Overview
The FHWA Safe Streets for All (SS4A) program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, provides $5 billion between 2022 and 2026 primarily to local governments for roadway safety improvements. Before local jurisdictions can apply for SS4A grants, a roadway safety plan must be in place. To fulfill this requirement and to set a cohesive regional safety vision, WFRC completed a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP) for its council area, including Davis, Salt Lake, Morgan, Tooele, Weber, and southern Box Elder counties, in April 2024. Development of the plan began in July 2023 and involved extensive stakeholder engagement and in-depth roadway safety analysis spanning several months.
WFRC’s Transportation Coordinating Committee (Trans Com) voted to adopt the CSAP on April 25, 2024. The CSAP, which can be accessed below, fulfills the plan requirement for SS4A implementation grant applications and also serves as a resource for local jurisdictions in the WFRC area working to improve roadway safety.
Local jurisdictions can access additional information about safety needs on specific roadway segments via this GIS Story Map.
For more information regarding the WFRC CSAP, please contact Kip Billings.
Comprehensive Safety Action Plan
Click below the PDF readers to download the Executive Summary and Final Plan. See appendices below.
To download specific sections of the CSAP appendices, click below. Appendix D is downloadable by Geographic Focus Area (GFA).
Appendix D: Geographic Focus Area (GFA) Safety and Analysis and Case Study Projects
Utah continues to emphasize statewide transportation safety, and as funding opportunities have expanded, this has renewed excitement and expanded collaboration. One example of this coordinated focus happened at the Utah League of Cities and Towns Midyear Conference in April 2024, where WFRC joined other Utah metropolitan planning organizations, the Utah Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration to host a transportation safety workshop. Leaders discussed the transportation safety vision for Utah’s future, safety action plans, partnership opportunities for local, regional, state, and federal transportation agencies, and more. Quotes from the workshop panelists are included below.
Mayor Dawn Ramsey, South Jordan
“Contact your MPO. Know who your UDOT people are. And don’t be afraid to apply. Zero fatalities is something we can achieve.”
Robert Miles, Utah Department of Transportation Director of Traffic and Safety
“Stay part of the conversation. If we keep working together, we have a lot going for us into the future. Until we hit zero, we’re never going to stop.”
Ted Knowlton, Wasatch Front Regional Council Deputy Director
“We have to think about the future and the community we want to create when we make decisions about infrastructure. Bake it into your planning process to look beyond the edges of your community. There’s a lot of cool things that can happen when communities plan together.”
David Cox, Federal Highway Administration Safety and Area Engineer
”The Safe Streets and Roads for All program is just one aspect of the national safety strategy, which includes safety standards, complete streets, vehicle to other aspects of the system technology, post-crash care, and more.”
Calvin Clark, Mountainland Association of Governments Transportation Project Manager
“A safety action plan is a data-driven approach that identifies the areas with the most safety needs so we can target those areas first.”
Nick Gayer, Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization Planner
“The City of Alexandria, Virginia recorded zero fatalities in 2023. If they can do it, I don’t know why we can’t.”