WLIA 2025 Annual Conference Appleton

There are several new federal funding opportunities pertaining to safety, such as Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) which require a significant degree of GIS analysis. To capitalize on the funding opportunity, ECWRPC has developed a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan to allow communities in the Appleton and Oshkosh MPO to apply for federal SS4A funding. Using Wisconsin’s Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory crash data, as well as environmental factors determined by community stakeholders, a High Injury Network was defined for the roadway network. With the first solicitation of SS4A funding following Plan approval, the City of Oshkosh was able to successfully apply for SS4A Implementation funding to build a pedestrian bridge over IH-41, mitigating the conflict between non-motorists and vehicles occurring at the roundabouts surrounding the interstate.