Grant supports pedestrian, bicyclist safety at 麻豆传媒映画
Funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety wIll support safe practices in the campus environment.
麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) in the School of Public Affairs, in partnership with 麻豆传媒映画 Parking and Transportation Services and Circulate San Diego, announced today that it has received a $269,503 federal grant through the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support its Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program.
This grant will allow CPBS to promote safe practices for pedestrians and bicyclists and provide education about the importance of sharing our roads.
鈥淟iving in such an auto-dominated environment and culture, we need to work hard to make our streets work for people, which means making them safer for walkers and rollers throughout our communities,鈥� said Bruce Appleyard, 麻豆传媒映画 CPBS director and city planning professor. 鈥淭his grant helps us do this.鈥�
Grant funds will support a variety of activities focused on bicycle and pedestrian safety, including:
- 鈥淎udits鈥� of streets with a high rate of pedestrian and/or bicyclist fatalities and serious injury crashes
- Participation in community events encouraging biking and walking
- Bicycle, scooter, and skateboard training courses that educate students on safe riding behaviors
- Distribution of helmets to those in need
- Community bike rides that encourage and teach riders safe riding skills
- Traffic safety media campaigns
- Quick-build demonstrations of traffic calming infrastructure.The grant program will run through September 2025.
The grant program will run through September 2025.
鈥淓veryone deserves a safe environment to travel, regardless of how people get to places,鈥� OTS Director Stephanie Dougherty said. 鈥淭he safety of people walking and biking on our roads is a high priority. Education plays a pivotal role in creating a strong road safety culture that prioritizes traffic safety, especially for our most vulnerable road users.鈥�
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the OTS, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Established in 1970, NHTSA supports a variety of academic partnerships as part of its mission to improve traffic safety with focused on the specific issues of a university environment, as well as research contracts on driver behavior, traffic safety, and the effectiveness of safety technologies and interventions.
