Sec. 24112. SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM
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## SEC. 24112 SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM **[**[23 U.S.C. 402 note](/us/usc/t23/s402)**]** ###
(a)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Comprehensive safety action plan The term “comprehensive safety action plan” means a plan aimed at preventing transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries in a locality, commonly referred to as a “Vision Zero” or “Toward Zero Deaths” plan, that may include— #####
(A)a goal and timeline for eliminating fatalities and serious injuries; #####
(B)an analysis of the location and severity of vehicle-involved crashes in a locality; #####
(C)an analysis of community input, gathered through public outreach and education; #####
(D)a data-driven approach to identify projects or strategies to prevent fatalities and serious injuries in a locality, such as those involving— ######
(i)education and community outreach; ######
(ii)effective methods to enforce traffic laws and regulations; ######
(iii)new vehicle or other transportation-related technologies; and ######
(iv)roadway planning and design; and #####
(E)mechanisms for evaluating the outcomes and effectiveness of the comprehensive safety action plan, including the means by which that effectiveness will be reported to residents in a locality. ####
(2)Eligible entity The term “eligible entity” means— #####
(A)a metropolitan planning organization; #####
(B)a political subdivision of a State; #####
(C)a federally recognized Tribal government; and #####
(D)a multijurisdictional group of entities described in any of subparagraphs
(A)through (C). ####
(3)Eligible project The term “eligible project” means a project— #####
(A)to develop a comprehensive safety action plan; #####
(B)to conduct planning, design, and development activities for projects and strategies identified in a comprehensive safety action plan; or #####
(C)to carry out projects and strategies identified in a comprehensive safety action plan. ####
(4)Program The term “program” means the Safe Streets and Roads for All program established under subsection (b). ###
(b)Establishment The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program, to be known as the Safe Streets and Roads for All program, that supports local initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets, commonly referred to as “Vision Zero” or “Toward Zero Deaths” initiatives. ###
(c)Grants ####
(1)In general In carrying out the program, the Secretary may make grants to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, in accordance with this section. ####
(2)Limitations #####
(A)In general Not more than 15 percent of the funds made available to carry out the program for a fiscal year may be awarded to eligible projects in a single State during that fiscal year. #####
(B)Planning grants Of the total amount made available to carry out the program for each fiscal year, not less than 40 percent shall be awarded to eligible projects described in subsection (a)(3)(A). ###
(d)Selection of Eligible Projects ####
(1)Solicitation Not later than 180 days after the date on which amounts are made available to provide grants under the program for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall solicit from eligible entities grant applications for eligible projects in accordance with this section. ####
(2)Applications #####
(A)In general To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and containing such information as the Secretary considers to be appropriate. #####
(B)Requirement An application for a grant under this paragraph shall include mechanisms for evaluating the success of applicable eligible projects and strategies. ####
(3)Considerations In awarding a grant under the program, the Secretary shall take into consideration the extent to which an eligible entity, and each eligible project proposed to be carried out by the eligible entity, as applicable— #####
(A)is likely to significantly reduce or eliminate transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries involving various road users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists, and commercial operators, within the timeframe proposed by the eligible entity; #####
(B)demonstrates engagement with a variety of public and private stakeholders; #####
(C)seeks to adopt innovative technologies or strategies to promote safety; #####
(D)employs low-cost, high-impact strategies that can improve safety over a wider geographical area; #####
(E)ensures, or will ensure, equitable investment in the safety needs of underserved communities in preventing transportation-related fatalities and injuries; #####
(F)includes evidence-based projects or strategies; and #####
(G)achieves such other conditions as the Secretary considers to be necessary. ####
(4)Transparency #####
(A)In general The Secretary shall evaluate, through a methodology that is discernible and transparent to the public, the means by, and extent to, which each application under the program addresses any applicable merit criteria established by the Secretary. #####
(B)Publication The methodology under subparagraph
(A)shall be published by the Secretary as part of the notice of funding opportunity under the program. ###
(e)Federal Share The Federal share of the cost of an eligible project carried out using a grant provided under the program shall not exceed 80 percent. ###
(f)Funding ####
(1)Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated. ####
(2)Administrative expenses Of the amounts made available to carry out the program for a fiscal year, the Secretary may retain not more than 2 percent for the administrative expenses of the program. ####
(3)Availability to eligible entities Amounts made available under a grant under the program shall remain available for use by the applicable eligible entity until the date that is 5 years after the date on which the grant is provided. ###
(g)Data Submission ####
(1)In general As a condition of receiving a grant under this program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary, on a regular basis as established by the Secretary, data, information, or analyses collected or conducted in accordance with subsection (d)(3). ####
(2)Form The data, information, and analyses under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in such form such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary. ###
(h)Reports Not later than 120 days after the end of the period of performance for a grant under the program, the eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes— ####
(1)the costs of each eligible project carried out using the grant; ####
(2)the outcomes and benefits that each such eligible project has generated, as— #####
(A)identified in the grant application of the eligible entity; and #####
(B)measured by data, to the maximum extent practicable; and ####
(3)the lessons learned and any recommendations relating to future projects or strategies to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets. ###
(i)Best Practices Based on the information submitted by eligible entities under subsection (g), the Secretary shall— ####
(1)periodically post on a publicly available website best practices and lessons learned for preventing transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries pursuant to strategies or interventions implemented under the program; and ####
(2)evaluate and incorporate, as appropriate, the effectiveness of strategies and interventions implemented under the program for the purpose of enriching revisions to the document entitled “Countermeasures That Work: A Highway Safety Countermeasure Guide for State Highway Safety Offices, Ninth Edition” and numbered DOT HS 812 478 (or any successor document).
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