Edhat Staff
Over $420 million delivered to California to date for roadway safety through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants
Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that 51 California projects were awarded over $152 million through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program to improve roadway safety. The SS4A program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.
“From children crossing busy intersections to commuters driving to and from work, Californians depend on roadway safety improvements to prevent fatal vehicle collisions,” said Senator Padilla.“Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, California has secured another $152 million in federal funding to make our streets and roadways safer for the millions of pedestrians, bicyclists, and commuters who rely on them every day. The action plans developed and implemented with this critical funding will save lives and curb serious injuries across all corners of our state.”
Recipients of SS4A grants across California include:
- City of Goleta — $364,000: City of Goleta Demonstration Activities. This award will be used by City of Goleta to implement a public safety dashboard to track and monitor safety projects, Vision Zero Public Safety Campaign that will include development of a traffic calming toolbox, and a Safe Routes to School program to establish non-motorized transportation options for students residing in the Old Town neighborhood.
- University of California, Santa Barbara — $791,611: Santa Barbara Bike and Pedestrian Count Program. This award will be used by the University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with the City of Santa Barbara, to collect pedestrian and cycling count data in Santa Barbara, integrate it with crash data, and determine future road safety audits by identifying unsafe pedestrian and cycling hot spots.
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City of San Luis Obispo – $400,000: San Luis Obispo Planning & Demonstration Project. This award will be used by the City of San Luis Obispo to conduct a comprehensive safety assessment, including a detailed analysis of the collision history; a roadway safety audit; expanded data collection; and stakeholder engagement. A quick-build demonstration project will occur where fatal accidents have happened, adding protected bike lanes, corner bulb-outs, temporary medians or left-turn provisions and/or prohibitions to control access, road diet elements, and speed feedback signs.
A complete list of the SS4A grants awarded to California is available here.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established the SS4A discretionary program with $5 billion in appropriated funds from 2022-2026. Eligible project types for this round of funding for the SS4A program included projects that will:
- Develop a comprehensive safety action plan (Action Plan)
- Conduct supplemental safety planning to enhance an Action Plan
- Carry out demonstration activities to inform the development of, or an update to, an Action Plan
- Perform planning, design, and development activities for projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan
- Implement projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan that address roadway safety problems
Last December, Senator Padilla announced that California was awarded over $139 million for 56 projects through the SS4A program. Padilla and the late Senator Dianne Feinstein previously announced $133 million in SS4A grants for California.
Just more noisy comments from the people who don’t understand government and civilization.
Traffic calming toolbox $364,000
Count bicycles $791,600
Data collection $400,00
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law…sure glad that passed
Nothing substantial. Just more of the local staffs doing studies, analysis and reports that get put on a shelf. And Padilla is patting himself on the back for that???
We need more sales tax so that the local government has more money for all these studies.
I mean who doesn’t want to know how many people put their seatbelt on before they put their car in drive vs those who put the car in drive first and then put their seatbelt on.
$500,000 ought to do it.
Then another $500,000 for an outreach project to educate drivers.
Let pass AB 101 “EDUCATION FOR ALL ACT”
Your tax dollars are hard at work! Wait, I thought our tax dollars were already supposed to cover these types of expenses?
Absolutely agree with you on that!