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UC Berkeley SafeTREC
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Our mission is to inform decision-making and empower communities to improve roadway safety for all. https://safetrec.berkeley.edu/
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Today is the deadline for applications for this training opportunity!

100% free opportunity (it'll just take your time)

Apply by midnight tonight bikeleague.org/applications...
February 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Get ready for #BikeMonth2026! Do you know an exceptional bicycle rider, policymaker, educator, or advocate making a difference in your county? Nominate them for the 2026 Bike Champion of the Year by March 1st: www.bayareabiketowork.com/event-inform... #BTWD2026
Bike Champion of the Year — Bay Area Bike To Wherever Days
www.bayareabiketowork.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Headed to the ITS Mobility10X Summit tomorrow? Don't miss the 12:45pm breakout session "Designing a Safe System: Creating a Transportation Network that Anticipates Human Error" on how to use more proactive, upstream, and effective strategies to improve #RoadSafetyForAll. ucits.org/event/mobili...
Mobility 10x Summit: Accelerating Transportation Innovation Across California - UC Institute of Transportation Studies
This event will convene leading experts to discuss implications and explore how RIMI research can inform transportation policy and practice.
ucits.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Registration is open for the February 10th and 12th @ghsahq.bsky.social virtual Information Exchange on promising practices to address drowsy and #DistractedDriving: www.ghsa.org/events/promi...
Promising Practices to Address Drowsy and Distracted Driving
Drowsy and distracted driving are persistent, but preventable, dangerous behaviors behind the wheel. GHSA, with the support of General Motors, is hosting two virtual information exchanges focused on f...
www.ghsa.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Apply now for a #CompleteStreets #SafetyAssessment in your community - only a few spots remain!! safetrec.berkeley.edu/programs/com... #RoadSafetyForAll
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
San Jose traffic deaths dropped in 2025: article discusses role of roadway improvements to protect people walking and biking, speed management, and more: sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-tra... #VisionZero #QuickBuilds #RoadDesign #RoadSafety #SpeedLimits
San Jose traffic deaths dropped in 2025 - San José Spotlight
San Jose’s traffic fatalities declined once again in 2025, helping the city move closer toward its goal of eliminating all road deaths over the next 15 years.
sanjosespotlight.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:55 AM
There's still time to apply for a #CompleteStreets safety assessment in your community to improve walking, biking and rolling for all! Applications are due tomorrow. #SafeSystem #SpeedManagement #Walk #Bike
Deadline extended til January 30! Apply today for a #CompleteStreets safety assessment in your community: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/deadlin... #SafeSystem #SpeedLimits #SafeStreetsForAll
January 29, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Coming up next week on 2/6: SafeTREC's Julia Griswold joins @visionzeronet.bsky.social Leah Shahum, Caltrans' Rachel Carpenter, City of Santa Rosa's Daniel Hennessey & UC Irvine's Federico E. Vaca to present on Designing a #SafeSystem at Mobility 10X Summit: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/safetre...
January 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Excited to read about @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social CEE PhD candidate Linda Lim, a 2025 graduate of Eno’s Leaders Development Conference (LDC), recipient of the Lillian Borrone Scholarship, featured on Eno Center for Transportation's website. Learn more about Linda: enotrans.org/article/buil...
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Still time to register for @visionzeronet.bsky.social 1/29 webinar "Speeding Up Strategies to Slow Speeds & Save Lives" for a conversation about how communities can speed up progress on managing speeds for safety: visionzeronetwork.org/upcoming-web... #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeSystem
Speeding Up Strategies to Slow Speeds & Save Lives | Vision Zero Network
Join Vision Zero Network Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Ivan Cheung, who led development of this pivotal 2017 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) speed management report, for a conversation ...
visionzeronetwork.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Deadline extended til January 30! Apply today for a #CompleteStreets safety assessment in your community: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/deadlin... #SafeSystem #SpeedLimits #SafeStreetsForAll
January 22, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Please join us for the 2026 U.S. Safe System Academy. This workshop will be held at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center. U.S. road safety experts and instructors from the Swedish Transport Administration will enhance knowledge and skills in the Safe System approach.

