In 2024, as part of a joint application with the Puget Sound Regional Council and other cities, the City of Edmonds secured federal funding from the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program to develop a Safety Action Plan - a vital step toward making our streets safer for everyone. All jurisdictions are working independently to complete their plans. Safety action plans are comprehensive plans aimed at reducing and eliminating serious injury and fatal crashes affecting all roadway users.
The SS4A program is a Federal Initiative that provides funding to support regional, local, and tribal efforts aimed at preventing roadway deaths and serious injuries. In this grant program, Safety Action Plans are the basic building block to significantly improve roadway safety. They use data analysis to characterize roadway safety problems and strengthen a community’s approach through projects and strategies that address the most significant safety risks. The SS4A grant program is guided by the Safe System Approach, which involves a paradigm shift to improve safety culture, increase collaboration across all safety stakeholders, and refocus transportation system design and operation on anticipating human mistakes and lessening impact forces to reduce crash severity and save lives. The Plan demonstrates the City’s support for and general consistency with the Washington State Target Zero initiative.
FINAL SAFETY ACTION PLAN
Approved by City Council on April 28, 2026, the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan has been finalized to make streets safer for everyone. The Plan lays out a coordinated set of projects, programs, and policies designed to make streets safer, easier to navigate, and welcoming for everyone whether walking, biking, driving, or using transit.
From the list of projects identified in the plan, the next step is to identify the project(s) that should be applied for as part of the 2026 SS4A Call for Projects.
Link to Safety Action Plan PDF
