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The U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently announced the launch of their new Rural Road Safety Webinar Series for 2026.

ITE - A Community of Transportation Professionals (ITE) released their latest two Quick Bites this past January: “Synergy Between Vision Zero and Safe Routes to School” and “Estimating the Health Benefits from Active Transportation Projects.”

Explore these four upcoming convenings for active transportation safety, where attendees can connect with transportation safety stakeholders including government agencies, community leaders and advocates, and subject-matter experts.

2026 National Bike Summit

March 24-26, 2026 | MLK Jr. Memorial Library | Washington, DC

The UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies has released a new research report, "Who's to Blame for E-scooter Collisions?" by Milena Johnson, Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

The Vision Zero Network (VZN) is hosting an upcoming webinar on January 29, 2026 highlighting speed management tools to improve people's safety on the road. Learn more below and register for the webinar here.

Now that it’s October, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites us to celebrate National Pedestrian Safety Month!

During Pedestrian Safety Month, Walk and Roll to School Day encourages children and their guardians to incorporate activity into their commute and consider how to make active routes to school safer for all.

Available to view on our website, the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Data by County webpage provides pedestrian and bicycle crash data for all California counties from 2020 to 2024.

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to announce the launch of the redesigned Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) website, including the integration of the Safety Heat Map, easier navigation, and more! 

Led by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), California Pedestrian Safety Month urges people to consider how to make our roads safer for all — particularly pedestrians.

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has released their latest annual spotlight report, "Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2024 Preliminary Data (January - December)" that provides an indepth overview of state and national trends in pedestrian traffic fatalities for 2024.

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) 2025

Held on the third Sunday of every November, World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims pays tribute to the millions of people hurt and killed in traffic crashes each year worldwide.