{"id":110098,"date":"2026-01-23T18:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/110098\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:40:08","slug":"556-new-york-traffic-safety-projects-get-millions-grants-public-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/110098\/","title":{"rendered":"556 New York Traffic Safety Projects Get Millions Grants | Public Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UTICA, N.Y. — More than $54 million in federal highway safety grants will support over 500 traffic safety programs across New York State this year, including in Utica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the Governor\u2019s Traffic Safety Committee, $54.3 million was awarded to 556 projects and programs for the 2026 federal fiscal year.<\/p>\n

The grants will help fund enforcement efforts, public education campaigns, child passenger safety programs and community awareness projects.<\/p>\n

The goal is to improve highway safety and reduce deaths and serious injuries from crashes.<\/p>\n

One of the new grants includes more than $180,000 for a partnership between the New York State Sheriffs\u2019 Association and American Automobile Association.<\/p>\n

This partnership will focus on education and outreach for younger and older driver safety, as well as bicycle and pedestrian safety.<\/p>\n

Activities will include Teen Safety Summits in Utica and Garden City, bicycle rodeos and safe walking education for school-age children.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement agencies statewide also receive grants to increase patrols and prevent impaired and reckless driving during busy travel periods.<\/p>\n

Last year, 675,945 tickets were issued during enforcement efforts targeting impaired driving, speeding and distracted driving.<\/p>\n

The Mohawk Valley region will receive $361,316 in grant funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AP UTICA, N.Y. — More than $54 million in federal highway safety grants will support over 500 traffic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[862,1984,9,11,10,2352],"class_list":{"0":"post-110098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-governor","9":"tag-hochul","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-utica"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}