UC Berkeley's Safe Transportation Research & Education Center (SafeTREC) has updated and refreshed its toolkit "Implementing the Safe System Approach: Strategies to improve pedestrian & bicyclist safety" with new strategies and easier navigation.

The toolkit provides a starting point for anyone looking to plan a bikeable and walkable community and it lists potential community improvements that can help create a safer community with the Safe System Approach.

The Safe System Approach focuses on saving lives with the understanding that humans make mistakes and bodies are fragile. Attention is focused on reducing fatal/serious injuries when a crash occurs through strategic street design and street infrastructure management, as well as engaging and educating communities on how to use streets safely.

Within the toolkit, each strategy is organized into key categories that can be easily navigated using listed keywords. These keywords include:

• Advocacy & Policy: Actions and plans that aim to garner support for a particular cause, which can be used as a basis for decision-making within different institutions.
  
  
• Data Collection & Analysis: Strategies that systematically gather and examine information to discover patterns and relationships in transportation-related data.
  
  
• Infrastructure: Permanent or temporary structures, systems, and facilities that establish the layout of the roadway.
  
  
• Programming: An integrated set of planned strategies, activities, and services that address community concerns and promote pedestrian and bicycle safety.
  
  

Download the toolkit