Pedestrian

April 2025: Highlighting road safety statistics during Distracted Driving and Alcohol Awareness Month

April 25, 2025
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo

April marks Distracted Driving Awareness Month and Alcohol Awareness Month, where people are encouraged to explore and consider the negative impacts of distracted driving and alcohol-related issues, respectively. Driving while distracted or intoxicated pose major dangers to all road users, including those who walk, bike, and roll and have less physical barriers against dangerous drivers.

The 2024 SafeTREC Traffic Safety Facts provides the latest traffic safety data from the ...

Second round of applications open April 29 for the California E-bike Incentive Project

April 11, 2025
Submitted Lisa Peterson

The California E-bike Incentive Project, funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and originally launched in December, 2024, will open applications for a second round on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 to provide eligible Californians up to $2,000 towards the purchase of a new e-bike. Up to 1,000 applications will be approved....

April 2025: Join the celebrations for pedestrian safety this month on National Walking Day, Walk to Work Day & National Public Health Week

April 2, 2025
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

In April 2025, join the movement to advance more equitable, safe and accessible pedestrian safety for all! Learn more about the opportunities to get involved and support healthy communities and the many benefits of walking for people of all ages and abilities for the events below!

National Walking Day on Wednesday, April 2, 2025...

Latest resources available highlighting the Safe System Approach, Safe System pyramid

March 19, 2025
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo
The Safe System Approach is a guiding framework for transportation researchers and professionals for preventing traffic injuries and fatalities, where multiple layers of protection are created for all road users to prevent crashes from occurring and minimizing the harm that occurs when crashes do happen.

Explore the latest resources about the Safe System Approach here:

Safe System Tool...

Registration open for the 2025 California Active Transportation Program Symposium

March 19, 2025
Lisa Peterson
2025 CA Active Transportation Program Symposium

Graphic showing a busy city street closed to traffic with people walking and biking with event details overlaid

2025 California Active Transportation Program Symposium (Photo credit: Active Transporation Resource Center)

October 22 - 23, 2025 | UC Davis Conference Center |...

GHSA Report: Early 2024 U.S. pedestrian fatalities up 48% from a decade ago

March 12, 2025
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has released their latest annual spotlight report, "Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: January - June 2024 Preliminary Data" that provides an indepth overview of state and national trends in pedestrian traffic fatalities for the first half of 2024. Based on preliminary data provided by State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs), the GHSA found that...

CRTP Installs Permanent Signs Promoting the Use of Street Story in Humboldt County

For this installment of Stories from You, we're excited to feature a story from Colin Fiske, Executive Director with the Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities(link is external) about their use of Street Story, a tool funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety.

The Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities (CRTP)(...

Safety Story with Pualani Vazquez and Paige Colburn-Hargis

For this installment of Stories from the Field, UC Berkeley SafeTREC’s Kris Leckie chatted with Pualani Vazquez and Paige Colburn-Hargis, the Scripps Health Injury Prevention Team. In this conversation, they talk to us about their work to improve safety for those who walk, bike, and roll in San Diego, including participating in the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program, a joint project with California Walks and funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety. Read their Safety Story below!...

Explore our newest Story from the Field with Paige Colburn-Hargis and Pualani Vazquez

January 29, 2025
Submitted by Kris Leckie

Explore our newest installment in the Stories From the Field Series to learn how people on the frontline are improving road safety for people who walk, bike, and roll in their communities! Check out the latest Safety Story where the SafeTREC team talked with Paige Colburn-Hargis and Pualani Vazquez from the Scripps Health Injury Prevention Team to discuss their...

Mobilizing for Street Safety in Oakland: Senior and Disability Action

For this installment of Stories from You, we're excited to feature a story from Jessica Lehman, Executive Director at Senior and Disability Action. With expansion into the East Bay, Senior and Disability Action launched and won a successful street safety campaign on a particularly tough portion of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Oakland for people of all ages and abilities.

What does a community coming together for street safety look like?

On a sunny afternoon this past August, it looked like six people making posters in a North Oakland coffee shop. I...