Multimodal and Active Transportation Online Courses

Learn about complete streets planning and design, bus-rapid-transit planning, transit-oriented-development planning, bikeway facility planning and design, pedestrian facility design, multimodal transportation impact analysis and performance measures, and VMT metrics application/analysis, among others. Discover how you can support our State’s overarching goals to promote sustainable transportation, combat climate change, reduce greenhouse gases, promote affordable housing and … Read more Multimodal and Active Transportation Online Courses

Bike and Ped Count Data Needed

UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) is working with Caltrans on bicycle and pedestrian safety studies. They are seeking bicycle and pedestrian count data from California to generate new and updated existing exposure models. To learn more about the exposure models, click here. SafeTreck is requesting the following: Counts collected on state … Read more Bike and Ped Count Data Needed

Check Out FHWA’s New Guide to Improve Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Crossings

FHWA has published an updated “Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Crossing Locations” to help agencies choose countermeasures based on roadway characteristics and pedestrian safety issues. The guide includes information on the rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) countermeasure. RRFBs are active (user-actuated) or passive (automated detection) amber light-emitting diodes that use an irregular flash pattern … Read more Check Out FHWA’s New Guide to Improve Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Crossings

Learn more about Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP)

The Every Day Counts (EDC) innovation of the month for June is the Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) program, a set of cost-effective countermeasures that can enhance pedestrian safety and reduce fatalities at uncontrolled crossing locations. STEP focuses on five treatments to help pedestrians cross the road safely: Road diets, which reconfigure a roadway … Read more Learn more about Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP)

Interim Approval for the Optional Use of Pedestrian-Actuated Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons at Uncontrolled Marked Crosswalks (IA-21)

On March 20, 2018, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued Interim Approval (IA-21) for the optional use of Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons (RRFB).  Since IA-21 is regarding the use of an effective pedestrian safety countermeasure and is very similar to the recently terminated IA-11, Caltrans has expedited the process of requesting approval of IA-21 and has requested … Read more Interim Approval for the Optional Use of Pedestrian-Actuated Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons at Uncontrolled Marked Crosswalks (IA-21)

Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) Webinar

Pedestrians account for over 17.5 percent of all fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes, and the majority of these deaths occur at uncontrolled crossing locations such as mid-block or un-signalized intersections. These are among the most common locations for pedestrian fatalities generally because of inadequate pedestrian crossing facilities and insufficient or inconvenient crossing opportunities, all of which create barriers to safe, convenient, and complete … Read more Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) Webinar