The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) competitive grant program. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, $1.18 billion is available now for eligible entities – restricted to only local governments, metropolitan planning organizations and Tribes – to develop safety action plans or to implement existing approved plans at an 80 percent federal match. Counties are directly eligible to apply for this program through USDOT until 5:00 p.m. on July 10, 2023.
Funds for the fiscal year 2023 SS4A grant program will be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning, infrastructure, behavioral, and operational initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets involving all roadway users. This includes:
- pedestrians;
- bicyclists;
- public transportation, personal conveyance, and micromobility users;
- motorists; and
- commercial vehicle operators.
Read NACo's overview of the SS4A grant program.
View a list of eligible projects under both the “Planning/Demonstration Grants” and the “Implementation Grants” under the SS4A program.