Purpose
To support, enrich, or evaluate State CMV safety programs and to accomplish these objectives: implement, promote, and maintain national programs to improve CMV safety; increase compliance with CMV safety regulations; increase public awareness about CMV safety; provide education on CMV safety and related issues, and demonstrate new safety related technologies.
Authorization
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, Pub. L. No.109–59, § 4107(a), 119 Stat. 1144, 1719–20 (2005), as amended by SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110-244, §4101(a), §4107, 122 Stat. 1572, 1616, as amended by Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, Pub. L. No.112-141, §§ 32603(a), 32603(d), 126 Stat. 405, 807, 808 (2012).
Statute
49 U.S.C. §§ 31104(a), 31104(k) (2006), as amended.
Grantees
States, local governments, US Territories & Commonwealths, the District of Columbia, & organizations representing Government agencies that employ & train qualified officers & employees in coordination with State motor vehicle safety agencies.
Type of Grant
Discretionary
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number
20.218
Match
20%; no match is required for grants awarded in support of public information/education/outreach activities.
Grantee | Amount | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center | $506,552 | To purchase 75 Advanced Computer Tablet Technology (ACTT) and related software. |
Alabama Department of Public Safety | $75,000 | Lead efforts to promote the outreach and educational component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative. |
Alabama Department of Public Safety | $627,503 | Lead efforts to conduct the enforcement and evaluation component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative. |
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities | $131,268 | Rural roads safety enforcement and support a train-the trainer program for an infra-Red Inspection System that identify brake system deficiencies. |
| Arizona Department of Public Safety | $744,260 | Lead efforts to conduct the enforcement and evaluation component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative. |
| Arizona Department of Public Safety | $10,000 | Lead efforts to promote the outreach and educational component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative. |
| Colorado State Patrol/Motor Carrier Safety | $314,050 | Lead efforts to promote the outreach and educational component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative. |
| Colorado State Patrol/Motor Carrier Safety | $399,560 | Lead efforts to conduct the enforcement and evaluation component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative. |
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles | $280,000 | Conduct special inspections details for CMV and motorcoach assessments and enforcing distracted driving and seatbelt laws. |
| Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles | $500,000 | Lead efforts to promote the outreach and educational component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative. |
Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles | $554,578 | Lead efforts to conduct the enforcement and evaluation component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative. |
Georgia Department of Public Safety | $35,087 | Deploy vehicle mounted thermal imaging camera to identify CMV and non-CMV safety issues and the presence of hazardous materials as well. |
| Georgia Department of Public Safety | $100,452 | Increase safety outreach and enforcement by conducting 4 state-wide strike forces on passenger carriers. |
Georgia Department of Public Safety | $372,000 | Lead efforts to promote the outreach and educational component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) and No-Zone Initiatives. |
| Georgia Department of Public Safety | $280,835 | Lead efforts to conduct the enforcement and evaluation component of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) Initiative. |
Indiana State Police | $836,120 | Develop a strong roadside inspection presence, focusing on traffic enforcement, seat belt usage, texting prohibitions and distracted driving enforcement in 40 historically high crash counties. |
Kansas Highway Patrol | $212,000 | Troopers on Patrol for Safety (TOPS) outreach and education |
| Kansas Highway Patrol | $360,336 | Troopers on Patrol for Safety (TOPS) enforcement and evaluation |
Kentucky State Police | $150,000 | Conduct driver-only inspections during times when fatigue-related crashes occur. |
| Louisiana Department of Public Safety | $320,000 | Perform traffic enforcement. |
Massachusetts State Police | $135,273 | Conduct passenger carrier inspections and enforcing public bus operator texting and hand-held cell phone prohibitions. |
| Mississippi Department of Public Safety | $319,930 | Conduct the enforcement and outreach and education components of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT). |
Nebraska State Patrol | $44,016 | Offer post-crash inspection training to certified CMV inspectors. |
New Hampshire Department of Safety | $55,413 | Conduct outreach and educational components of the No Zone and teens and trucks initiatives. |
New York Department of Transportation | $477,229 | Conduct inspections and raising CMV safety awareness. |
| North Carolina State Highway Patrol | $267,655 | Conduct two Road Watch Operation campaigns and targeted enforcement campaigns to enhance CMV compliance on high crash corridors. |
State of Michigan | $312,718 | Conduct the enforcement and evaluation components of the FMCSA Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT). |
| State of Michigan | $94,956 | Conduct outreach and education components of the FMCSA Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks initiative (TACT). |
State of Montana | $209,509 | Conduct enforcement and education and outreach components of Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT). |
Texas A&M Transportation Institute | $125,548 | Provide research, guidance, and project resources for the Teens in the Driver Seat® peer-to peer program. |
Tennessee Department of Safety | $616,099 | Conduct passenger carrier inspections, providing FMCSA safety regulation training to motor carriers, and providing teen safe driving education. |
Utah Department of Transportation | $52,000 | Conduct the enforcement component of the Truck Smart and Drive to Stay Alive campaigns statewide. |
Utah Department of Transportation | $432,491 | Conduct the outreach and evaluation component of the Truck Smart and Drive to Stay Alive campaigns statewide. |
State subtotal: | $9,952,438 | |
| Local Jurisdictions | ||
Nevada, Reno Police Department | $181,305 | Conduct passenger vehicle and work zone safety enforcement activities. |
New York, County of Suffolk | $352,457 | Conduct outreach and education activites, increasing seat belt usage, and conducting passenger vehicle inspections. |
New York, Nassau County | $254,493 | Conduct North American Standard CMV inspections. |
Pennsylvania, City of Philadelphia | $242,313 | Conduct bus and truck inspections, aggressive driving and seatbelt enforcement, and safety awareness meetings with stakeholders. |
Pennsylvania, City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | $205,242 | Conduct the enforcement components of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT), seat belt safety initiatives, and conduct roadside and passenger vehicle inspections. |
Texas, City of Austin | $743,231 | Conduct the enforcement and evaluation components of the FMCSA Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks initiative (TACT). |
Texas, City of Austin | $202,301 | Conduct the outreach and education components of the FMCSA Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks initiative (TACT). |
| Texas, City of San Antonio | $536,952 | Conduct enforcement and evaluation components of the FMCSA Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks initiative (TACT). |
| Texas, City of San Antonio | $325,960 | Conduct the outreach and educational components of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks initiative (TACT). |
| Texas, Houston Police Department | $393,282 | Conduct enforcement and outreach and education components of the Safe Trucks Driven Safely initiative. |
| Utah, Salt Lake City Corporation | $309,996 | Conduct outreach and education components of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) and No-Zone initiatives statewide. |
| Utah, Salt Lake City Corporation | $181,600 | Conduct enforcement and evaluation components of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT). |
Washington, City of Spokane | $109,865 | Conduct outreach and education components of Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT). |
Local jurisdiction subtotal: | $4,038,997 | |
| Other Entities | ||
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance | $454,251 | Coordination and Expanding four safety initiatives: Operation Roadcheck, Operation Air Brake, North American Cargo Securement Harmonization Public Forum, and a Symposium on Driver Field of Vision. |
| Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance | $112,000 | Production and distribution of the Guardian quarterly magazine. |
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance | $353,790 | Operation Safe Driver Week media event and CMV safety DVDs. |
Other entity subtotal: | $920,041 | |
TOTAL | $14,911,476 | |