Roadway Safety Planning Grants
USDOT recently announced $86M in Safe Streets & Roads for All (SS4A) grants have been awarded to 235 regional, local and tribal communities for Planning & Demonstration projects that will improve safety and help prevent roadway deaths and serious.
SS4A grant funds help communities develop safety action plans, inform improvements along corridors with safety issues, use “quick-build” strategies to test out safety features such as separated bicycle lanes or curb extensions at intersections, and more.
Funding Disbursements
This is the first of two FY23 funding announcements for the SS4A competitive grant program, which identifies Planning & Demonstration Grants only. A second announcement is anticipated in December that will include additional Planning & Demonstration Grants as well as Implementation Grants.
Winner's Spotlight: 3 Projects in California
18 California agencies were awarded in this first announcement, capturing over $10.6M in total funding. A couple of those projects are spotlighted below:
- The City of Auburn is using their SS4A grant funds to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP) to systemically identify, address, and prioritize projects that reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries.
- The City of Ontario is developing a new Citywide Safety Action Plan that will give underserved communities the opportunity to provide direct input to find and tailor solutions to improving local roadway safety in their neighborhood.
- The City of Hollister is using this funding to identify and plan safety needs for future improvements at important high volume pedestrian/bicyclist traffic locations within the city, as well as location where bicycle/pedestrian accidents have occurred.
The full list of California awards includes:
| Lead Applicant | Project Name | Rural/ Urban | Funding Award |
| City of Adelanto | SS4A Comprehensive Safety Action Plan | Urban | $240,000 |
| City of Auburn | Safety Action Plan | Rural | $400,000 |
| City of Elk Grove | 2023 Action Plan | Urban | $680,000 |
| City of Galt | Safety Action Plan | Rural | $180,000 |
| City of Hayward | High Injury Network Supplemental Planning | Urban | $3,252,000 |
| City of Hollister | Safe Streets for All Planning Grant | Rural | $1,080,000 |
| City of Lompoc | Comprehensive Safety Action Plan | Rural | $500,000 |
| City of Martinez | Vulnerable Road Users Safety Action Plan | Urban | $240,000 |
| City of Mt Shasta | Safety Action Plan | Rural | $168,000 |
| City of Ontario | SS4A Action Plan | Urban | $360,000 |
| City of Pasadena | Citywide Active Transportation Plan | Urban | $759,200 |
| City of Santa Paula, CA | Vision Zero Action Plan | Rural | $280,000 |
| City of Shafter | Traffic Safety Action Plan | Rural | $160,000 |
| County of Amador | Keep Amador Roads Safe (KARS) | Rural | $800,000 |
| County of San Diego | SS4A Supplemental Action Plan | Urban | $744,000 |
| The City of Newman | Road Safety Plan | Rural | $120,000 |
| Town of Mammoth Lakes | Safety Action Plan | Rural | $80,000 |
| Transportation Agency for Monterey County | Regional Vision Zero Plan | Rural | $640,000 |
| Total | $10,683,200 |
Planning & Demonstration Grants
These grants provide federal funds to develop, complete, or supplement a comprehensive safety Action Plan.
The goal of an Action Plan is to develop a holistic, well-defined strategy to prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries in a locality, tribe, or region.
Planning & Demonstration Grants also fund supplemental planning and/or demonstration activities that inform the development of an Action Plan.
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Implementation Grants
Implementation Grants provide federal funds to implement projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan to address a roadway safety problem.
Projects/strategies can be infrastructure, behavioral, and/or operational activities.
Implementation Grants may also include demonstration activities, supplemental planning, and project-level planning, design, and development.
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