early registration. April 30, 2010, deadline for submission of papers.
TSC headlines
November 20 Headline pick: Cyclists' app aids traffic planners: If you see bicyclists wobbling through the city streets with an iPhone in hand, don't assume they're playing Bejeweled or IMing their virtual pals while they pedal. They may be using Cycle Tracks, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority's new - and first - application for the Apple iPhone. Once bike riders install the app, they tap the "start recording" button, which begins tracking their trips and displaying them on a city map. When they're done pedaling, they hit the "save" button, and the details of their journeys are sent to the authority, as well as saved in the user's iPhone. The app uses GPS to track riders' routes.—San Francisco Chronicle
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Recent research
- Booster Seat Use and Death Risk among Motor Vehicle Occupants Ages 4-8: a matched cohort study
- Back-Over Injuries Among Children
- A Web-Based Tool to Query and Map Police Collision Report Data
- Predictors of Helmet Use Behaviors among San Francisco Bay Area Motorcyclists
- Training, Riding, and Motivations among San Francisco Bay Area Motorcyclists
- A Critical Review of Motorcycle Safety Countermeasure Studies and Recommendations for Future Research in the United States
Newsletter
Now Online, Volume 5, Number 3: Summer 2009
Going beyond the Numbers: an interview with SafeTREC Director Simon Washington on traffic safety myths and the importance of correcting them.
Pedestrian Safety Training Debuts at Glendale: the location for a targeted, statewide program.
Making Sure that Walking Counts in the Capitol: SafeTREC's Robert Schneider Reports Back on his Summer Eno Foundation Conference
