Free Pedestrian Safety Assessments for California Cities

Does your city want to:

  • Improve pedestrian safety?
  • Create safe, comfortable, accessible, welcoming environments for pedestrians?
  • Enhance the walkability and economic vitality of certain locations?

Tech Transfer provides free Pedestrian Safety Assessments (PSA) to California cities upon request, thanks to funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

What are Pedestrian Safety Assessments?

A team of two pedestrian safety experts will visit your city for two days to conduct an evaluation using our comprehensive Guide for Conducting Pedestrian Safety Assessments (PDF, 1.5M) to help the city achieve the above objectives. These two safety experts will perform field observations, analyze relevant data and information, and hold discussions with the city's key staff and representatives. In addition, the evaluators can review the city's current pedestrian safety related programs, with a view to increasing the overall effectiveness of the programs. After completing the two-day visit, the two evaluators will prepare a report for the city summarizing their findings and recommendations. All for no charge to the city!

Who can Request a Pedestrian Safety Assessment from Tech Transfer?

Any agency within a city or community in California can request a Pedestrian Safety Assessment from Tech Transfer.

How to Request a Pedestrian Safety Assessment

To learn more about Pedestrian Safety Assessments or to request one for your city, simply e-mail pedsafety@techtransfer.berkeley.edu.

A limited number of assessments are available each year, so send in your request early.