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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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Apply today to improve walking, biking, and rolling in your community! We have 3 programs this year utilizing the #SafeSystemApproach to discuss, plan, and implement #ActiveTransportation #SafetyImprovements and projects: mailchi.mp/berkeley/saf... #CompleteStreets #SpeedManagement
A group photo of ten participants on a walk audit during a Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program training.
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Great to see SafeTREC's Sujin Lee & Julia Griswold presenting their winning research project at the INRIX + @metrolabnetwork.bsky.social 2025 Student Showcase! ICYMI
access the on demand recording here: inrix.com/resources/on... #UrbanMobility #Transportation #Safety #Innovation
SafeTREC postdoctoral scholar Sujin Lee facing the camera on the left, with SafeTREC director Julia Griswold on the right, captured during the webinar.
October 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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October 8th is 2025 National #WalkRolltoSchoolDay! Learn more about how to get involved and join the communities celebrating safe, active travel to school for all...tomorrow and all year long: www.walkbiketoschool.org #PedestrianSafetyMonth #Walk #Bike
Group photo of parents, caregivers, students, staff walking, biking and rolling in Caesar Rodney School District and featured on the https://www.walkbiketoschool.org/ website (Photo credit: AB Corson)
October 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Join the SafeTREC team as Program Coordinator! This position supports our community engagement portfolio, including the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program, California Safe System Leadership Institute, and other special projects. Learn more on how to apply: bit.ly/ProgramCoord...
A green megaphone on a medium blue background to the left with "We're hiring!" in white text to the right.
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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DYK that the nighttime fatality rate on U.S. roadways is three times higher than the daytime rate, and 76% of pedestrian fatalities occur at night? Visit the FHWA for more nighttime visibility for safety resources: www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/e... #PedestrianSafetyMonth
Three images from the FHWA showing from left to right a pedestrian exiting a crosswalk, lighting on a road at nighttime, and a truck on a rural road.
October 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Get the latest SafeTREC news 📣 on new #TransportationSafety #Research, updated #TransportationInjuryMappingSystem, new California #ActiveTransportation Data Portal and more!! mailchi.mp/berkeley/saf...
Home page of the new California Active Transportation Data Portal, with an image of people walking and biking.
October 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Research from SafeTREC alum/postdoc Iman Mahdinia &
UT Knoxville's Nastaran Moradloo & Asad Khattak highlights nighttime #PedestrianSafety & the role of pedestrian automatic emergency braking systems:
sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SafeSystem #CAPedestrianSafetyMonth
Figure 7 demonstrates the brightness of the different low-beam headlight types, which could be used to measure headlight performance.
September 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week!! This week we're celebrating our awesome Postdoctoral Scholars Sujin Lee and Jean Doig, and the critical work they do @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social to advance #TransportationSafety for all!! 🌟 🎉 #ShoutOutYourPostdoc
#CalPostdoc #NPAW2025
Postdoctoral scholar Sujin Lee, smiles facing the camera on a city street with a brick building and bridge in the background. Postdoctoral scholar Jean Doig, smiles facing the camera, wearing glasses and a dark blue striped shirt.
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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New #Research highlights the development of a context-sensitive roadway classification framework for #SpeedLimit setting in the US that aligns with the #SafeSystemApproach: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SpeedManagement
Fig. 1. One Network Framework Classification Matrix by the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Adapted from (Waka Kotahiwak, 2022a).
September 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Explore our new #AutonomousVehicles Safety Dashboard! Access tools that enable users to visualize AV #Crashes and mileage data in #California: tims.berkeley.edu/tools/avsafe... #Mapping #Data #RoadSafety
The new AV crash dashboard, which includes all reported crashes for autonomous vehicles with DMV-administered AV Testing and AV Driverless Testing Permits from October 2014 through April 25, 2025.
August 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Our 2025 follow-up #Survey highlights the positive impact of the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training program and community insights and challenges for advancing #SafeStreetsForAll: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/2025-fo... #CommunityEngagement #Walk #Bike
Figure 2 from the survey noting the post-workshop activities reported by respondents, including community activation (53%), Bike/walk assessment (40%), Coalitions/partnerships (23%), Quick-build projects (23%), funding applications (19%) and future development (14%).
August 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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In Northern California? Great news - the deadline's been extended to 9/2 for the Ruby Bridges #WalkToSchoolDay mini-grant program from Safe Routes Partnership! Learn how your community can apply: www.saferoutespartnership.org/RubyBridgesW... #BackToSchoolSafetyMonth #SafeStreetsForAll
Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day 2025 Mini Grants program from Safe Routes Partnership in white and yellow text over a purple background.
