Community Pedestrian Safety Training

The purpose of the Community Pedestrain Safety Training (CSPT) is to help make it safer and more pleasant to walk in one's communities.  The half day training is for local neighborhood citizens and safety advocates concerned about pedestrain safety and wanting to identify strategies for improving it.  It may complement other training or planning that takes place in a city among professional traffic planners and engineers, enforcement, etc.

The CPST includes:

• Expert presenters
• Interactive training sessions
• Small group discussion
• Walkability Assessment

This training teaches basic pedestriian safety best practices (e.g. high visibility crosswalks, crash reduction factors), community engagement skills (e.g. identifying community empowerment  to solve problems), walkability assessment of a selected pedestrian danger area, and mapping or other small group interactive prioitization of safety issues.  At the end of the training, participants will have a set of pedestrain safety priorities and a next step action plan to promote safe walking in the community.  CPST is also designed to help communities with development and implementation of a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan.