On November 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced 257 fiscal year 2024 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant awards totaling $172 million to local, regional, and Tribal communities.
This is the third and final award announcement for FY 2024. Combined, 710 communities have received over $1.2 billion as part of the FY 2024 funding round.
Two projects were awarded in Hawai’i. These are in support of the City & County of Honolulu’s Pedestrian Master Plan and Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization‘s Safe Routes to School Plan.
$3,450,000 was awarded to the City & County of Honolulu for Safety Improvements at High-Injury Locations Demonstration Project as part of the Honolulu Pedestrian Master Plan. This award will be used by the City and County of Honolulu to install safety demonstratio improvements at uncontrolled crosswalks and signalized intersections. The award will also be used to analyze findings of the demonstration activities and to update the Oʻahu Vision Zero Action Plan.
$400,000 was awarded to the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization to develop the Oahu Safe Routes to School Comprehensive Action Plan. This award will be used by the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization to create a Comprehensive Action Plan to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety around schools and undertake additional planning efforts to bolster transportation safety within designated School Walk Zones.
In FY23, all four counties were awarded planning or implementation funds from the Safe Streets & Roads for All grant, including:
- $13,400,000 to The County of Maui, Hawai’i for multiple safety improvements on Keawe Street, an important connector between two principal arterials in West Maui near where the Lahaina fire occurred in 2023. The project includes crosswalks improvements, pedestrian refuge islands, roundabouts, and buffered bicycle lane to separate vehicular traffic from pedestrians and cyclists. The corridor experiences higher speeds and traffic volumes than designed for, and the dangerous conditions serve as a barrier for residential communities along Keawe Street to access nearby business parks and commercial centers within walking and cycling distances. The project will also install rectangular rapid flashing beacons, reduce existing crossing distances, and install new bicycle boxes to improve safety for bicycle turns at intersections.
- $3,360,000 to County of Hawai’i to update the Hawai’i Island Vision Zero Action Plan, and to pilot technology demonstration activities. This will include using AI to analyze and visualize safety issues at intersections; real-time warnings to intersection users through a variable message board, LED walkway light mat, or beacons; and camera/sensor installation to enable real-time notification to vehicles.
- $1,670,400 to City & County of Honolulu for supplemental planning activities to plan solutions for significant ped/bike safety improvements for seven corridors in the downtown Honolulu area.
- $200,000 to County of Kauai to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
For more information about the Safe Streets & Roads for All grant program, click here to visit the U.S. DOT website