Adam RollinsThe U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will make $982 million available for the next round of the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. Applications for the latest SS4A grant round are due by June 26, 2025.
The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) provides applicants with the chance to receive federal support for initiatives that include planning, infrastructure, behavioral and operational efforts to mitigate death and injury on roads and streets nationwide.
Entities that are eligible to apply to the program include:
- Metropolitan planning organizations.
- Municipalities.
- Independent school districts.
- Special district governments.
- Counties.
- Tribal governments.
- A multijurisdictional group of entities described in any of the previously mentioned types of entities.
USDOT expects to award $580 million in implementation grants to between 40 and 70 entities. Funding will range between $2.5 million and $25 million. The remaining $402 million will support planning and demonstration activities. The department will award between 400 and 700 grants for these projects, ranging between $100,000 and $5 million.
All projects must work toward preventing fatalities and serious injuries of pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists and commercial vehicle operators. Eligible efforts include:
- Developing comprehensive safety action plans.
- Conducting supplementary safety planning to improve action plans.
- Executing demonstration activities to inform the development or update of action plans.
- Implementing planning, design and development activities for projects and strategies outlined in action plans.
- Initiating projects and strategies detailed in action plans that address roadway safety issues.
Following this request for applications, USDOT expects that a similar amount will be available in 2026 through another funding round.
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