Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program

Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program is sponsored by UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC). Partners with communities across California to discuss, plan, and implement active transportation safety improvements and projects, focusing on pedestrian and bicycle safety education.

Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program | Safe Transportation Research and Education Center Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program Community members and transportation safety champions participate in a CPBST workshop in Corona, California. Community members and transportation safety champions participate in a walking and biking assessment in San Leandro, California.

Community members and agency representatives participate in a walking and biking assessment during a CPBST site visit in Groveland, California. An instructor leads a CPBST workshop in Vernon, California, where community members discuss safety concerns and identify opportunities for key safety improvements.

The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program is a joint project of UC Berkeley SafeTREC (SafeTREC) and California Walks ( Cal Walks ). The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST) works with local residents, agency and organization staff, and transportation safety advocates to understand a community’s walking and biking safety concerns and advance their pedestrian and bicycle safety goals.

We work to strengthen collaboration between all safety partners, discuss transportation safety information and local crash data, and collectively develop a community-driven safety action plan. Our team works with a local Planning Committee to customize the workshop to fit the unique needs of each community.

The CPBST is jointly planned with a local Planning Committee of community leaders, residents, schools, agencies and other safety partners over the course of two to three months.

During the workshop, the Project Team reviews local crash data and the community’s traffic safety experiences, reviews an adapted Safe System approach framework and pedestrian and bicycle safety best practices, guides participants on a walking and biking safety assessment, and helps participants identify actionable next steps. The program began in 2009 as the Community Pedestrian Safety Training (CPST) program.

In 2016 it was expanded to incorporate strategies to improve bicycle safety and renamed the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program. Applications are now closed for the 2026 CPBST . The program will partner with communities throughout California to discuss, plan, and implement active transportation safety improvements.

Reach out with any questions about the process to our team at cpbsp@berkeley. edu Download and review the 2026 CPBSP flier: English / Spanish Has your community hosted either a CPBST or CAyS workshop and would like more support? We offer follow-up technical assistance for former CPBST and CAyS communities to support their community’s implementation of programs, projects, and recommendations outlined in their community action plan.

To inquire about follow-up technical assistance, please contact us at cpbsp@berkeley. edu Research and program evaluation The CPBSP team reviews the program and its impact on a regular basis. Please see below for a list of recent follow-up surveys, research briefs, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the CPBSP: Advancing Youth Helmet Adoption Through Community-Based Programming .

Melie Ekunno, Lilette Gorostieta, Kris Leckie (2025). An Early Analysis of Speed Safety Camera Program Rollout in California . Kyler Blodgett (2025).

Pairing Speed Limit Reductions and Infrastructure to Lower Fatal and Serious (FSI) Crashes . Noelani Fixler, Melie Ekunno (2025). 2024 CPBSP Highlights .

UC Berkeley SafeTREC (2024) Connecting Public Health and Transportation - Applying Crowdsourcing and Community Engagement Principles to Traffic Safety. Jarah Crowner, Katherine L. Chen (2024).

Equitable Transportation Planning for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety through the Use of the Safe System Approach . Noelani Fixler, Lucia Ornelas, Kris Leckie (2024). Mobility Safety for California's Affordable Housing Residents: Co-locating Improvements.

Kyler Blodgett (2024). Peer Exchange Series 2024: My community is eager to collaborate and grow! Where do we go from here?

Areli Ariana Balderrama (2024). 2023 CPBSP Annual Report . Katherine L.

Chen (2023). Toward a Better Understanding of Best Implementation Practice for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program . Aqshems Nichols, Areli Ariana Balderrama, and Katherine L.

Chen (2023) Conducting Community Engagement with a Safe System Lens . Katherine L. Chen and Jill F.

Cooper (2021). How effective are community pedestrian safety training workshops? Short-term findings from a program in California.

Jesus M. Barajas, Kate M. Beck, Jill F.

Cooper, Ana Lopez, Amanda Reynosa (2019). Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program Evaluation Report . Sarah Doggett, Kate M.

Beck, Ana Lopez, Jill F. Cooper (2019). Implementing the Safe System Approach Toolkit Explore our toolkit which aims to help create safer communities for walking and biking across California through the use of the Safe System Approach.

The toolkit contains potential Safe System strategies which are organized into key categories and can be easily navigated using listed keywords. There are many ways to plan a bikeable and walkable community; this toolkit is just a starting point.

Download the full toolkit: Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).