The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) – also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) — contains 375 programs, including the significant new Safe Streets for All program (SS4A). This blog post, which is the first of two blog posts on data and SS4A, looks at the details, with the aim of helping potential applicants better understand how to craft a strong proposal.
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity on May 16, 2022; the application deadline is September 15, 2022. SS4A is a discretionary program, meaning eligible applicants (metropolitan planning organizations, localities, tribes, and partnerships of these entities) work directly with USDOT. The purpose of SS4A grants is to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries. In addition to safety, SS4A includes equity, resilience, jobs, and economic development goals.
The program has two main components: planning grants and implementation grants with appropriated levels of $1B per year for five years. Guidance for SS4A gives detailed information on determining if you are eligible for a planning grant or implementation grant. Note: you must have a qualifying safety plan that specifies project lists before you can apply for implementation project grants.
When developing potential funding proposals, begin by reviewing USDOT’s priorities within SS4A:
Stakeholders can help highlight the most pressing safety needs, as well as desired countermeasures:
This step will help you determine whether to seek funding for a plan (or plan update) or if your existing plan(s) satisfy USDOT’s requirement for a qualified safety plan. Because qualifying information may be distributed across several plans, review multiple documents:
In Part 2 – we will take a closer look at how to use data for drafting a successful Safe Streets for All implementation grant.
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