UC Walks: Cal Walks at Work Day
June 17 — UC Berkeley campus
Mark your calendars! Join UCB campus colleagues on June 17 for a group walk departing from four campus locations at 12:10 pm to converge at the Campanile. Participants will have a chance to win great prizes: FitBit Flex, High Sierra Hydration Pack, Walking Gear & much more!
Participants in the UC Walks: Cal Walk at Work day will have a chance to:
The City of Fresno will be hosting two community workshops on May 18 and May 19 to gather input on the city's new Active Transportation Plan. Please provide your feedback to help establish walking and biking priorities for the city of Fresno.
The plan will identify ways to enhance and expand the network of bicycle and pedestrian travelways and trails in Fresno.
Learn more about the project, provide your comments and suggestions in an interactive online map, and stay informed as the plan is developed.
626 Golden Streets, presented by Metro Los Angeles, and led by BikeSGV, will occur on Sunday, June 26 from 8am-3pm. Walk, bike, run and explore one of the largest open streets in the country--spanning 18+ miles, linking 7 San Gabriel Valley cities and 6 new Foothill Metro Gold Line stations.
If you are interested in volunteering, click on the links below to RSVP for an orientation in El Monte and Pasadena.
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a forum on May 10, 2016 to discuss ways to improve pedestrian safety. This forum will address aspects of pedestrian safety such as exposure and risk data, urban planning and policy, infrastructure design, vehicle-based solutions, and other safety interventions.
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a one-dayPedestrian Safety forum from 9 am – 5 pm ET on May 10, 2016 in the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center located at 429 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington D.C.
The call for ATP applications was released on April 15. Visit the Caltrans ATP Cycle Website for the links to the application, guidelines and instructions.
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, April 13 from 10:00am to 12:00pmREGISTRATION:Register now!
We routinely update our Bicycle Master Plans page to provide city/county updates.
Berkeley Bicycle Plan:
Active Transportation & Anti- Displacement Webinar
Alliance for Biking & Walking will be hosting an Active Transportation and Anti-Displacement webinar on Thursday, March 10.
The webinar will discuss topics on displaced communities, role(s) of active transportation as cost of living and demographics of neighborhoods continue to change, and explore strategies for advocates to integrate into their work.
Caltrans is kicking off the implementation phase of its Strategic Highway Safety Plan via six regional safety summits. Summits will be held from 8:30 am to 12:30pm, with an additional one-hour Q&A period focused on Tribal safety (12:30 – 1:30 pm).
· Fresno CA – Tuesday, February 23, 2016
· Los Angeles, CA – Wednesday, February 24, 2016 (Full)
The U.S. Department of Transportation Pedestrian and Bicyclist Road Safety Assessments report summarizes results from 52 pedestrian and bicycle safety assessments conducted in every State, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD (TRB) 95TH ANNUAL MEETING
JANUARY 10-14, 2016
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting will be held January 10–14, 2016, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C.
SafeTREC Frank Proulx will present "Estimating Bicycle Volumes Using a Combination of Disparate Data Sources" on Monday, Jan 11 at 10:45am.
Join Safe Routes to School on January 14, 2016 to learn about the new federal transportation bill and its impact on Safe Routes to School, Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP).
SafeTREC and Fehr & Peers conducted two Community Bicycle Safety Trainings (CPBST) at Huntington Park (August 15) and City of Stockton (September 12). Modeled off of SafeTREC’s Community Pedestrian Safety Training (CPST), the CBST training includes expert presentation on safe bicycling, an interactive training session, walking assessment of bicycling conditions, and small group discussion and priority setting.
