Ann Arbor nets .8M federal grant, most of any U.S. city, to make streets safer

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor's plan to make city streets safer for all users just got a big funding boost.The city this week received $3.8 million thr...

February 3, 2023
12:30 PM

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor's plan to make city streets safer for all users just got a big funding boost.The city this week received $3.8 million through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program — the most money going to any city in the U.S. from the $800 million federal allocation for 510 projects.Ann Arbor officials said the money will support goals laid out in the city's Vision Zero transportation plan and will be used to advance more Vision Zero quick-build projects, as well as refine and pilot a speed-management program.

Ryan Stanton