Registration link: buff.ly/isIhkSj
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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📣TONIGHT!

Starting at 6:15, join @iihs-hldi's David Harkey for his Deen lecture on road safety at #TRBAM.

https://ow.ly/xPW450XT3mu
January 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Happening today @trb.org #TRBAM: poster session 2110 at 1:30pm ET - join Fehr & Peer's Meghan Mitman for "A Unified Framework for Safe System Implementation", co-authored w/SafeTREC's Julia Griswold, Ipsita Banerjee & Caltrans' Rachel Carpenter: annualmeeting.mytrb.org/OnlineProgra... #SafeSystem
January 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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ITS Berkeley kicks off Day 1 at #TRBAM! Ride-Hailing, Traffic Modeling, Freeway Bottlenecks, Congestion Recognition, AI-Enabled Infrastructure Monitoring, Air Traffic Management, Motion Prediction, Multi-Agent Anomaly Detection, & Human Mobility Modeling: its.berkeley.edu/news/its-ber...
ITS Berkeley Schedule at TRB | Institute of Transportation Studies
A pre-competitive applied research consortium uniting industry, government, and academia to advance connected, electrified, and autonomous systems
its.berkeley.edu
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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TRB is almost here! UC Berkeley ITS and Berkeley Lab researchers head to Washington, D.C. for the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting #TRBAM (Jan. 11–15, 2026).
Check out the ITS TRB Schedule: its.berkeley.edu/news/its-ber...
January 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Curious about the public perception of #AutonomousVehicle safety? Explore our latest fact sheet highlighting findings from a recent survey of drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and bicyclists in San Francisco: safetrec.berkeley.edu/public-perce... #RoadSafety
January 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
We're so excited to welcome Lilette Gorostieta, Jessica Prasad, and Atul Subedi to the SafeTREC team @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! 🎉 ✨Learn more about their #TransportationSafety work: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/welcome...
January 6, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Who is the California Bicycle Summit for?

Anyone who envisions a bigger, better future for people on bicycles.

If you yearn for a better way to get around, a calmer street, a more connected community, this is where we come together.

Get your ticket at www.calbike.org/events/summit/
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Join our January 13th virtual Office Hours next week to learn more about our 2026 programs advancing safer walking, biking and rolling for all and how to apply: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/join-ou... #Walk #Bike #CompleteStreets #SafetyAssessments #SafeSystem #SafetyOverSpeed
January 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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The 2025 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) awards are out! Congrats to communities advancing safer streets nationwide 👏

Check out this year's list of awards for inspiration for the next round. www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/...
#VisionZero #SS4A #SafeStreets
December 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Apply now for a #CompleteStreets #SafetyAssessment in your community! SafeTREC's CSSA is a comprehensive transportation safety assessment that focuses on pedestrian and bicycle safety - we also have a Safe #SpeedLimits Assessment available. Learn more and apply: safetrec.berkeley.edu/programs/com...
December 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The updates affect school zone speed limits, electric bikes, license plates, DUI penalties, vehicle impoundments and autonomous vehicles, according to the CHP and DMV.
Speed limits, e-bikes and fines: What’s changing for California drivers in 2026
The updates affect school zone speed limits, electric bikes, license plates, DUI penalties, vehicle impoundments and autonomous vehicles, according to the CHP and DMV.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Small sparks can lead to big change! 💡 See what our 2025 Community Spark Grant winners made happen for better biking—and if you’re ready to spark something of your own, 2026 applications are now open. bikeleague.org/small-grants...
Small Grants, Big Impacts: 2025 Community Spark Grant Highlights | League of American Bicyclists
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re celebrating the inspiring work accomplished by this year’s Community Spark Grant recipients. Each $2,000 microgrant is intended to spark change by supporting local…
bikeleague.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM