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Community Pedestrian Safety Trainings

Swati Pande UC Berkeley SafeTREC 2012 ITE Western District Annual Meeting Santa Barbara June 26, 2012. Community Pedestrian Safety Trainings. Agenda. Background Sites and selection criteria Case studies Next steps. Background: Our partners. OTS California WALKS

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Community Pedestrian Safety Trainings

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  1. SwatiPande UC Berkeley SafeTREC 2012 ITE Western District Annual Meeting Santa Barbara June 26, 2012 Community Pedestrian Safety Trainings

  2. Agenda • Background • Sites and selection criteria • Case studies • Next steps

  3. Background: Our partners • OTS • California WALKS • Local cities, schools, non-profits • AAA of NC, N, U and Auto Club of SoCal

  4. Pedestrian Injuries in California • Data from SWITRS, 2000-2009 • Pedestrians = 20% of CA traffic fatalities • Approximately 700 pedestrians were killed each year in CA • Approximately 13,000 pedestrians were injured each year in CA

  5. Source: FHWA National Walking & Bicycling Study 15 Year Status Report (2010)

  6. Background • Involve residents in making communities safer and more “walkable” • Educate community members in the E’s • Provide opportunity for dialogue between community and professionals

  7. Site selection and location: How did we select sites? • OTS pedestrian rankings • Community interest/ request/leadership • Geographical and language diversity • PSAs

  8. Training Locations (till September 2011)

  9. Glendale “The bottom line here is saving our seniors, our children, our ethnic communities ….” AraNajarian, Chairperson of LA County MTA & Council Member, City of Glendale

  10. Glendale strategies • Focus on Community Engagement • Work with refugees: classes on traffic safety can be offered as part of immigrant services • Educate about unsafe driving • Focus education toward increasing safety of older adults, people with disabilities • Focus on Speeding – • 0 Tolerance; increase fines • Engineering • Curb extensions • Use more visible crosswalk markings. (Do they encourage compliance?) • Media – use local media to promote safety

  11. Glendale Outcomes • Education • Ongoing community involvement, particularly among Glendale’s ethnic communities • Glendale FHWA Pedestrian Safety Action Plan draft • Funded for a walking safety program through Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority • Enforcement • New and targeted (culturally specific) enforcement strategies • OTS traffic safety enforcement/pedestrian safety education grants • Engineering • Pedestrian Safety Action Plan elements were incorporated in Glendale’s Better Streets Plan

  12. LA Crenshaw “I have the power to make a change.” (HS Student participant)

  13. CrenshawOctober 2009 • Youth led focus Priorities: • Community CleanUp & Graffiti removal • Traffic Calming at 11th & W. Slauson • Sidewalk maintenance

  14. Crenshaw Outcomes • Education • LA Metro and the LAUL organized a graffiti removal day • Youth presented on pedestrian safety work at the LA Street Summit, March 2010 • Youth participants from the CPST presented “Empowering Youth through Photo Voice & Video Voice for Community Change” at the 2010 LA Street Summit • Engineering • State HSIP design funding for new signal for 11th & W. Slauson in 2009; construction completion date est. 2011 • The City of Los Angeles agreed to install a marked crosswalk at the intersection of 11th and 54th (along the walking route to Crenshaw High School)

  15. EurekaApril 2010 Community priorities: • Implement a community-wide educational campaign • Partner with Safe Routes to Schools projects and senior volunteers to install crossing guards at targeted locations • Expand and develop partnerships for active transportation & health

  16. Eureka Outcomes • Education • The Eureka Transportation Safety Commission has continued CPST efforts with a grant from the McLean Foundation • The Humboldt Partnership for Active Living (HumPAL) has developed safety messaging training for public health professionals • A Eureka TV station has begun to air pedestrian safety public service announcements. • A Safe Routes to School grant has funded a multijurisdictional Safe Routes Task Force and Coordinator • Engineering • Police Department have increased enforcement of pedestrian violations through their OTS-funded traffic enforcement program

  17. Santa BarbaraNovember 2009 Community priorities: • Improve safety in East Santa Barbara Community priorities: • Reduce numbers of alcohol impaired drivers • Remove trash and blight to promote neighborhood beautification • Install and upgrade curb ramps • Identify safety measures at specific intersections • Participate in community advocacy with Santa Barbara Walks

  18. Santa Barbara Outcomes • Education • An active group of East Santa Barbara walking advocates was formed • Staff from Santa Barbara WALKS participated in school walk audits in the City of Lompoc in Santa Barbara County • Santa Barbara WALKS successfully built on the CPST safety priorities in grant applications. • Awarded 2 foundation grants to help implement a volunteer-based Safe Routes to School project at one of the neighborhood schools. • From that effort, Santa Barbara WALKS secured funding to hire a bilingual community organizer to target East Santa Barbara

  19. CPST Future Plans Coordination with other activities Many communities have engaged in post workshop follow-up activities California WALKS and SafeTREC have provided technical assistance to help with follow up, local proposal development, etc Hope to work w/ more communities and follow-up activities next year

  20. Thank you! SwatiPande SafeTREC spande@berkeley.edu (510) 643-1773

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