2025 3 10 Work Session Packet 1

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Introduction 
Alignment with SS4A 
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) established the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary 
program to fund regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious 
injuries involving motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists.  
One of the initiatives funded by the SS4A program is the development of a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. 
A SAP is a planning document that prioritizes safety improvements and justifies investment decisions. Having 
a formal plan will help the City of Athens communicate clearly with stakeholders and access funding 
opportunities under this program. 
FIGURE 1: ALIGNMENT WITH SS4A  
Document Organization 
The City of Athens SAP is organized into the following Chapters: 
• Introduction: Presents the project background, goals, and purpose of the SAP
• Safety Analysis: Provides an overview of citywide crash trends and explains how equity informed the SAP
• Equity Considerations: Identifying underserved communities through data and partner collaboration and 
analyzing population characteristics and equity impacts of proposed projects and strategies. 
• Engagement and Collaboration: Provides a summary of the City’s efforts to inform, consult, involve,
collaborate with and empower the public in the development of this plan. 
• Strategies: Describes potential engineering and driver-related countermeasures. 
• Policy and Process Changes: Includes an assessment of current policies, plans, and standards to identify 
opportunities for prioritizing transportation safety, with implementing through adopting revised or new policies
and guidelines. 
• Project Selection: Includes criteria for prioritizing project and corridors, indicating where improvements should 
be implemented first. 
• Progress and Transparency: Includes a description of measures the City will take over time to ensure 
transparency with stakeholders, including annual reporting on progress toward reducing roadway fatalities and 
serious injuries and posting the Action Plan online. 
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