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
This page will be updated with more specific application resources when the fiscal year 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity is released.
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)
- Zero Deaths – Saving Lives through a Safety Culture and a Safe System (FHWA)
- Vision Zero Toolkit (FHWA)
- Vision Zero Community of Practice (FHWA)
- Complete Streets (FHWA)
- A Safe System-Based Framework and Analytical Methodology for Assessing Intersections (FHWA)
- Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists (FHWA)
- Recommendations of the Safe System Consortium (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health)
- Road to Zero: Safe System Strategic Plan (FHWA)
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)
- Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) (NHTSA)
- Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST) (NHTSA)
- State Traffic Safety Information (STSI) (NHTSA)
- National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NHTSA)
- Statistical Products and Data (USDOT BTS)
- Roadway Safety Data Dashboards (FHWA)
- Highway Safety Information System (FHWA)
- Analysis & Information Online (FMCSA)
- Road Safety Audits (FHWA)
- Road Safety Audit Toolkit for Federal Land Management Agencies and Tribal Governments (FHWA)
- Indian Health Service Injury Prevention Program (IHS)
Developing an Action Plan
- 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)
- Transportation Safety Planning and the Zero Deaths Vision: A Guide for Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Local Communities (FHWA)
- Complete Streets Transformations (FHWA)
- Lessons Learned from Development of Vision Zero Action Plans (FHWA)
- Do-It-Yourself Local Road Safety Plan (FHWA)
- Strategic Transportation Safety Plan Toolkit for Tribal Governments (FHWA)
- A Champion’s Guidebook to Saving Lives (FHWA)
- Integrating Planning and NEPA - Planning and Environmental Linkages (FHWA)
- Advice for Integrating Post Crash Care (NEMSAC/NHTSA)
- Crosswalk: SS4A and Safety Plan Templates (FHWA)
Selecting Countermeasures and Strategies
- Proven Safety Countermeasures (FHWA)
- Intersection Safety (FHWA)
- Roadway Departure Safety (FHWA)
- Countermeasures That Work (NHTSA)
- Effective Roadway Safety Strategies (FHWA)
- Highway-Rail Grade Crossing and Trespassing Research (FRA)
- Our Roads, Our Safety (FMCSA)
- 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)
- Manual on Pedestrian and Bicycle Connections to Transit (FTA)
- Crash Modification Factors Clearinghouse (FHWA)
- A Systemic Approach to Safety - Using Risk to Drive Action (FHWA)
- 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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