Technical Assistance Center

The SS4A Technical Assistance Center is excited to invite you to the next session in our “Addressing Roadway Safety” series. The session will focus on how to use data to identify High-Injury Networks (HINs) and High-Risk Networks (HRNs) to help determine priorities for safety improvements.

A HIN is a data-defined set of roadway locations where a disproportionate number of traffic fatalities and serious injuries occur. Relatedly, an HRN builds on crash data by incorporating roadway, traffic, and contextual risk factors to proactively identify locations with an elevated safety risk, including places that may not show a high number of crashes.

A better understanding of HINs and HRNs will help grant recipients strengthen their safety prioritization and ensure that limited funding is spent where it is needed most.

Guest speakers will share practical strategies and lessons learned from their Action Plan development that you can apply to your project work. As with previous sessions, the discussion will offer actionable insights, whether you’re just starting out or already working on your SS4A project.

During the March peer exchange SS4A Tribal grant recipients heard from the SS4A TAC about noteworthy practices and lessons learned on how to conduct data analysis and risk-based safety planning. Participants gained practical solutions and insights that can be used to strengthen stakeholder engagement in their own communities.

The SS4A Technical Assistance Center is excited to invite you to the next session in our “Addressing Roadway Safety” series. The session will focus on data-driven approaches and innovative technologies that can help improve roadway safety.

By considering different data approaches and examining how emerging technologies can support roadway safety goals, SS4A grant recipients can tailor strategies to their community and identify solutions that may not be evident through more traditional approaches to safety planning.

Guest speakers will share practical strategies and lessons learned from their Action Plan development that you can apply to your project work. As with previous sessions, the discussion will offer actionable insights, whether you’re just starting out or already working on your SS4A project.

The FHWA Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) team is hosting the SS4A FY25 Grant Agreement Template Webinar. The webinar will provide SS4A FY25 grant recipients with background on the grant agreement process as well as an overview of how to complete the Grant Agreement template with instructions and best practices.

As a follow-up to the previous Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) panel discussion on vulnerable road users, the SS4A Technical Assistance Center is excited to invite you to the third session in our "Addressing Roadway Safety" series focused on accessibility strategies to improve roadway safety.

The webinar will include an overview of the SS4A grant program and resources available on the SS4A Clearinghouse website. In addition, the webinar will include a Q&A session to address questions you may have about SS4A TAC offerings.

During the session, SS4A grant recipients will hear from the City of Corvallis (Oregon) about noteworthy practices and lessons learned engaging with transitory populations (e.g., college or university students) on roadway safety efforts. Attendees will join small breakout rooms with the SS4A TAC team and discuss possible strategies with one another. Participants will gain practical solutions and insights that can be used to strengthen stakeholder engagement for nontraditional stakeholders in their communities.

As a follow-up to the previous Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) panel discussion on rural roadway departures, the SS4A Technical Assistance Center team is excited to invite you to the next session in our “Addressing Roadway Safety” series focused on safety for vulnerable road users (VRUs).

Data shows that fatalities among vulnerable road users have increased steadily in recent years, even as overall traffic deaths have begun to decline. This trend underscores the disproportionate risk these road users face in roadway crashes. The panel will discuss practical strategies and lessons learned that you can use to improve roadway safety for vulnerable road users in your community. As with previous sessions, the discussion will provide actionable tips whether you’re just starting or already working on your SS4A project.

This webinar reviews the quarterly reporting requirements for SS4A grant recipients, including the two quarterly reporting forms: Performance Progress Report and Federal Financial Report. The webinar provides an overview of the key parts, fields, and data required in each form.

The September peer exchange will give SS4A grant recipients the chance to join small breakout rooms of their choice and hear directly from peers about how they're engaging with key stakeholders on their roadway safety efforts. Participants will gain practical solutions and insights that can be used to strengthen stakeholder engagement in their own communities.

Did you know that roadway departure crashes – when a vehicle crosses an edge line, center line or otherwise leaves the traveled way – are one of the leading causes of serious injuries and fatalities on our Nation’s roadways? Thankfully, there are many resources available to help address the cause of these crashes and their severity when they do happen.

