This $187,000 formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will support the Rhode Island Department of Transportation's efforts to address distracted driving through September 2026. Funded under the National Priority Safety Programs and its Distracted Driving grant provisions, the Rhode Island DOT will use the funds to enforce state distracted driving laws through educational advertising, traffic sign placement, and law enforcement activities. The broad eligible...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received a $2.8 million formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) to address distracted driving in the state from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The formula grant program aims to encourage states to address national highway safety priorities identified by Congress, including occupant protection, state traffic safety information...
This federal Formula Grant award was provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) to support distracted driving prevention programs in the state of Rhode Island. The $219,712.94 grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will enable the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to implement evidence-based strategies aimed at reducing motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from distracted...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $241,290.63 Formula Grant under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) on October 1, 2024. This grant funding supports certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.24(f). The grant is available to qualifying states that enact and enforce laws prohibiting texting while driving or youth cell phone use while driving. RIDOT, a state...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) was awarded a $223,706.25 Formula Grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (NPSP) program. The award period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The NPSP program aims to encourage states to address national highway safety priorities such as occupant protection, traffic records systems, and impaired driving. RIDOT will use the funding to support...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation received a $2.8 million formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. As administered by NHTSA at the federal level and state highway safety offices at the state level, this formula grant program provides funding for states to implement programs aimed at reducing traffic crashes, deaths,...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation received a $349,186.04 Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the National Priority Safety Programs federal grant program (CFDA 20.616). The funding supports certain costs of Rhode Island's occupant protection programs consistent with requirements under 23 C.F.R. § 1300.21(f) from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. Specifically, the grant will help Rhode Island address national highway safety...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received a $1,380,242.66 formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs. The grant funding will support RIDOT's impaired driving countermeasures programs from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026 consistent with 23 C.F.R § 1300.23(j). As a formula grant under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA #20.616), the funding is designed to encourage states...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received a $1,342,771.50 formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (NPSP) grant program. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. As a formula grant under the NPSP program, RIDOT will use the funding to implement impaired driving countermeasures that address national highway safety priorities identified by Congress....
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) received a $391,567 formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) to support state traffic safety information system improvements from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The formula grant program aims to encourage states to address national highway safety priorities such as occupant protection and impaired driving countermeasures. Under...