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*(WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE that, starting October 26, 2009, 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.)
Now Online, Volume 5, Number 3: Summer 2009
Going beyond the Numbers: an interview with incoming TSC 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: TSC's Robert Schneider Reports Back on his Summer Eno Foundation Conference
Previous Issues:
Volume 5, Number 2: Spring 2009:
- GSRs at the TSC for the 2008 academic year
- TSC activities at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
Volume 5, Number 1:Winter 2008-2009 : Toward a Culture of Traffic Safety in the U.S.:
- Traffic Safety Culture: What is it? The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety formally declared that its top priority would be to work for establishment of an improved traffic safety culture in the U.S.
- What can we do to change it? Two California traffic safety policymakers talk about traffic safety culture's role.
- Separate interviews with: Chris Murphy, the California Office of Traffic Safety, and Jesse Bhullar, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) safety engineering program.
Volume 4, Number 4: Spring 2008
- The Safety Run-Around that Happens at Rail Crossings: At-grade rail crossings are regularly the scenes of gambles by drivers that they are simply not physically capable of winning.
- What Did Your Walk to School Today Do to (or for) You? There is tremendous interest in encouraging a return to walking, biking and busing for the school "commute."
- Making the Way to School Safer: Evaluations, including a recent one completed by Traffic Safety Center researchers, show that, overall, biking and walking trips rose, and safety was improved.
- TRB 2008 Posters
- How San Francisco’s Public Health Department Found Its Voice in Land Use and Transportation Planning Efforts A report on the presentation by Dr. Rajiv Bhatia.
- The Graduate Student Researchers at the TSC Seventeen students are working on projects.
Volume 4, Number 3: Winter 2007-08
- A Tale of Two Cities—and an Island Resort—in Asia Three grad students provide insights into traffic safety in China and Thailand.
- Walking into the Tsunami: the Need to Balance Sustainability, Multimodalism, and Traffic Safety TSC Director David Ragland proposes a seven-point agenda
- A Traffic Safety Experiment in Salinas Valley: The TSC is taking its research to the streets of Greenfield, population 16,000.
Volume 4, Number 2: Fall 2007
- Backgrounder on International Road Safety: By 2020, road traffic injuries are projected to be the third most important contributor to the global burden of disease, the World Health Organization reports. Only heart disease and major depression will take more lives.
- Report on Safety Sessions from the 11th World Conference on Transport Research in Berkeley Read the report on selected WCTR Traffic Safety Tracks, complete with links to papers (when available).
- New Research Snapshots from the Traffic Safety Center.
Volume 4, Number 1: Spring-Summer 2007
TSC Web site has new look
International Traffic Safety in Hanoi: Why more than the three "E's" —Engineering, Education, and Enforcement—are required
The Traffic Safety Center Welcomes Visitors from NHTSA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
TSC Law Enforcement Liaisons: From Writing Tickets to Writing Grants
Volume 3, Number 4: Winter 2006-07
Timing Is Everything: The TSC looks at pedestrian crossing signals on a busy Bay Area thoroughfare.
Walking and Bicycling to School: Making it Safe Safe Routes to School study delivered to California State Legislature.
Crosswalk Confusion: Pedestrians and drivers need more information. Or do they?
Closing the Gate on Rail Crossing Crashes: An evaluation of where best to intervene
Volume 3, Number 3: Fall 2006
Putting a Face on Traffic Safety Numbers: TSC Addresses Caltrans Human Factors Workshop
Why—and How—Pedestrians and Bicyclists CountThis Year's Future: Eleven graduate student researchers sign on to a range of TSC projects
Licensing Older and Younger Drivers
Volume 3, Number 2: Summer 2006
Pedestrian Safety and Roadway Design
Putting Safety into Road Planning—a New Diagnostic Approach
When Crosswalks Work—and When They Don't: Charles Zegeer on marked vs. unmarked crossings
Walking the Walk: An Interview with Pedestrian Safety Expert Charles Zeeger
TSC at TRB 2006: Links to papers and presentations by our researchers at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006
Traffic Safety Center Salutes New Graduates: We congratulate six students affiliated with TSC projects who received graduate degrees in 2006
Volume 3, Number 1: Winter 05-06
The Fifth Anniversary Issue
Five Years of Traffic Safety Research
Youthquake to Jolt the Traffic Safety World
San Pablo SMART Corridor Designs for Multiple Mode Users
Toward "Healthier" (Safer) Urban Pedestrianism
A Step in the Right Direction: Oakland Scramble
Latino Traffic Safety
Walking with Cars: An Emeryville Pedestrian Safety Study
Zeroing in on Drinking-Driving
A Look at the Haddon Matrix
A Statistical Snapshot of the State
Volume 2, Number 4: Summer 2005
Safety and the SUV
History of the SUV as a tragedy of the commons
Light trucks dodge the spotlight
A new, holistic look at old data
How Ford's SUV public service campaign is playing out
The evolution of the SUV: a pictorial timeline
Volume 2, Number 3: Winter 2004-2005
Traffic Safety in a Global Context
Traffic safety emerges onto the global stage
Measuring the global burden of disability
Worldwide traffic risk patterns pose challenge to public health efforts
Improving traffic safety in Australia
It takes a huge effort to build a sidewalk
Volume 2, Number 2: Summer 2004
Rural Road Safety The Complexity of Rural Roads
Vasco Road: A Rural Road in Transition
Barriers to Rural Emergency Care
The Huron Story: Traffic Safety Challenges in an Agricultural Setting
Rural Traffic Safety Programs
Volume 2, Number 1: Spring 2004
Safety, Physical Activity, and the Built Environment
Making Safety a Must
Can Pedestrian-friendly Planning Encourage Us to Walk?
Safety in Numbers
Safer Streets for Older Adults--and Everyone Else
Healthier Kids, Safer Neighborhoods
Interview with Elizabeth Macdonald
Tribute to Anne Seeley
Web Resources
Volume 1, Number 4: Fall 2003
Disparities in Traffic Safety
Groups that traffic safety has left behind
Challenges in collecting data
Lessons from the Meharry Medical College Study and the Blue Ribbon Panel
Improvements in emergency services in Thailand
Extending Safe Driving Years workshop
Seminar series stimulates cross-departmental thinking
Transportation community loses pioneering researcher
Volume 1, Number 3: Summer 2003
Driving Under the Influence
History of DUI
Programs that have worked
Implications of California's demographic trends
Increasing DUI awareness
Current programs
Survey of 19-25 year olds
Volume 1, Number 2: December 2002
Occupant Protection
Getting People to Buckle Up
Standardized Survey Methodology
Child Passenger Safety
Booster Seats
Interview with David Manning of NHTSA
Interview with Teresa Becher of OTS
Volume 1, Number 1: August 2002
Older Adults and Safe Mobility
Transportation Policy
Older Pedestrians
Oakland's Scramble System
Epidemiology of the Older Driver
Statewide Task Force
Local Transportation Alternative Programs
