Safe Streets and Roads for All

SS4A — Safe Streets and Roads for All

Connects research teams and institutions for Streets and Roads for All in transport and mobility and built environment.

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The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program, authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with $5 billion over FY2022–FY2026, funds regional, local, and tribal roadway safety initiatives designed to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries through the Safe System Approach. The FY2026 round made approximately $1 billion available under two grant categories: Planning and Demonstration Grants, which support the development or supplementation of comprehensive safety Action Plans, and Implementation Grants, which fund capital and programmatic projects executing an existing eligible Action Plan. The FY2026 NOFO was posted March 27, 2026 on grants.gov (reference 361291), with the application deadline of May 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT — that deadline has now passed.

In FY2025 (awards announced December 23, 2025), DOT distributed $982.2 million to 521 communities: 454 Planning grants totaling $295.7 million and 67 Implementation grants totaling $686.5 million. Fifty percent of FY2025 awards benefited rural communities, with $340.9 million directed to rural and tribal recipients. Cumulative SS4A investment from FY2022 through FY2025 reached $3.9 billion across more than 2,000 communities in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eligible applicants are metropolitan planning organizations, political subdivisions of states and territories (including counties, cities, towns, and special districts), and federally recognized Tribal governments.

Implementation Grant applicants must hold an eligible comprehensive safety Action Plan at the time of application — either developed under a prior SS4A Planning Grant or a qualifying pre-existing plan. Given that FY2026 is the final BIL authorization year, organisations without a current Action Plan should prioritize the Planning Grant track now to position for any successor program funding in FY2027. The program has been actively rebranded as a rural-safety priority by the current administration, suggesting continued political support even beyond BIL expiration. FY2027 NOFO is anticipated in early 2027.