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July 6, 2021

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

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June 21, 2021

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

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June 10, 2021

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

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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

April 30, 2021

Celebrate Bike Month with ATRC's new Bicycle Transportation course!

Just in time for the upcoming National Bike Month this May, the Active Transportation Resource Center (ATRC) has launched a new self-paced, online introductory bike course, "Bicycle Transportation: Basic Principles of Planning & Design."  

April 29, 2021

Applications open for funding and resources for advancing safe mobility in California!


Go Human Community Streets Mini-Grants Program

April 19, 2021

According to the latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 28,190 people died in motor vehicle crashes from January through September, 2020, an increase of 4.6 percent from the same period in 2019.  In California, according to provisional SWITRS data for 2019, the number of pedestrians killed in 2019 was 1,030, an increase of 48 fatalities from 2017.

April 7, 2021

Each year on the first Wednesday in April, traffic safety professionals and advocates celebrate National Walking Day and the many benefits of walking, and the importance of creating streets that are safe for walking for all people, ages and abilities. Explore our selection of pedestrian safety resources, tools, and ways to get involved to help improve walking in your community!

March 30, 2021

March 29, 2021

For over a decade, Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition have released an annual report documenting the state of pedestrian safety in the United States, and ranking how deadly it is to walk in a state or metropolitan area. The data in the latest release, "Dangerous by Design 2021" is stark and alarming.

March 12, 2021

March 11, 2021

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is offering a series of informational webinars about the Notice of Proposed Amendments (NPA) for the 11th edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD). 

March 8, 2021

Rethinking Streets

Rethinking Streets During COVID-19

February 26, 2021

Explore our selection of upcoming funding opportunities for advancing safety and micromobility in California!

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Smart Cities and Mobility Innovations

February 19, 2021

LTAP

Local Road Safety Training offered by LTAP (Local Technical Assistance Program)

February 11, 2021

Today we're excited to share a guest blog post by Katherine Chen, Senior Policy & Program Analyst at UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and the lead for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program.