GLEN BURNIE, MD (January 10, 2025) – The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office is accepting applications from organizations seeking grant funding for traffic safety programs and projects that help reduce crashes, deaths and injuries on Maryland roadways. The grants will support initiatives addressing actions, decisions, and habits of drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists that affect road safety. This includes factors like speeding, driving under the influence, distracted driving, seatbelt use and following traffic laws. Grant requests may be submitted through February 28 for programs and activities in Federal Fiscal Year 2026, which runs October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026. The federal grants, distributed by the Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office, come from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Two types of grants are available: law enforcement overtime grants and general highway safety grants. General highway safety grants are available to eligible organizations including state and local governments, nonprofits and institutions of higher education. As noted in the BIL, special emphasis will be placed on projects in underserved or underfunded areas. Examples of activities conducted in the past include: bringing interactive simulators or presentations to high schools; helping […]
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