Bicycle

Funding Opportunity: Safe Routes to Parks Grants and Technical Assistance

October 22, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
Save the Date! Applications Open November 4, 2019 for Safe Routes to Parks Activating Communities

Many communities are working hard to make routes to local parks and green spaces easier and safer for walking and bicycling. And as the Safe Routes Partnership notes, it's often the case that the communities that could benefit from these Safe Routes to Parks the most also have high levels of traffic injuries and fatalities coupled with low levels of safe access to these...

Caltrans District 4 wants your feedback for Bay Area bicycle plan!

November 13, 2017

Caltrans District 4 will be hosting a series of community workshops to discuss proposed priority bicycle improvements for the Bay Area! Attend one of the following workshops or webinar to provide your input on how to help create a more connected, comfortable, and safer bicycle network for the Bay Area and in your local community.

More information available here.

October Active Transportation Safety Webinar Roundup

October 4, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

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October is National Walk Month!

Stay up to date with the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling by attending upcoming webinars happening in October 2019! Have a webinar you'd like us to share? Please...

Register for an upcoming Community Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Training in September!

September 12, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Registration is open for upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshops in September! These workshops are presented throughout the state of California by UC Berkeley SafeTREC in partnership with California Walks. The CPBST program trains neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates on how to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety to make...

Laws

This section covers the California legislation and vehicle codes related to improving roadway safety for people that walk, bike, or roll for transportation.

Upcoming Active Transportation Webinars in June!

June 2, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

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Stay up to date with the latest road safety trends and best practices in active transportation by attending upcoming webinars happening in June 2019!

Have a webinar you'd like us to share? Please ...

New NACTO Design Guide: Don’t Give Up at the Intersection

June 17, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

Last month, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) released a new design guide summarizing best practices to enhance safety at intersections, “Don’t Give Up at the Intersection: Designing All Ages and Abilities Bicycle Crossings.” Since NACTO released its innovative Urban Bikeway Design Guide in 2011, North American cities have expanded protected bikeway...

Register for the California Bicycle Summit: October 15-17

June 20, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

It’s not too late to register for the California Bicycle Coalition’s California Bicycle Summit, taking place from October 15-17 at the Center for Healthy Communities in Los Angeles. The summit is open to active transportation practitioners, advocates, and community residents working to make bicycling an affordable, inclusive, and equitable form of transportation for all. Attendees can expect to benefit from a variety of presentations,...

Upcoming Pedestrian and Bike Safety Webinars in May

May 12, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

Stay up to date with the latest road safety trends and best practices in active transportation with webinars happening in May 2019!

This month, learn about ways to improve safety for people walking and rolling for transportation with webinars from the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the Eno Center for Transportation, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP), Vision Zero Network, Safe Routes Partnership, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) and Portland State University’s Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC...

Safe Streets for All Ages: Reflections on the Urban95 Expert Assembly

February 7, 2019
Submitted by Tracy McMillan
Original blog post appeared on the Bernard van Leer Foundation Blog on February 4, 2019

Last autumn the Bernard van Leer Foundation gathered a group of experts in the fields of early childhood development, mobility, transportation safety, public space, urban form, recreation, and air quality at the Urban95 Expert...