The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded 510 projects $800 million in grants through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program.
The program funds improved safety planning. It will award $5 billion over five years to regional, local, and Tribal initiatives that will prevent deaths and serious injuries on roadways.
“Every year, crashes cost tens of thousands of American lives and hundreds of billions of dollars to our economy; we face a national emergency on our roadways, and it demands urgent action,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. “We are proud that these grants will directly support hundreds of communities as they prepare steps that are proven to make roadways safer and save lives.”
Thirty-seven were implementation grants, while the remainder were action plan grants. Implementation grants fund strategies and projects to reduce or eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries. Action plan grants assist communities that do not currently have a roadway safety plan to reduce roadway fatalities.
Detroit was awarded $24.8 million to redesign existing transportation infrastructure in high-crash areas and places with inadequate pedestrian infrastructure.
Florida’s Hillsborough County received $19.7 million to implement low-cost safety measures at approximately 22 locations to improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and drivers.