Pedestrian

September is declared “California Pedestrian Safety Month”

September 9, 2016
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN
SEPTEMBER IS DECLARED CALIFORNIA PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH

In answer to rapidly increasing numbers of pedestrians being killed and injured on California roadways, the California State Senate has passed a resolution declaring September as “California Pedestrian Safety Month.”

This new Statewide Campaign, “Pedestrians Don’t Have Armor,” highlights the importance of pedestrian safety awareness, whether one is on foot or behind the wheel. For more resources, please see the...

2023 Back To School Safety Month Safety Tips & Resources

August 11, 2023
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Mayor Jed Leano with a group photo of the parents and students that participated in the Condit Elementary School Walking School Bus

Condit Elementary School Walking School Bus group photo in Claremont, CA (Photo: Mayor Jed Leano)

August is Back to School Safety Month! This year we're sharing resources and...

New Funding Opportunities for Active Transportation from America Walks, OakDOT and NCMM

September 16, 2021
Submitted by Kristen Leckie
Looking for opportunities to advance safe, active travel in California? Check out these upcoming funding opportunities to power your work!

America Walks Community Change Grant 2021 America Walks logo

America Walk’s Community Change Grant program aims to support the growing...

Safety Story with Amelia Conlen

For this installment of Stories from the Field, Berkeley SafeTREC’s Kristen Leckie chatted with Amelia Conlen, Transportation Planner for Ecology Action. Conlen calls out the importance of community buy-in in order to create successful bike and pedestrian projects, highlighting two recent projects on Green Valley Road and Portola Drive. Read her Safety Story below!

What is your current role?

I am a Transportation Planner for Ecology Action.

What inspired you to work in active...

Vulnerable Road User Laws and Anti-Harassment Ordinances

What are vulnerable road user laws?

Vulnerable road user laws are commonly adopted at the state level and intend to protect vulnerable road users, including people walking, biking, or rolling, from intentionally or negligently motor vehicle driver behavior resulting in injury or death.

These laws protect anyone using shared roadways that are not protected by the steel frame of an automobile and operate on the principle of general deterrence, where there is an increased penalty for those whose motor vehicle driver behavior leads to death or serious injury of vulnerable road users....

Caltrans Releases New SHSP Crash Data Dashboard

February 28, 2022
Submitted by Kristen Leckie

As part of their 2020-2024 California Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), Caltrans recently launched the California SHSP Crash Data Dashboard. The new dashboard provides SHSP stakeholders such as state, tribal, local and community-based traffic safety partners with direct access to crash data to help them create data-driven plans and strategies for reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries....

LA Metro Upcoming Active Transportation Strategic Plan Stakeholder Workshops – Round 2

December 4, 2015
SUBMITTED BY LISA TRAN

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is leading a county-wide effort to create the Active Transportation Strategic Plan (ATSP). The Plan is currently underway, with LA Metro holding Round 2 workshops for community leaders and experts to participate in the development...

NACTO releases third edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide

January 28, 2025
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo

Cover page of the third edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has released the third version of their Urban Bikeway Design Guide, which provides detailed guidance on how to improve...

September is Pedestrian Safety Month in California

September 14, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

Recent reports have continued to document the crisis of traffic deaths for people on our roadways. Data estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that traffic fatalities reached a 16 year high in 2021, with an estimated 42,915 motor vehicle fatalities, a 10.5% increase from the 38,824 fatalities in 2020. The number of people dying while...

Pedestrian Safety Month is here!

September 8, 2021
Submitted by Kristen Leckie

As we near two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, agencies are now releasing data on its impact for people walking. According to a report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), 2020 had the “largest ever annual increase, 21 percent, in the rate at which drivers struck and killed pedestrians.” In California, UC Berkeley SafeTREC’s ...