Resources

The following resources are intended to help interested stakeholders prepare to apply for a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant and conduct project planning and activities if awarded SS4A funding.

SS4A Application Aids

The following application materials, instructions, checklists, and planning worksheets are intended to help guide applicants through the SS4A eligibility and application process.

Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY25 SS4A Grants

Application Materials

The following documents should be completed and uploaded with your application in Valid Eval:

• Standard Forms (required for all SS4A applications)
• Self-Certification Eligibility Worksheet (required for Implementation Grant applicants OR Planning and Demonstration Grant applicants requesting funds for supplemental planning and/or demonstration activities only and are not in the process of developing an SS4A-funded Action Plan)
• Supplemental Estimated Budget Templates
  • Planning and Demonstration Grant Supplemental Estimated Budget Template
  • Implementation Grant Supplemental Estimated Budget Template

Instructional Fact Sheets

The following documents provide guidance or instructions to complete various elements of the SS4A application:

• Application Checklists:
  • Planning and Demonstration Grant Application Checklist
  • Implementation Grant Application Checklist
• How to Complete the Standard Forms
• Identifying Underserved Communities
• Calculating Average Annual Fatality Rate Fact Sheet
• Project Area Crash Data Fact Sheet for Implementation Grants
• Preparing Your Spatial Data File
• Costs and Contracting Fact Sheet
• Matching Funds for SS4A Grants

Pre-Application Action Plan Review

Potential Implementation Grant applicants may submit any referenced Action Plan(s) for pre-application review so that USDOT may affirm or provide details regarding whether the Action Plan meets the eligibility requirements for an Implementation Grant. Pre-application submissions must be received by May 9, 2025.

Pre-application review is not required. Pre-Application is not available for Planning and Demonstration Grant applicants.

Learn more, including how to request a review, on the SS4A Pre-Application Action Plan Review page.

Grant Assistance

• Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – Technical Assistance and Local Support (FHWA)
• DOT Navigator (USDOT)
• Grants 101 (Grants.gov)
• Register for a System for Award Management (SAM) Number (SAM.gov)
• Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR Part 200)
• Rural Grant Applicant Toolkit for Competitive Federal Transportation Funding (USDOT)

Safe System Approach

• National Roadway Safety Strategy (USDOT)
• Office of Safety (FHWA)
• Safety Resources (FHWA)
• Zero Deaths – Saving Lives through a Safety Culture and a Safe System (FHWA)
• Vision Zero Community of Practice (FHWA)
• Recommendations of the Safe System Consortium (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health)

Comprehensive Safety Action Planning

Identifying Stakeholders and Building a Task Force

• Collaborating Across Departments to Achieve Vision Zero (Vision Zero Network)

Identifying Problems and Setting Goals

• Explore Census Data (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Statistical Products and Data (USDOT BTS)
• Road Safety Audits (FHWA)
• Analysis & Information Online (FMCSA)
• Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) (NHTSA)
• Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST) (NHTSA)
• State Traffic Safety Information (STSI) (NHTSA)
• Indian Health Service Injury Prevention Program (IHS)
• National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS)

Developing an Action Plan

• Strategic Transportation Safety Plan Toolkit for Tribal Governments (FHWA)
• Integrating Planning and NEPA - Planning and Environmental Linkages (FHWA)
• Advice for Integrating Post Crash Care (NEMSAC/NHTSA)
• Fundamentals of Vision Zero Action Planning (Vision Zero Network)
• Guidelines for an Effective Vision Zero Action Plan (Vision Zero Network)
• Nine Components of a Strong Vision Zero Commitment (Vision Zero Network)

Selecting Countermeasures and Strategies

• Proven Safety Countermeasures (FHWA)
• Intersection Safety (FHWA)
• Roadway Departure Safety (FHWA)
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Program (FHWA)
• Achieving Multimodal Networks: Applying Design Flexibility and Reducing Conflicts (FHWA)
• Measuring Multimodal Network Connectivity (FHWA)
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Design Flexibility (FHWA)
• Crash Modification Factors Clearinghouse (FHWA)
• Systemic Approach to Safety (FHWA)
• Complete Streets Transformations (FHWA)
• Our Roads, Our Safety (FMCSA)
• Highway-Rail Grade Crossing and Trespassing Research (FRA)
• Manual on Pedestrian and Bicycle Connections to Transit (FTA)
• Countermeasures That Work (NHTSA)
• Tribal Road Safety (CDC)
• Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Highway Safety Program (BIA IHSP)

Case Studies, Noteworthy Practices, and Local Examples

• Roadway Safety Noteworthy Practices (FHWA)
• Case Studies on Implementing the Safe System Approach in the U.S. (ITE)

Evaluating Demonstration Activities

• Evaluation Toolkit for Quick-Build Pilots and Demonstration Activities (Barr Foundation)

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