Transportation Department to Spend Nearly $1 Billion Toward Road Safety

Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced almost $1 billion in funding to “make roads safer for American families,” the Department of Transportation (DOT) said in a Dec. 23 statement. “This investment will support projects that improve intersection safety, build roundabouts, upgrade sidewalks, and strengthen emergency response services,” the DOT said. The agency is disbursing more than $982 million in grants to 521 projects across 18 tribes, 48 states, and Puerto Rico under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) competitive grant program. SS4A was set up under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2021. The IIJA appropriated $5 billion for the 2022-2026 period for the SS4A, which aims to improve roadway safety by investing the funds in strategies that will cut down fatalities and serious injuries among motorists, transit users, truck drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians....