Your city can join the national push for safer streets and help save lives on your roads and sidewalks by applying for the almost $1 billion dollars in available grants in the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program. So far, SS4A has provided $3.9 billion in federal funding to over 2,000 communities in all 50 States and Puerto Rico. However, act quickly because this grant is available for only a short time, and applications for both planning and implementation are due on May 26, 2026 at 5:00 pm ET.
Through the Safe Streets program, USDOT is empowering Tribal, local and regional efforts to save lives and reduce serious injuries on our roadways, and the latest numbers show clear success: U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just announced this April that traffic deaths fell to record lows in 2025.
SS4A Changes National Safety Trends
America loses more than 100 lives on our roads every single day. When we prioritize safety, we save lives. The Safe Streets program has been one of the most popular and productive national infrastructure programs from Congress’ last infrastructure bill, empowering local governments and our partners like metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to target specific safety interventions for key roads that can help solve the national road safety crisis. Your local awareness of which roads need targeted fixes has made this program both incredibly accurate and effective, leading to more lives saved.
Find Out More About Applying for Safe Streets This May
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is now live and open for applications. This NOFO makes $993,488,194 available for FY 2026 grants. Of that, $687,809,874 is available for Implementation Grants with an expected number of awards ranging from 40 to 70. The expected SS4A implementation grant funding range is $2,500,000 to $25,000,000. Additionally, $305,678,320 is available for Planning and Demonstration Grants with the expected number of awards being 400 to 700, and the funding range being only $100,000 to $5,000,000.
USDOT is offering upcoming webinars to learn more about the program:
- Tuesday, April 14, 1:30 – 3:00 PM ET – Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Program – Supplemental Planning and Demonstration Activities: This webinar will offer a general overview of the SS4A program and the grant application process, with a particular focus on applying for funding for supplemental planning and demonstration activities. Register to attend the April 14 webinar.
Add Your Support for Future Safety Funding
The National League of Cities is strongly supportive of H.R. 7437 – Bridges And Safety Infrastructure for Community Success Act (BASICS Act) to increase reliable safety funding to every region in the country in Congress’ next transportation bill. As leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) and Rep. Rob Bresnahan (PA-08) partnered to introduce a bipartisan bill that could deliver reliable transportation investment in every community in America, and NLC has joined with seven of the nation’s leading local and regional government organizations to support H.R. 7437. The BASICS Act also has strong statewide support from all 50 states.
The BASICS Act strengthens the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) to confront this crisis head-on by increasing overall safety funding and preventing states from transferring HSIP dollars away from safety priorities. The bill also ensures that 25 percent of HSIP funding is delivered regionally in both urban and rural areas, giving local governments direct access to capital for proven safety projects and building on the success of the SS4A program. Share a quote in support of H.R. 7437, or click below to send a quick letter to your congressional delegation in support of BASICS.
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