The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) presented “Addressing the Role of Behavioral Safety in the Safe System Approach” with a panel of national highway safety experts. California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Director Barbara Rooney discussed how OTS grant programs like UC Berkeley SafeTREC’s Complete Streets Safety Assessment (CSSA) and the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) programs are examples of how California is implementing the Safe System approach and creating innovative partnerships with diverse communities and new stakeholders to strengthen systemic and equitable approaches to road safetyIn a follow-up GHSA webinar, Director Rooney outlined strategies SafeTREC and partner CalWalks use to engage communities to create actionable active transportation safety plans.
February 11, 2022