August 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @berkeleypublichlth.bsky.social, @berkeleyits.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social grad/undergrad students there's still time to register for PH285 #PublicHealth #InjuryPrevention & Control: bit.ly/4mm5Z03
People walking and biking in a crosswalk, with cars and a bus passing behind them, on a busy city street near sunset time.
August 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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New: explore our updated #SafeSystem #Toolkit for strategies to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety in your community! safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/new-upd...
Cover graphic with a group of four people walking and rolling in a crosswalk with the text "Implementing the Safe System Approach" below. Learn more about the newly updated toolkit: https://safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/new-updated-safe-system-approach-toolkit
August 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Our students are #Awesome ✨ Learn more about the #TransportationSafety work Jordan Collins, Lilette Gorostieta, Reetu Pethani, and Mike Santos are contributing to advance #SafeStreetsForAll: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/welcome...
From left to right, SafeTREC student assistants Jordan Collins, Lilette Gorostieta and Reetu Pethani, and graduate student researcher Mike Santos.
August 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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New! The 2025 California Traffic Safety Survey notes that drivers were most concerned about #Speeding and aggressive driving on California roadways, followed by drunk driving and #DistractedDriving due to texting. Read the full report: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/2025-ca...
Speed limit sign on a city street reads "Speed Limit 25". Photo credit: Joshua Hoehne.
July 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Explore our latest #StoriesFromTheField with folks working at the city of San Leandro, CA Dept. of Public Health, and Montana State University to advance safer roads for all: catsip.berkeley.edu/news/explore...
Dr. Kari Finley, Director and Research Scholar at Montana State University’s Center for Health and Safety Culture, smiles facing the camera. Marianne Hernandez, from the California Department of Public Health’s Active Transportation Safety Program, smiles, framed by greenery in the background. Mike King, co-founder of Pear Street Consulting, smiles facing the camera. Pedro Naranjo, human services manager with the City of San Leandro's Human Services Department, smiles, framed by greenery in the background.
July 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Headed to the 2025 Traffic Records Forum? Join SafeTREC's Amalia Stahl on July 7th for her presentation "Autonomous Vehicle Safety in California: Visualizing AV Safety Data in a Simple and Accessible Way for the General Public": safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/safetre... #AVSafety #DataVisualization
Promotional graphic for the 2025 50th annual Traffic Records Forum in Boston, MA
July 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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New: we've updated our #Pedestrian and #Bicycle #CrashData by county webpage with the latest #California crash data from 2020-2024 to help support your community's safety efforts! catsip.berkeley.edu/resources/cr...
Pedestrian & Bicyclist Fatalities Over Time Series graphic details pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities from 2015 to 2024.
June 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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‪Excited to join the community of Yuba City today w/California Walks to plan for safer walking, biking & rolling! safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/join-us... #SaferStreetsForAll #Walk #Bike #TransportationSafety
Three people in a crosswalk in Yuba City, CA.
June 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Read our latest #SafeTRECSpotlight w/alum and recent @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social DCRP graduate Kyler Blodgett on his #TransportationSafety work: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/spotlig...
Former graduate student researcher and recent graduate of UC Berkeley's Master of City and Regional Planning program Kyler Blodgett, smiles facing the camera in a dark green striped shirt, with a view of the UC Berkeley campus behind him.
June 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Excited to join the community of Tranquility w/California Walks
today to plan for safer walking, biking & rolling! Learn more about our Comunidades Activas y Seguras (Active and Safe Communities) program: safetrec.berkeley.edu/programs/com...
Community members and agency representatives participate in a walking and biking assessment during a CAyS workshop in Tulare, California.
June 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Register now for our next CSSA #PeerExchange on June 24th, "Beyond city limits: Advancing safety through the CSSA – Lessons from Contra Costa County and CSU San Marcos": safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/registr... #CompleteStreets #TransportationSafety #Walk #Bike
Two people on the walk assessment as part of the Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) in Contra Costa County, with the event details in white text on a medium blue box.
June 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Headed to 2025 SER Conference? Mark your calendars for @berkeleypublichlth.bsky.social SafeTREC's Liza Lutzker's presentation "Trends and disparities in pedestrian injuries and fatalities in hit-and-run crashes" on 6/11! safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/safetre... #PublicHealth #PedestrianSafety #Research
Liza Lutzker, smiles with a sunny frame of leaves behind her, with the event details and date in white text on a medium blue background.
June 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Excited to join the community of Ashland/Cherryland w/California Walks today to plan for safer walking, biking & rolling! Check out our Community Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Program workshops coming up in San Leandro, Cudahy & Vernon: safetrec.berkeley.edu/programs/com...
View of a crosswalk with upcoming workshops listed in white text over a dark blue box, and the logos of OTS, SafeTREC and California Walks over a blue band at the bottom of the image.
May 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM