Bicycle safety

Street Story: A Platform for Community Engagement

Share stories about where you've been in a crash or near miss, or where you feel safe or unsafe traveling using our Street Story tool.

Street Story

Street Story is a community engagement tool that allows residents, community groups and agencies to collect information about transportation crashes, near-misses, general hazards and safe locations to travel. To promote access to the tool, SafeTREC conducts technical assistance with communities and...

SafeTREC's Griswold awarded new contract for "Developing a Safe System Approach to Setting Speed Limits: Phase II"

May 6, 2024
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
Research project to inform future speed-limit-setting in CaliforniaPrinciples and elements of the Safe System approach to road safety

In April, 2024 SafeTREC Director Julia Griswold was awarded a new contract, "...

CPBS 5/1 webinar - Advocating for bicycle safety: Strategies for success at local, state and national levels

April 29, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Two people cross Dwight Way in Berkeley as advocates from Walk Bike Berkeley hold a sign to remind drivers to stop for people walking and biking Get inspired for Bike Month 2024

May is National Bike Month and an opportunity to celebrate and showcase the many benefits of making biking safer, easier and more enjoyable for people of all ages and abilities. Get inspired this year...

Our CPBSP Team is Coming to a Community Near You!

April 24, 2024
Submitted by Kris Leckie
This year, the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) will partner with eight communities throughout California to discuss, plan, and implement active transportation safety improvements. We’re excited to announce the start of our site visits this week!

This week our program staff will be on the ground in Kingsburg, San Bernardino, and Tulare to conduct site visits with each community’s Planning...

Explore our new California Traffic Safety Dashboard

April 2, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce the launch of our new California Traffic Safety Dashboard, a series of tools designed to allow users to visualize crash data and traffic safety activities in conjunction with demographics in California.

California Traffic Safety Dashboard - do your own analysis or visualize traffic safety at a glance

The following Tools are currently available:

TOOL SNAPSHOT

Traffic Safety and Equity Overview
The Traffic Safety...

Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST)

The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program is a joint project of UC Berkeley SafeTREC and California Walks (Cal Walks). Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The CPBST program works with local neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates...

CPBST Peer Exchange Series

Participants on a walk assessment at the CPBST in Planada, CA

We are excited to once again host our virtual three-part Peer Exchange Series in 2024! The series supports communities as they work to implement pedestrian and bicycle transportation safety programming and improvements.

Over the course of the three webinars, we will facilitate conversations on how former...

5/14 Peer Exchange offered in Spanish: Building a Collaborative and Equitable Transportation Vision with Decision-Makers

March 29, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
Los Angeles Walks Promotoras Leads Gaby Segovia and Nancy Cid raising their arms celebrating a decorative crosswalk Register now for the next 2024 Peer Exchange!

This year, we're excited to once again offer a series of Peer Exchange sessions...

The 2024 CSSA: Partnering with 16 communities to advance Complete Streets safety improvements

March 29, 2024
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

This year as part of SafeTREC's Complete Streets Safety Assessment Program (CSSA) we are excited to share that we will be partnering with 16 communities throughout California to identify and implement traffic safety solutions that lead to improved safety for all users.

Participants at the Santa Cruz Complete Streets Safety Assessment conducting a walk audit

The 2024 CSSA Program

SafeTREC's...

Register now for 4/17 Street Story webinar: “I have the data, now what?” Pt. 2

March 26, 2024
Submitted by Jarah Crowner
I have the data, now what? Part 2Eight people conducting a walk assessment on a neighborhood sidewalk during a Street Story training in Boyle Heights Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 1pm - 2pm PT | Register now

Register now for SafeTREC...