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2017 Transportation Equity Summit

February 24, 2017

2017 Transportation Equity Summit

2017 Transportation Equity Summit

(Photo courtesy of TransForm)

The 2017 Transportation Equity...

Recently Published TRR: Bicycle and Motorcycles

February 21, 2017

 Bicycle and MotorcycleTRB’s recently published Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2587 consists of 17 papers that explore issues related to bicycles and motorcycles, including:

Learning from Insurance Data: Injuries to Other Road Users in Motorcyclist At-Fault Crashes Modeling the Speed...

Provide Feedback for Development of CalTrans District 4 (Bay Area) Bicycle Plan

February 17, 2017

Caltrans is developing a Bicycle Plan for the Bay Area district to improve bicycling on and across the State-owned transportation network.

Please take a moment to complete a brief survey for the Caltrans District 4 Bicycle Plan. This survey is one of the opportunities to help shape the bicycle network in your local community and the Bay Area region. The District 4 Bicycle Plan builds on the goals and objectives being developed in the policy-level...

Caltrans releases the Draft Bike & Pedestrian Plan & Upcoming Webinars

February 10, 2017

Caltrans has recently released “Toward an Active California,” the Draft California State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. The public is invited to provide comments (by March 1st) through their online comment tool or by attending an upcoming meetings/webinar. Caltrans will be hosting four meetings across the state from February 23- March 1, 2017.

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Upcoming PBIC Webinar Series on Counting Pedestrians and Bicyclists

February 3, 2017
Upcoming PBIC Webinar Series: Collecting and Using Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Data

The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) will host two free webinars in late February to help agencies understand how to collect and use bicycling and walking count data.

WEBINAR INFORMATION
PART 1 - Programs, Data and Metrics
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America Walks Jan.5 Webinar: Moving Forward in 2017: Active Transportation in the New Congress and Trump Administration

December 29, 2016

Join America Walks and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy on January 5, 2017 for a webinar, “Moving Forward in 2017: Active Transportation in the New Congress and Trump Administration.” The webinar will explore what’s anticipated in active transportation policies as the new Congress and Trump administration prepare to take office in late January.

Kevin Mills, Senior Vice President of Policy at Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, former Congressman Tom Petri (R-WI), and Trust for...

Berkeley Bike Plan: Public Input on Dec.13

December 2, 2016
The City of Berkeley and its residents are updating the 2005 Bicycle Plan to help make bicycling safer and more convenient for people of all ages and skill levels. A Revised Draft of the Berkeley Bicycle Plan is now availablehttp://www.bikeberkeley.com/. If you like to be notified of public meetings, please sign up on their Engage page.

The next Public Input meeting will be on December 13th.

Details of...

New and Updated Website: Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS)

October 21, 2016

The TIMS website has a new design and new features! First, the site has been migrated from HTTP to HTTPS, increasing site security. Secondly, the new SWITRS GIS Map tool has been launched. Third, the site is now mobile-friendly. We will continue to work on adding and improving the tool over the next several months. For full updates, please visit our new TIMS website. See the available tools to map bike and...

CA State Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan: Community Input by Nov.6

November 1, 2016

The first CA State Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan is taking shape & needs your input through a short questionnaire.
Visit Caltrans to fill out the questionnaire. English and Spanish forms are included.
The questionnaire will close on November 6, 2016.

2017 Lifesavers Conference Traffic Safety Scholar Program - Due Nov.18

September 30, 2016



Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities
Traffic Safety Scholars Program (TSS). The TSS Program provides awards of up to $1,000 to help full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students defray the cost of attending the nation's largest gathering of traffic safety professionals March 26-28 in Charlotte,...