Safe Streets and Roads for All
Safe Streets and Roads for All
The U.S. Department of Transportation released the FY22 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program on May 16, 2022, which was established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to support regional, local, and Tribal initiatives to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) establishes the new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary program that will provide $5-6 billion in grants over the next 5 years. Funding supports regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.
The SS4A program supports Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s National Roadway Safety Strategy and a goal of zero deaths and serious injuries on our nation’s roadways.
Eligible Sponsors
- Local goverments;
- Tribal governments;
- Metropolitan Planning Organizations; or
- Multi-jurisdiction group of entities including any of the above
Funding Requirements
Minimum grant award - TBD
Federal Share - 80%
- Funding: Up to $5-6 billion in funding will be available over FY22-26.
- Discretionary Grants: Grant funds will be awarded on a competitive basis.
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Eligible Projects
- Develop a comprehensive safety action plan;
- Conduct planning, design, and development activities for projects and strategies identified in a comprehensive safety action plan; or
- Carry out projects and strategies identified in a comprehensive safety action plan
Key Considerations
Per Section 24112(d)(3) - Eligible projects should:
- Likely to significantly reduce or eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries involving various road users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists, and commercial operators, within the timeframe proposed by the eligible entity;
- Demonstrate engagement with a variety of public and private stakeholders;
- Seek to adopt innovative technologies or strategies to promote safety;
- Employ low-cost, high-impact strategies that can improve safety over a wider geographical area;
- Ensure, or will ensure, equitable investment in the safety needs of underserved communities in preventing transportation-related fatalities and injuries;
- Include evidence-based projects or strategies; and (G) achieves such other conditions as the Secretary considers to be necessary
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Reference
Get More Information from USDOT
Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program
SS4A Website: https://www.transportation.gov/SS4A
- Webinars:
- Recordings from three pre-solicitation webinars are available.
- To provide technical assistance to stakeholders, DOT will host a series of webinars during the FY22 grant application period.
- Potential applicants will find answers to frequently asked questions about the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant opportunity here.
- If you have questions related to SS4A, please email SS4A@dot.gov
- Subscribe: Those who are interested may subscribe to email updates about the SS4A program.
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