UPI
By Doug Cunningham
May 17, 2024
May 17 (UPI) -- On Friday the U.S. Department of Transportation announced $63 million in local road safety grants for 99 communities.
The money is from the Biden administration's bipartisan infrastructure law.
"Bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers should be safe on our roads and streets, and the Biden-Harris Administration is taking action across the country to make our roads safer for everyone who uses them," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a statement.
He said the grants through the Safe Streets For All program will help improve roads, enhancing safe sharing by bikes, cars and pedestrians.
According the DOT, about 40,000 Americans are killed on U.S. roads each year, even as road fatalities have decreased over the last seven quarters.
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