Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program
Program Overview
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) established the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary program with $5 billion in appropriated funds over 5 years, 2022-2026. The SS4A program funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. Almost $2 billion is still available for future funding rounds.
The SS4A program supports the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) National Roadway Safety Strategy and our goal of zero roadway deaths using a Safe System Approach.
Combining the FY22, FY23, and FY24 awards to date, SS4A has provided $2.9 billion in Federal funding to over 1,600 communities in all 50 States and Puerto Rico. Through this important funding source, USDOT is empowering Tribal, local, and regional efforts to save lives and reduce serious injuries on our roadways.
Program Awards to Date: Key Facts
Key facts from SS4A awards over the past 3 years include the following:
- Awards will improve roadway safety planning for around 75 percent of the nation’s population.
- Around 60 percent of the funding benefits underserved communities.
- About half of communities awarded are new direct Federal funding recipients to USDOT.
- Almost half of communities are in rural areas.
- 44 percent of communities receiving funding have populations under 50,000.
- Over 97 percent of first-year award recipients have grant agreements in place and over 57 percent of second-year award recipients have grant agreements in place.
2024 Awards: Key Facts
Key facts about the 2024 SS4A award selections to date include the following:
- 710 SS4A awards totaling $1,241,490,821.
- 640 Planning and Demonstration Grant awards totaling $434,890,481.
- 70 Implementation Grant awards totaling $806,600,340.
- Over 60% of funds benefit underserved communities.
- The Implementation Grant awards provide significant safety benefits to all people who use our roadways:
- The roadways and areas that received funding to implement projects had 612 lives lost and 14,004 injuries over the past 5 years.
- 95 percent of awards are going to provide significant safety benefits to pedestrians.
- 94 percent of awards are going to provide significant safety benefits to bicyclists.
- Over half are going to provide significant safety benefits to people taking transit.
- Over $200 million in funding benefits communities in rural and Tribal areas.
Award Announcements
$172 Million Awarded to 257 Communities
Read the press release and learn about the selected FY24 projects.
Funding Opportunities
Next Opportunity: Fiscal Year 2025
The fiscal year (FY) 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Safe Streets and Roads for All program closed on August 29, 2024.
The FY25 NOFO is expected to be released before the end of March 2025.
Applicant Guidance
For more information and SS4A applicant guidance, view the following pages:
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Eligibility
The following groups of applicants are eligible for the SS4A grant program:
- Political subdivisions of a State, which includes counties, cities, towns, transit agencies, and other special districts.
- Metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs).
- Federally recognized Tribal governments.
Learn more about eligible applicants for SS4A.
Grant Types
The SS4A program supports the development of a comprehensive safety action plan (referred to as an “Action Plan”) that identifies the most significant roadway safety concerns in a community and the implementation of projects and strategies to address roadway safety issues. Action Plans are the foundation of the SS4A grant program.
SS4A requires an eligible Action Plan be in place before applying to implement projects and strategies.
The SS4A program provides funding for two types of grants: Planning and Demonstration Grants and Implementation Grants.
Learn more about these grant types in the brief descriptions below and see the following pages for more details:
- Eligible Uses of SS4A Funding
- Comprehensive Safety Action Plans
- Planning and Demonstration Activities
- Implementation Grants
Planning and Demonstration Grants
Planning and Demonstration Grants provide Federal funds to develop, complete, or supplement an 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, Tribal area, or region.
Planning and Demonstration Grants also fund supplemental planning activities in support of an Action Plan and demonstration activities in support of an Action Plan.
Implementation Grants
Implementation Grants provide Federal funds to implement projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan to address a roadway safety problem. Eligible projects and strategies can be infrastructural, behavioral, and/or operational activities.
Implementation Grants may also include supplemental planning and demonstration activities to inform an existing Action Plan, and project-level planning, design, and development activities.
Applicants must have an eligible comprehensive safety action plan (referred to as an “Action Plan”) to apply for an Implementation Grant.
New in FY24, potential Implementation Grant applicants could submit their Action Plan(s) for pre-application review so that USDOT may affirm their eligibility to apply for an Implementation Grant.