Feds Provide Grants for Safer Streets to Nearly 3/4 of the U.S. Population

This year’s grants “come at a key moment for road safety in America,” DOT wrote in a press release. “While road fatalities have decreased over the past seven quarters, approximately 40,000 people die on U.S. roads each year and a growing share of those lives lost are outside of motor vehicle[s], such as by bicyclists.” According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, more than 7,500 pedestrians died on the roads in 2022, the highest number in more than 40 years.

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Story by Jared Brey
May 28, 2024