The city of chicopee initiative to plan for and implement complete and safe streets for all will fill a critical need for the development of a safety action plan to help mitigate the citys trend of…

The federal Project Grant award of $320,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration's Safe Streets and Roads for All (CFDA 20.939) program supports the City of Chicopee, Massachusetts in developing a comprehensive Safety Action Plan and implementing Complete Streets strategies. The project, operating under a Vision Zero approach, will help mitigate the city's disproportionately high rate of vehicle-related incidents and improve multimodal transportation safety. The grant, awarded on August 9, 2024, will fund data analysis, stakeholder engagement, feasibility studies, and infrastructure improvements over a two-year period, with a target completion date of August 9, 2026. This grant aligns with the program's objectives to reduce fatal and serious injuries across diverse transportation systems nationwide.

The city of chicopee initiative to plan for and implement complete and safe streets for all will fill a critical need for the development of a safety action plan to help mitigate the citys trend of having a highly disproportionate number of vehicle-related incidents and increase multimodal travel safety. The project will operate with the lens of vision zero and complete streets principles.