Bicycle

Kicking Off Bicycle Safety Month

May 7, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN
May is National Bicycle Safety Month!

As bike-friendly warm weather approaches, the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has an important message for Californians: Share the Road with Bicyclists. Bike transportation is an opportune way to stay healthy, decrease stress, reduce air pollution, take advantage of financial savings, and strengthen ties to the community. Across the nation, cities and towns are adopting Complete Streets policies and investing in quality bike infrastructure to create connected safe, multi-modal networks. However, despite ongoing...

Explore the Active Transportation Safety Events Coming Up in May!

May 4, 2021
Jarah Crowner

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Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have an event you'd like us to share? Please...

Explore these Upcoming Active Transportation and Safety Events!

March 12, 2021
Lisa Peterson

Graphic icon of computer screen with a bicycle front and center.

Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have an event you'd like us to share? Please...

Explore the Active Transportation Safety Events Coming Up in June!

June 3, 2021
Jarah Crowner

Graphic icon of computer screen with a bicycle front and center.

Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have an event you'd like us to share? Please...

Explore the Active Transportation Safety Events Coming Up in July!

July 14, 2021
Jarah Crowner

Graphic icon of computer screen with a bicycle front and center.

Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have an event you'd like us to share? Please...

It's Pedestrian Safety Month: Upcoming Webinars in September

September 3, 2018
Submitted by Frances Fu

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. Explore these upcoming webinars...

New funding opportunity for active transportation safety from USDOT

May 5, 2023
Submitted by Jarah Crowner
The fiscal year (FY) 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Safe Streets and Roads for All grants is now open through July 10, 2023. Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program

The U.S. Department of Transportation has opened applications for the Safe Streets and Roads for All program. This program supports communities in the development of a comprehensive safety action plan (Action Plan) that...

It’s Officially National Bike Month 2023!

May 1, 2023
Submitted by Kristen Leckie
Bike Month logo from the League of American Bicyclists that reads "League of American Bicyclists presents Bike Month May 2023" 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...

Equitable Active Transportation

As the Safe System Approach is widely adopted, those planning active transportation projects must prioritize integrating equity. At SafeTREC, we integrate equity into all layers of protection within the Safe System Approach as a way to work towards addressing historical disinvestment and institutional biases. Our Equitable Active Transportation page acts as a hub for resources on how planners, community members, and others alike can create more equitable, walkable, and bikeable communities.

April 2023 - Upcoming Calendar Events

April 7, 2023
Submitted by Jarah Crowner

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Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have an event you'd like us to share? Please submit your event here....