The Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund emphasizes the development of strategic transportation safety plans using a data-driven process as a means for Tribes to identify transportation safety needs and determine how those needs will be addressed in Tribal communities.
Donor Name: Federal Highway Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/15/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Categories
- Safety Plans Category
- The TTPSF emphasizes the importance of strategic transportation safety plans. Tribes can use TTPSF funds to develop data-driven transportation safety plans. These plans help Tribes identify and document transportation safety needs in Tribal communities.
- Data Assessment, Improvement, and Analysis Category
- Safety data is critical for making informed transportation safety decisions. Eligible activities for this category include:
- Planning for improvement of safety data using tools like the self-assessment tool in the Tribal Crash Reporting Toolkit at or more detailed traffic records assessments;
- Crash data improvement including software and technology to support electronic crash reporting;
- Technology to enable the electronic sharing of crash data with other jurisdictions;
- Collection of roadway asset data (when the applicant demonstrates how such data will be used to further transportation safety efforts);
- Risk-based (systemic) safety study to address a safety need across the roadway network;
- Road Safety Audit for a specific location; or
- Other study to better understand or document safety needs.
- Safety data is critical for making informed transportation safety decisions. Eligible activities for this category include:
- Systemic Roadway Departure Countermeasures Category
- Tribes can reduce the risk of serious roadway departure crashes by making improvements to keep drivers in their lane, providing recovery areas, and establishing crashworthy roadsides.
- Infrastructure Improvement Category
- A wide variety of projects are eligible for this category. This category is flexible to the needs identified in a Tribe’s transportation safety plan. Typical projects submitted under this category include pedestrian, intersection, speed management, and roadway departure safety improvements.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 25,118,400
- For applications to develop a Tribe’s first transportation safety plan (award maximum $15,000).
Eligibility Criteria
Native American tribal governments.
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