The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Technical Assistance Center is excited to invite you to an upcoming SS4A Community of Practice webinar with guest speakers who will share how roadway departures have affected their rural communities and what they’re doing to prevent them. Whether you’re just getting started or already working on an SS4A project, this discussion will offer practical tips and real-world strategies that you can use to help make your community’s roadways safer.

Are you interested in discussing noteworthy practices, challenges, and lessons learned with other SS4A grant recipients? Would you like to identify potential areas of collaboration with your peers? Join the SS4A Technical Assistance Center (TAC) team for our next peer exchange, where you will have a chance to meet and share information with your peers in small breakout rooms.

The April peer exchange will focus on the Leadership Commitment component of your comprehensive safety action plans (Action Plan). This exchange is open to SS4A Action Plan grant recipients that already have an executed grant agreement. Please complete the sign-up form linked above if you are interested in participating.

Are you interested in discussing roadway safety insights and lessons learned with like-minded SS4A grant recipients? Would you like to identify potential areas of collaboration with your peers? Join the SS4A team for an hour of networking with your peers to learn about their Action Plans and development process.

As you begin to plan the next steps in your roadway safety journey, your attention will most likely shift to implementing the strategies identified in your Action Plan. SS4A is here to help you identify and navigate potential funding options that can help turn your Action Plan into funded roadway safety projects. Whether you just started developing your Action Plan or are nearly finished, now is a great time to start those conversations so that the momentum from developing your Action Plan can carry over for your community.

During the webinar, the SS4A Team and FHWA Transportation Specialist Karen Scurry will join us to talk about:

• Finding opportunities to fund your Action Plan projects
• How to incorporate content in your Action Plan to help secure project funding
• Examples of how SS4A grant recipients can coordinate with their respective States regarding Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding.

This webinar will provide SS4A FY24 grant recipients with an introduction to the SS4A program and describe next steps in developing and executing grant agreements.

The Safe System Approach (SSA) continues to be embraced by the transportation community as an effective way to address and mitigate the risks inherent in our complex transportation system. This approach focuses on both human mistakes AND human vulnerability and designs a system with many redundancies in place to protect everyone. In this webinar, fellow SS4A grant recipients will share their experiences incorporating this approach into their comprehensive safety action plans and projects. Participants will hear first-hand from their peers about how they made the SSA a key part of their efforts, the thought processes involved, and the factors that influenced and shaped their final products.

The SS4A Community of Practice's third peer exchange will be on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 and will focus on Comprehensive Safety Action Plans (Action Plans) and your safety story. The August Peer Exchange is open to Planning and Demonstration grant recipients working on their Action Plans. The August meeting will be limited to 50 participants.

During the July Community of Practice meeting, FHWA will provide an in-depth review of the Safe System Approach and discuss how SS4A grant recipients can use the Safe System Approach to maximize the benefits of their projects.

This webinar will provide SS4A FY24 grant recipients with an introduction to the SS4A program and describe next steps in developing and executing grant agreements.

The June CoP Peer Exchange will focus on Comprehensive Safety Action Plans and Your Safety Story. Each breakout room will discuss the different Action Plan components. The June Peer Exchange is open to SS4A grant recipients that meet Peer Exchange eligibility requirements. The June meeting is limited to 40 participants.

The April Community of Practice meeting provides SS4A grant recipients with information related to procurement standards documented within 2 CFR 200. The webinar discusses the 2 CFR 200 requirements that dictate how grant recipients acquire goods and services and answers questions about the procurement process.

The SS4A Community of Practice’s inaugural peer exchange focuses on data collection. The March exchange is open to rural Planning and Demonstration grant recipients who are not using consultants or contractors for their data analysis. The March meeting is limited to 40 participants on a first come, first served basis.

The SS4A Initial Webinar for Grant Recipients describes next steps for grant recipients and Division Office staff. Topics include program overview, roles and responsibilities, key program requirements, and preparing for the project kick-off meeting.

The Community of Practice Kickoff Meeting describes the benefits of SS4A grant recipient participation in the CoP and opportunities for grant recipients to get involved. The meeting also includes a presentation from the Vision Zero Network about building strong stakeholder coalitions.