Deadline: 15-Jan-23
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is pleased to announce a Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds (TTPSF).
The National Roadway Safety Strategy (issued January 27, 2022) commits the DOT and FHWA to respond to the current crisis in traffic fatalities by “taking substantial, comprehensive action to significantly reduce serious and fatal injuries on the Nation’s roadways,” in pursuit of the goal of achieving zero highway deaths. FHWA recognizes that zero is the only acceptable number of deaths on our roads and achieving that is our safety goal. FHWA therefore encourages Tribes and other funding recipients to prioritize safety in all Federal highway investments and in all appropriate projects, using relevant funding, including funds from TTPSF.
The TTPSF emphasizes the development of strategic transportation safety plans using a datadriven process as a means for Tribes to determine how transportation safety needs will be addressed in Tribal communities. Transportation safety plans are a tool used to identify risk factors that lead to serious injury or death and organize various entities to strategically reduce risk. Transportation safety plans are aimed at preventing transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in a locality that may include
- A goal and timeline for eliminating fatalities and serious injuries;
- An analysis of the location, severity, and contributing factors of vehicle-involved crashes in a locality;
- An analysis of community input, gathered through public outreach and education;
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A data-driven approach to identify projects or strategies to prevent fatalities and serious injuries in a locality, such as those involving:
- Education and community outreach;
- Effective methods to enforce traffic laws and regulations;
- New vehicle or other transportation-related technologies; and
- Roadway planning and design; and
- Mechanisms for evaluating the outcomes and effectiveness of the transportation safety plan, including the means by which that effectiveness will be reported to residents in a locality.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $21,238,560
- Award Ceiling: $21,238,560
Eligible Projects
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Under 23 U.S.C. § 148(a)(4)(B), eligible projects are limited to the following:
- An intersection safety improvement that provides for the safety of all road users, as appropriate, including a multimodal roundabout.
- Pavement and shoulder widening (including addition of a passing lane to remedy an unsafe condition).
- Installation of rumble strips or another warning device, if the rumble strips or other warning devices do not adversely affect the safety or mobility of bicyclists and pedestrians, including persons with disabilities.
- Installation of a skid-resistant surface at an intersection or other location with a high frequency of crashes.
- An improvement for pedestrian or bicyclist safety or safety of persons with disabilities.
- Construction and improvement of a railway-highway grade crossing safety feature, including installation of protective devices or a grade separation project.
- The conduct of a model traffic enforcement activity at a railway-highway crossing.
- Construction or installation of features, measures, and road designs to calm traffic and reduce vehicle speeds.
- Elimination of a roadside hazard.
- Installation, replacement, and other improvement of highway signage and pavement markings, or a project to maintain minimum levels of retroreflectivity, that addresses a highway safety problem consistent with a State strategic highway safety plan (SHSP).
- Installation of a priority control system for emergency vehicles at signalized intersections.
- Installation of a traffic control or other warning device at a location with high crash potential.
- Transportation safety planning.
- Collection, analysis, and improvement of safety data.
- Planning integrated interoperable emergency communications equipment, operational activities, or traffic enforcement activities (including police assistance) relating to work zone safety.
- Installation of guardrails, barriers (including barriers between construction work zones and traffic lanes for the safety of road users and workers), and crash attenuators.
- The addition or retrofitting of structures or other measures to eliminate or reduce crashes involving vehicles and wildlife.
- Installation of yellow-green signs and signals at pedestrian and bicycle crossings and in school zones.
- Construction and operational improvements on high risk rural roads.
- Geometric improvements to a road for safety purposes that improve safety.
- A road safety audit.
- Roadway safety infrastructure improvements consistent with the recommendations included in the publication of FHWA entitled “Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians” (FHWA-RD-01-103), dated May 2001 or as subsequently revised and updated.
- Truck parking facilities eligible for funding under section 1401 of the MAP-21.
- Systemic safety improvements.
- Installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication equipment.
- Installation or upgrades of traffic control devices for pedestrians and bicyclists, including pedestrian hybrid beacons and the addition of bicycle movement phases to traffic signals.
- Roadway improvements that provide separation between pedestrians and motor vehicles or between bicyclists and motor vehicles, including medians, pedestrian crossing islands, protected bike lanes, and protected intersection features.
- A pedestrian security feature designed to slow or stop a motor vehicle.
- A physical infrastructure safety project not described in clauses.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants for TTPSF discretionary grants are federally recognized Indian Tribes identified on the list of “Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs” (published at 86 FR 18552 or future updates). Other entities may partner with a Tribal government to submit an application, but the eligible applicant must be a federally recognized Indian Tribe. A Tribe may submit more than one application; however, only one project may be included in each application. In the event a Tribe submits more than one application, each application will be evaluated separately
- The FHWA anticipates high demand for this limited amount of funding and encourages applications with scalable requests that allow more Tribes to receive funding and applications for requests that identify a commitment of other funding sources to complement TTPSF funding 9 requests. Applicants should clearly demonstrate the independent components of each project that can be completed if only partial funding is provided. Applicants should demonstrate the capacity to successfully implement the proposed request in a timely manner and ensure that cost estimates and timelines to complete deliverables are included in their applications.
- Recipients of prior TTPSF funds may submit applications during this current round according to the selection criteria. However, to be competitive, the applicant should demonstrate the extent to which the previously funded project or projects has met estimated project schedules and budget, as well as the ability to realize the outcomes for previous awards.
For more information, visit DOT.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340972
