The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles has received a $465,100 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232) program. The purpose of this 4-year grant is to support enhancements to Rhode Island's commercial driver licensing systems and processes in order to comply with federal CDL requirements. Key deliverables include: 1) automating...
The Motor Vehicles Division of Rhode Island received a $1.784 million project grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant program (CFDA 20.232). The four-year award beginning August 1, 2021 will support Rhode Island's compliance with commercial driver's license requirements and allow the state to dedicate funding to priority activities for research, development, testing,...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $623,728 Project Grant under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation (CDLPI) Grant (CFDA 20.232) to the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles (RIDMV) to develop and implement a text message notification system for commercial driver's license (CDL) and commercial learner's permit (CLP) holders. The purpose of this grant is to provide faster and more efficient information delivery to alert drivers of important...
The Rhode Island Department of Public Safety received a $154,794 project grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The award period is from August 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023 to support, enrich, and augment Commercial Motor Vehicle safety programs through partnerships with states and other entities. Specifically, the funding will be used to...
The Rhode Island Department of Public Safety (RI DPS) received a $1,071,824 Formula Grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP, CFDA 20.218) with a performance period from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2027. The grant supports a comprehensive approach to enhancing commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety across Rhode Island, including activities such as driver and vehicle inspections, traffic enforcement, carrier...
The Rhode Island Department of Public Safety was awarded a $3.9 million Formula Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program is a federal formula grant that provides financial assistance to states to reduce crashes and hazardous materials incidents involving commercial motor vehicles. Through this funding, the Rhode Island...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles $3.4 million under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232) from June 2022 through September 2026. The funding will support several initiatives to enhance the state's commercial driver licensing services and systems. Specifically, the Connecticut DMV will integrate its Medical Certificate Portal data into a single enterprise...
This Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) provides $119,568.74 to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to support improvements to the state's traffic safety information systems. Specifically, the funding will be used to enhance the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uniformity, accessibility, and integration of Rhode Island's core highway safety databases. As a...
The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Rhode Island Department of Transportation a $2.69 million Formula Grant under the Minimum Penalties for Repeat Offenders for Driving While Intoxicated program (CFDA 20.608) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. The grant funds will support alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures in Rhode Island to comply with requirements of the Repeat Intoxicated Driver law. Specifically, the funding will help...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (Rhode Island DOT) has been awarded a $6,777,777.78 federal Formula Grant under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) administered by the Federal Highway Administration. The grant will fund interstate resurfacing projects on I-95 and I-295 across multiple jurisdictions in Rhode Island, including Johnston, Smithfield, Lincoln, Cumberland, West Warwick, Warwick, Cranston, and Pawtucket. The project aims to preserve and improve the...