The UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) received $5,103,550.00 in grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support crucial traffic safety programs.
“Traffic crashes are not inevitable events. It is possible to have safe roadways for all travelers: whether they are walking, rolling, bicycling, driving, or taking transit. We thank the California Office of Traffic Safety for their leadership in providing grants for education, tool development, data analysis, and outreach programs.” said SafeTREC Co-director Jill Cooper. SafeTREC is a research center affiliated with the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the Institute of Transportation Studies that seeks to inform decision-making and empower communities to improve roadway safety for all.
The grants will support the following projects:
Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS): Improve Data Quality & Accessibility: Upgrades the geocoding system to map crash locations for all non-fatal crash data, makes TIMS available in Spanish, and enhances reports and other features of the site to improve data quality and access.
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