Vol. 5, No. 3 Summer 2009
Stories This Issue:
Going beyond the Numbers: an interview with incoming TSC Director Simon Washington on traffic safety myths and the importance of correcting them
Simon Washington will be assuming the directorship of the UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center on August 1, after a national search to replace David Ragland, the founding director, who is retiring this year. Ragland will continue teaching and doing research at the TSC.
Pedestrian Safety Training Debuts at Glendale: the first of 12 locations for a targeted, statewide program.
The City of Glendale recently received a number one ranking that no one in the community would want to boast about. Of all California communities of its size and number of residents 65 and older, Glendale had the highest number of pedestrian fatalities for people over 65.
Making Sure that Walking Counts in the Capitol: TSC's Robert Schneider reports back on his summer Eno Foundation Conference.
Robert Schneider, a graduate student researcher at the TSC, was one of 20 transportation graduate students from around the country to win an Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship this year. The fellowship included a week-long visit to Washington, D.C., where Schneider and other fellows meet with top policymakers and transportation leaders.... "My dissertation has to do with how people link trips throughout the day and how specific land use patterns may influence the mode of transportation they use," he explained.
TSC Hits the Streets for Bike to Work Day:
Observers at five locations around campus counted 688 cyclists arriving at the UC Berkeley campus Wednesday and Thursday (May 13-14), noting characteristics such as gender, helmet use, and cycling behavior. Intercept surveys
were conducted near the west entrance to campus to capture biking
habits and attitudes of 58 participants. TSC researchers hope to use the
results for future research. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
