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.

There are two types of SS4A grants: Action Plan Grants and Implementation Grants. Click "Additional Information" above for example activities under each grant type.

Eligible Activities

Develop or update a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
Conduct planning, design, and development activities in support of an Action Plan.
Carry out projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan.
Read the full Notice of Funding Opportunity here.

Read the FAQs here.

Webinars

SS4A General Overview Register to attend the June 13 webinar. (1:00-3:00pm EDT)
SS4A Action Plan Grants Register to attend the June 15 webinar. (1:00-3:00pm EDT)
SS4A Implementation Grants Register to attend the June 23 webinar. (1:00-3:00pm EDT)
Background

From the May 16, 2022 press release:

The primary goal of the SS4A grants is to improve roadway safety by supporting communities in developing comprehensive safety action plans based on a Safe System Approach, and implementing projects and strategies that significantly reduce or eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries involving pedestrians; bicyclists; public transportation, personal conveyance, and micromobility users, commercial vehicle operators; and motorists. Funding can also be used to support robust stakeholder engagement in order to ensure that all community members have a voice in developing plans, projects and strategies.　

The funding supports DOT’s National Roadway Safety Strategy and collaborative efforts to advance the Safe System Approach and address safety by implementing redundant measures that lead to multiple types and layers of protection.　

The SS4A Grant Program was created by Congress under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which directed the Department to support local initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets. The law also directed the Department, when selecting projects under the program, to consider other factors in addition to safety, including equitable investment in the safety needs of underserved communities. The program also supports the Biden-Harris Administration’s goals of promoting equity and fighting climate change.　

The Department has made the application process to receive funding to develop a comprehensive safety action plan as easy as possible to reduce administrative burden and encourage broad participation in this new funding program, especially for smaller communities, Tribal governments and new federal funding recipients.