Pedestrian

The UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) is offering free Complete Streets Safety Assessments (CSSAs) to 16 California communities, including cities, counties, and school campuses with a population of over 2,500 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...

This past June, UC Berkeley SafeTREC, in collaboration with California Walks, kicked off their 2022 Focus Cities program with the webinar “Applying the Safe System Approach to Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety”. Funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), the webinar convened residents, agency staff, and other transportation safety advocates for a discussion about how the two organizations approach their work through a Safe System Approach lens. Participants heard from SafeTREC and...

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The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) is proclaiming July as Park and Recreation Month! NRPA wants us all to undiscover the unnoticed aspects of local parks and recreation, like innovating health and wellness opportunities, community celebrations, outdoor education and more. There is an important connection between public parks and active transportation. In order to promote active transportation such as walking and bicycling, it is essential that we unravel issues around accessibility, safety and the built...