Complete Streets

Upcoming Active Transportation Safety Webinars

March 12, 2020
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

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Explore our round-up of webinars coming up that highlight the latest road safety trends and promoting safer walking and biking! Have a webinar you'd like us to share? Please submit webinar details here.

March 13, 2020...

Applications Now Open for the 2020 Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) Program

January 24, 2020
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is offering free Complete Streets Safety Assessments (CSSA) to California local agencies with a population of over 25,000 people. CSSAs are comprehensive transportation safety assessments that focus on pedestrian and bicycle safety. They help local agencies identify and implement traffic safety solutions that lead to improved safety for all users of California’s roadways.

The Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA)

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December Active Transportation Safety Webinar Roundup

December 4, 2019
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

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

New National Report on Pedestrian Fatalities: Dangerous by Design 2019

January 31, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

A new report by Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition looks at pedestrian safety in the United States by measuring how deadly it is for people walking as a means of transportation.

Dangerous by Design 2019 ranks states and metropolitan areas...

What Are Complete Streets?

February 28, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

In communities throughout California, there is a call to make our streets safer for people of all ages and abilities, no matter how they are traveling, whether that is by car, walking, biking or riding a bus. In 2016, 16 pedestrians died every day in traffic collisions, averaging a pedestrian every 1.5 hours. Bicycle fatalities increased by 8.1% from 136 fatalities in 2015 to 147 fatalities in 2016. How might we rethink this focus and design with safety in mind for all modes of travel?

Complete Streets Defined

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Register Today: Introduction to Bicycle Transportation Planning and Design

March 13, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

The Active Transportation Resource Center (ATRC), along with Caltrans, is hosting two trainings next month intended to guide practitioners in the planning and design of bicycle routes along roadways in California. These free, day-long introductory courses are designed for architects, planners, engineers from local, regional and state agencies to “explore the tools used to assess and evaluate the suitability of a transportation route and facilitate its use by all types of cyclists.” Larry Moore, a retired Caltrans engineer, will teach both courses....

New SRTSNP Report: Complete Streets Policies & Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans

November 20, 2018
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

Increasing opportunities for walking and biking has many health benefits. But how can cities and counties support and create streets in our communities that are accessible and safe for all users? What types of improvements and plans are needed forCover of new SRTSNP Report pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders and motorists to get where they need to go safely, comfortably and easily?

A new report published...

Early-bird Registration for PedsCount! 2018

August 9, 2018
Submitted by Frances Fu

California Walks' biennial Pedestrians Count! (PedsCount!) Summit brings together 200+ practitioners and community advocates representing diverse fields such as walking, traffic safety, design, public health, planning, land-use, education, equity, transit and sustainable transportation to explore innovations, share best practices and cutting-edge research, and prioritize collective...

Walk/Bike/Places 2018

July 1, 2018
Submitted by Frances Fu

Walk Bike Places

Walk Bike Places 20th Conference Produced by Project for Public Spaces (PPS) with support from Bike Easy

September 16-19, 2018 at Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans...

Caltrans Wants Your Feedback for SB 1 Transportation Planning Grants

June 5, 2018
Submitted by Frances Fu

CaltransSenate Bill 1

In preparation for the upcoming fiscal year 2019-2020, Caltrans is facilitating workshops to gather public and stakeholder input in drafting and developing the...