Bicycle

U.S. Bicycle Route System Best Practices Report

March 20, 2015

The U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS) is a developing network of officially numbered interstate bicycle routes that connect America’s cities, suburbs, and rural areas. To date, 8,043 miles of U.S. Bicycle Routes have been...

SafeTREC Community Bicycle Safety Trainings : Recommendation Reports

November 2, 2015

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.

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Bicycle Safety Month During COVID-19

May 15, 2020

May is Bicycle Safety Month and the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) is encouraging those out walking, driving or riding their bikes to look out for one another while practicing social distancing measures.

Bicyclist in Pinole, CA

Bicyclist in Pinole, CA.

Since the implementation of California’s stay at home order in March, many communities have seen less traffic on...

General Resources

The California Office of Traffic Safety, the California Department of Transportation and the California Department of Public Health are the three California agencies that are most deeply involved in pedestrian and bicycle safety. There are links to various programs and resources that they offer throughout this site.

Additional resources are listed in this section. We have drawn these items from California state agencies...

Explore these upcoming funding opportunities and resources from the US DOT, Caltrans, and more!

April 10, 2024
Looking for funding opportunities for active transportation projects? Look below for the latest funding opportunities! Active Transportation Program (Cycle 7)Caltrans logo

Caltrans has officially launched the seventh cycle of their ...

Safety Story with Haleema Bharoocha and Tonya Love

For this installment of Stories from the Field, Berkeley SafeTREC’s Kris Leckie chatted with Haleema Bharoocha and Tonya Love. In this installment, they talk to us about their recent work to introduce legislation in Oakland to pilot a Community Traffic Safety Program. Read their Safety Story below!

Could you both share a little about your backgrounds and what inspired you to work in active transportation?

Tonya Love (TL): I currently work for ...

It’s Officially National Bike Month 2024!

May 21, 2024
Join us as we gear up for National Bike Month the entire month of May! Whether you’re a regular bike commuter or you need to dust off your bike before rolling, we’re highlighting several events throughout the entire month to celebrate. Below you’ll see several opportunities to get out and bike safely anywhere you live, work and play.

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Local Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committees

Communities throughout California have convened Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committees (BPAC), Active Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) or commissions to advise and recommend active transportation safety policies and practices. They may be established at the city or county level. Do you have a BPAC or ATAC in your community that we can add to the page? Please contact us at safetrec@berkeley.edu.

Interested in learning more about the master plans for active transportation safety in California...

Road Diet Case Studies

August 6, 2015

 Federal Highway Administration Road Diet Case Studies

A road diet is generally described removing vehicle lanes from a road to allocate extra space for other uses such as parking, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and turn lanes. The main purpose of a road diet is to improve pedestrian and traffic safety, and they can be relatively low cost if planned correctly....

U.S. Bicycling Participation Benchmarking Study Report

May 7, 2015

White and blue text "How America Rides" over a black and white image of The US. Bicycling Participation Benchmarking Study Report, commissioned by PeopleforBikes and conducted by the Breakaway Research Group is a bike participation research unlike others--it standardizes how...