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September 29, 2021

Join the celebration and walk to school on National Walk to School Day.

On Wednesday, October 6, schools across the United States will celebrate National Walk to School Day. Registration is now open and anyone is welcome to join! You can register schools, neighborhoods or families to pledge to walk to school so you can celebrate in the safest way possible under your current public health guidelines. 

September 24, 2021

Accessing crash data plays an important role in assessing the safety needs and concerns for people walking and biking in our communities. To support those working to advance pedestirian and bicycle safety, we have recently updated our County Data: Pedestrian & Bike Collisions webpage with the latest crash data, including county-specific pedestrian and bicycle collision data from 2016 - 2020 (SWITRS 2016 - 2020/Provisional 2019 - 2020 update as of September, 2021). 

September 22, 2021

New Safety Stories highlight how communities are prioritizing action transportation safety

September 16, 2021

Looking for opportunities to advance safe, active travel in California? Check out these upcoming funding opportunities to power your work!


America Walks Community Change Grant 2021   America Walks logo 

September 13, 2021

Register now for the 2021 Active Transportation Symposium!

Promotional graphic showing a community with homes, paths, and people traveling by walking, biking, scootering, transit, car and more, with text of conference title superimposed

September 8, 2021

As we near two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, agencies are now releasing data on its impact for people walking.

August 30, 2021

August 10, 2021

The League of American Bicyclists has released their bi-annual call for applications for their Bicycle Friendly Community Awards. This year’s application period ends September 1 for Communities, October 1 for Universities and October 5 for Businesses. 

August 3, 2021

July 26, 2021

E-bike fleet provided by Bolt in Point Richmond, CA (Photo: City of Richmond)

July 21, 2021

Improving Walking in the Bay Area

July 14, 2021

July 6, 2021

Explore our selection of upcoming funding opportunities for advancing safe, active travel in California! 

Cambridge Systematices Equity-In-Action Grants, 2021Logo of Cambridge Systematics with tagline, "Assess Forward"

June 21, 2021

Traffic Crashes As Seen On TV: An Opportunity to Reshape the Dialogue Around Road User Injury

Thursday, July 1, 2021
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June 10, 2021

SCAG's Go Human campaignlaunches new Traffic Safety Peer Exchange Summer Series

Graphic for Traffic Safety Peer Exchange with woman walking and a speed limit sign

June 3, 2021

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) recently released a new report, "Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2020 Preliminary Data" that provides an indepth overview of state and national trends in pedestrian traffic fatalities for January - December, 2020.

May 6, 2021

May is National Bike Month, and there are several events you can be a part of! Take a look at some of what's happening across the country and in California. If there are any events you would like for us to add, please submit them here

May 4, 2021