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Explore the Active Transportation Safety Events Coming Up in September!

August 30, 2021

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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 the Active Transportation Safety Events Coming Up in August!

August 3, 2021

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 submit your...

Creating safer streets for walking & biking: apply for a CPBST in your community!

February 11, 2021

Today we're excited to share a guest blog post by Katherine Chen, Senior Policy & Program Analyst at UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and the lead for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program. The CPBST program works with local neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety through engaging local stakeholders, providing information and data, supporting community...

Explore the Active Transportation Safety Webinars & Events Coming Up in December

November 29, 2020

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

Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up 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...

Safe Routes Partnership: New Fact Sheets on Supporting Active Transportation Advocacy

November 17, 2020
New Safe Routes Partnership Fact Sheets!

The Safe Routes Partnership has put out three new fact sheets with information on success stories, best practices, and resources for advocates of safety and active transportation at the national and regional level.

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Explore new Stories from the Field with Tracy McMillan and Molly Wagner!

October 13, 2020
New Safety Stories focus on complete streets, equity, and prioritizing action transportation safety during COVID-19

Explore our new installments 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! First up, we have an interview led by Charles T. Brown, Founder and Managing Principal of Equitable Cities LLC with Tracy McMillan, Senior Associate at Nelson\Nygaard about complete streets,...

Resources for Planning Safe Routes to School During COVID-19

August 20, 2020
August is Back to School Safety Month!

The return to school this fall in communities throughout California in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic will look very different, as districts resume instruction informed by state guidance. School learning may be entirely remote, in-person, or a hybrid of both. To help guide families, schools and communities in continuing their efforts to support safe walking, biking and rolling options to and from school, organizations like the Safe Routes Partnership and the...

Explore new Stories from the Field with Walk San José & Safe Routes Partnership!

April 14, 2020
New Safety Stories highlight how communities are prioritizing action transportation safety

Explore our new installments 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! In two new Safety Stories, SafeTREC communications manager Lisa Peterson talked with Michelle Lieberman of Safe Routes Partnership and Nikita Sinha of Walk San José. Click on the links below to learn what inspired their work in...

Apply now for CPBST in your community!

December 3, 2019

Today we're excited to share a guest blog post by Wendy Ortiz, Community Programs Manager at California Walks (Cal Walks)(link is external), our partners for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The purpose of the CPBST program is to train local neighborhood residents and safety...

Register for an upcoming Community Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Training in September!

September 12, 2019

Registration is open for upcoming Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) workshops in September! These workshops are presented throughout the state of California by UC Berkeley SafeTREC in partnership with California Walks. The CPBST program trains neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates on how to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety to make...