USDOT Awards $1 Billion in Roadway Safety Grants

The Safe Streets and Roads for All program selected 297 projects, with ten addressing the nation's truck parking shortage.

Updated on Nov. 1, 2026 in Trucks

Bold flat-color editorial illustration of a single flatbed truck parked beside a straight desert highway, with a roundabout curving in the distance. — The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $1.01 billion on October 29 to 297 roadway safety projects, ten targeting the national truck parking shortage. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $1.01 billion in Safe Streets and Roads for All grants on October 29, funding 297 projects. Ten of the selected projects address the truck parking shortage.

Why it matters

Truck parking shortages have been a long-running concern for freight operators and highway safety planners. The awards direct federal dollars toward local safety and parking studies in communities across the country.

Four projects that explicitly reference truck parking carry combined federal grants of approximately $21.6 million, or 2.1% of the total package. The Pecos, Texas award alone is $12 million for freight corridor safety improvements.

The players

U.S. Department of Transportation

The federal agency responsible for national transportation policy, which administers the Safe Streets and Roads for All program and announced the awards.

The details

The Pecos, Texas project along U.S. Highway 285 and Interstate 20 frontage roads is intended to reduce unauthorized truck parking while improving safety through access management, upgraded lighting, speed monitoring and a roundabout. Reeves County, Texas received a $4.1 million planning and demonstration grant for truck parking safety studies.

October 14: USDOT announced $200 million in INFRA program funding.
October 29: USDOT announced SS4A grants exceeding $1 billion.

Roadmap

The Safe Streets and Roads for All program, created to fund local roadway safety projects, now channels a portion of its awards toward freight-related truck parking. The inclusion of truck parking in a roadway safety program reflects growing federal attention to how commercial vehicle stops affect highway conditions.

Local governments in the awarded communities will begin planning and studies that may shape nearby truck parking availability. Drivers who regularly use these corridors may see changes to access, lighting and speed enforcement as projects advance.

The takeaway

Federal safety funding is increasingly reaching freight-related infrastructure, so communities with truck parking concerns may find new resources through similar grant programs.