Traffic Safety Webinars
- Webinar #1: Accessing and Using Data to Evaluate Traffic Safety
Tuesday, September 17, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
This webinar focused on data that practitioners and the general public can use to enhance safety in their communities, with an emphasis on pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users. Viewers learned about UC Berkeley’s Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS), as well as SCAG’s efforts to measure pedestrian and bicycle activity throughout the region. Participants also learned how to use data to prioritize safety interventions.
Moderator
- Riley O’Brien, Estolano Advisors
Speakers
- SangHyouk Oum, Applications Program Manager, UC Berkeley Safetrec
- Hannah Keyes, Associate Regional Planner – Active Transportation and Special Programs, SCAG
- Dr. Do Kim, Professor, Department of Urban Regional Planning, CalPoly Pomona
- Madeline Brozen, Deputy Director, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, UCLA
- Webinar #2: Implementing Traffic Safety: The Southern California Context
Tuesday, September 17, 1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
This webinar focused on best practices for implementing traffic safety improvements in the SCAG region. Representatives from community-based organizations discussed their challenges and successes in enhancing safety in Southern California’s unique cultural and geographic landscapes. Participants learned how safety improvements relate to climate resiliency, how to engage hard-to-reach populations in planning processes, and the unique safety needs of older populations.
Moderator
- Winnie Fong, Estolano Advisors
Speakers
- Rebecca Zaragoza, Senior Policy Advocate, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
- Kevin Shin, Co-Chair, Walk Bike Long Beach
- John Yi, Executive Director, Los Angeles Walks
- Webinar #3: Educate and Encourage through SCAG’s Go Human Campaign
Wednesday, September 18, 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
This webinar focused on learning about the nuts and bolts of partnering with SCAG on a Go Human campaign, including demonstration events and advertising campaign. Representatives from local cities and public agencies joined the discussion by sharing best practices and experience from their Go Human campaign, including continued engagement after the demonstration events, how these events help position jurisdictions to pursue funding for permanent improvements, and more.
Moderator
- Angela Babcock, Stratiscope
Speakers
- Julia Lippe-Klein, Associate Regional Planner, SCAG
- Alexis Lantz, Policy Analyst, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Melanie Mullis, Principal Transportation-Mobility, City of Ontario
- Eric Ceja, Principal Planner, City of Palmdale
- Webinar #4: Overview of Statewide Policy and Legislation Impacting Traffic Safety
Thursday, September 19, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
This webinar focused on an overview of past state legislation that allows local jurisdictions to implement and enforce traffic safety measures, as well as an update on the 2019 state legislative session of safety and transportation-related bills that passed the Legislature and are headed to the Governor to sign and veto. Topics included, but not limited to, policies and legislation affecting bicyclist and pedestrian safety, transportation funding, zero traffic fatalities, climate resiliency, and more.
Moderator
- Erika Rincon, Estolano Advisors
Speakers
- David Azevedo, Associate State Director, AARP
- Linda Khamoushian, Senior Policy Advocate, CalBike
- Chanell Fletcher, Executive Director, ClimatePlan
California State Budget Reduces Barriers to Housing Production and Extends Deadline for Regional Early Action Planning (REAP 2.0) Program
Earlier this week, the governor signed the 2025-2026 state budget, which includes a suite of reforms to reduce barriers to housing production.
Connect SoCal 2024 Implementation Update: Sustainable Communities Strategy Accepted
On May 7, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) informed SCAG that it had accepted SCAG’s determination that the Connect SoCal 2024 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) meets CARB’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets.
General Assembly Elects 2025-26 Board Officers
The General Assembly voted to approve the nominations for the SCAG 2025-26 Regional Council officers as recommended by the Regional Council: Hon. Cindy Allen (City of Long Beach) will serve as 2025-26 Regional Council president; Hon. Ray Marquez (City of Chino Hills) will serve as Regional Council first vice president; and Hon. Jenny Crosswhite (City of Santa Paula) will serve as Regional Council second vice president. Leadership also recognized Hon.
Surface Transportation Block Grant and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program Call for Project Nominations Now Open
The federal fiscal year 2026-27 and federal fiscal year 2027-28 Surface Transportation Block Grant program (STBG) and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program (CMAQ) SCAG online application opened for all eligible applicants on March 31. This application will be available through May 16 at 5 p.m.
Surface Transportation Block Grant and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program Guidelines Now Available
On March 6, the SCAG Regional Council approved the federal fiscal year 2026-27 and federal fiscal year 2027-28 Surface Transportation Block Grant program (STBG) and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program (CMAQ) Program Guidelines.