The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program has been a popular and successful program since its creation in the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Through four years of its initial five-year authorization, the SS4A program has provided more than 2,300 grants to all 50 states and Puerto Rico worth $3.9 Billion. On December 23, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the 521 awards being made for SS4A grants for 2025 applications.
One year remains for this $5 billion program as Congress looks forward to a new transportation bill as SS4A, and all federal transportation programs, are authorized through 2026. The timing and specifics of the 2026 round has not yet been announced. Interested communities should subscribe for email updates.
The 2025 round of SS4A was the first round administered by the Trump administration. While there have been worrying signs about whether bicycle safety is truly a priority, from the purge of websites to reviews and modifications of previous grants, many of the largest grants awarded in the 2025 SS4A round were to Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFCs) and included bicycle infrastructure. This is especially notable as there were so many applications that rejection letters stated that 75% of applications were not selected for funding.
Out of 25 grants receiving $10 million or more in federal funds, ten were awarded to BFCs or counties that include BFCs, including the following awards:
- Phoenix, Arizona (a Bronze BFC) will receive $24.2 million in federal funds for safety upgrades at high-injury intersections and corridors, including piloting protected bike lanes in Phoenix Connected Active Neighborhood villages.
- Wichita, Kansas (a Bronze BFC) received $20 million in federal funds for multimodal safety improvements along a 7-mile stretch of Broadway Avenue, including buffered bike lanes.
- Leon County, Florida which contains Tallahassee (a Silver BFC) will receive $16.8 million in federal funds for corridor-wide safety improvements along a 7-mile stretch of North Monroe Street, including filling in bike lane gaps. The project description noted that 8 out the 10 fatalities that occurred between 2018 and 2022 on this corridor were people biking or walking.
- Ridgeland, Mississippi (a Bronze BFC) will receive $15.7 million in federal funds for a reconfiguration of West Jackson Street that will include upgraded pedestrian and bicyclist facilities, including adding dedicated bike lanes and studying a speed limit reduction.
- Gallatin County, Montana which contains Bozeman (a Silver BFC) will receive $13.9 million in federal funds to construct a roundabout and build a 1.75 mile shared-use path along Huffine Lane. The project description noted that a pedestrian and bicyclist were killed on Huffine Lane, a 55 mph road, in 2022.
- Omaha, Nebraska (a Bronze BFC) will receive $10 million in federal funds to construct three roundabouts and conduct demonstration activities for quick-build infrastructure using delineators, median islands, and mini-roundabouts. While bicycle infrastructure was not described in the project description, many of the quick-build infrastructure features can contribute to safer neighborhood routes that are useful as bicycle routes.
We’ll be taking a closer look at SS4A awards and look forward to working with communities and advocates interested in this funding as the year continues, but it is great to see that Bicycle Friendly Communities benefited from many of the largest SS4A awards in 2025.