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This month, we're highlighting a selection of webinars promoting active transportation, walkability, and how to create safer walking and biking for all in our communities. 

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently published the Guide for Scalable Risk Assessment Methods for Pedestrians and Bicyclists as a resource for transportation agencies and practitioners for assessing pedestrian and bicyclist risk.

This month, we're highlighting a selection of webinars promoting pedestrian and bicycle safety through a variety of strategies. Explore our round-up highlighting how policy changes, safety analysis methods, community engagement, safety countermeasures, and more can create safer walking and biking for all!

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Do you live in Nevada County? Get involved and share your input on the development of the new Active Transportation Plan (ATP)! The Nevada County Transportation Commission (NCTC), in coordination with the County of Nevada, City of Grass Valley, City of Nevada City, and Town of Truckee is in the process of developing the plan, which will evaluate pedestrian and bicycle needs, and identify and prioritize active transportation recommendations by jurisdiction.

September is #PedestrianSafetyMonth! Everyone is a pedestrian; whether or not walking is one’s primary mode of travel, or as a commute mode, walking is gaining in numbers. Yet, nearly 16 pedestrians died every day, averaging a pedestrian every 1.5 hours, in traffic collisions in 2016. According to the latest pedestrian safety facts from UC Berkeley SafeTREC, pedestrian fatalities rose 32.8% from 653 in 2012 to 867 in 2016 in California.

California Walks' biennial Pedestrians Count!

It's August and that means school is around the corner! As we transition into fall and a new school year fast arriving with children and families walking and bicycling, it's a great time to discuss safety measures around transportation and the importance of sharing the road safely. Explore these upcoming webinars in August that will discuss strategies and methods for improving pedestrian and bicycle safety! Please be sure to register in advance.

Fall 2018 Public Health 285a Injury Prevention and Control meets weekly on Friday, 2-4 pm, 2 units (3 units with a paper)

The CSCRS 2018 Safe Systems Summit planning committee is excited to promote the research poster showcase, scheduled for the first day of the Summit on Thursday, September 13, 2018, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Durham Convention Center.

With the new school year around the corner, we have to make sure our bicycles are equipped and ready to go! Bike Bakersfield is hosting Back to School Bike Rodeo on August 1 & 3 from 9 AM to 11 AM at Holloway-Gonazales Library in Bakersfield, CA. Bike Bakersfield is offering free bike maintenance and a helmet giveaway. They will have pumps, bike tubes and other equipment to help the kids. Participants will learn safety rules and how to safely navigate traffic and avoid hazards.