Webinar – How to Make your Safe Streets and Roads for All Application Successful
Join Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) and successful 2022 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) applicants to learn how to make your FY2023 application stand out to USDOT. At this webinar, we discussed 2023 applications, which are due July 10th, as well as future SS4A funding cycles and other safety-focused programs such as the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). While focusing on how to create a successful application, this webinar also addressed the importance of including traffic-separated bike and pedestrian routes as an important component to decreasing fatalities and injuries among vulnerable road users.
During this session, Betty, Will, and Aaron walked through the SS4A application process, discussed why trails and active transportation were important components of their projects and highlighted elements of their applications that made them successful in the FY2022 funding round.
Panelists:
- Betty Smoot-Madison, Director of Mobility Planning, City of Atlanta’s Department of Transportation
- Aaron Wilson, Planning Manager, City of Missoula’s Public Works & Mobility Department
- Will White, Transportation Project Specialist, City of Salisbury’s Department of Infrastructure & Development
- Kim Chesser, State Agency Advocacy Specialist, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Isabelle Lord, Advocacy Coordinator, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (moderator)
Related Links:
- Learn more about the SS4A program on RTC’s website. https://www.railstotrails.org/policy/funding/safety/ss4a/
- Review the notice of funding opportunity on Grants.gov. https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=347207
- Learn more about the City of Atlanta’s Vision Zero approach: https://atldot.atlantaga.gov/programs/vision-zero
- Learn more about the Moving Atlanta Forward infrastructure package: https://www.atlantaga.gov/government/mayor-s-office/2022infrastructure
- Atlanta project info can be found at atldot.atlantaga.gov/projects
- A summary of the Atlanta project can also be found on page 16 of the 2022 SS4A grant award fact sheets: https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2023-02/SS4A-2022-Implementation-Grant-Award-Fact-Sheets.pdf
- Send comments and questions to ​BSmoot-Madison@AtlantaGA.gov
- Read more about how communities are using data to more equitably plan for trails and active transportation: https://www.railstotrails.org/build-trails/trail-building-toolbox/planning/leveraging-data-to-advance-equitable-planning-and-development/
- The 2022 S4A grant award fact sheets contain summaries of successful projects, including the ones discussed on today’s session. https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2023-02/SS4A-2022-Implementation-Grant-Award-Fact-Sheets.pdf
- Missoula MPO: https://www.missoulampo.com/
- Send comments and questions to WilsonA@ci.missoula.mt.us
- Learn more about Vision Zero Salisbury: https://vision-zero-salisbury.hub.arcgis.com/
- Send comments and questions to wwhite@salisbury.md
- Learn more about the National Roadway Safety Strategy https://www.transportation.gov/NRSS and the Safe System Approach https://www.transportation.gov/NRSS/SafeSystem
- Highway Safety Improvement Program: https://highways.dot.gov/safety/hsip
- Learn more about the TrailNation Collaborative: https://www.railstotrails.org/our-work/trailnation/collaborative/
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