20.601 — Alcohol Impaired Driving Countermeasures Incentive Grants I/Safety

Program Summary and Objectives
  • Federal Agency:  agency: department of transportation
    office: national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa)
  • Program Website: www.nhtsa.dot.gov
  • Authorization: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) of 2004, Section 2007, Public Law 109-59, as amended, 23 U.S.C. 410.
  • Headquarters: Marlene Markison, Associate Administrator for Regional Operations and Program Delivery, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-2121.

To encourage States to adopt effective programs to reduce crashes resulting from persons driving while under the influence of alcohol and other controlled substances.

Examples of Projects Funded

20.600, State and Community Highway Safety.

Program Accomplishments

Implementation of impaired driving activities found in the Programmatic Criteria section, as well as costs for high visibility enforcement; the costs of training and equipment for law enforcement; the costs of advertising and educational campaigns that publicize checkpoints, increase law enforcement efforts and target impaired drivers under 34 years of age; the costs of a State impaired operator information system, and the costs of vehicle or license plate impoundment.In FY 2007, 50 states and Puerto Rico received grants.

Program Obligations
(as compiled by Subsidyscope)

Direct Expenditures Over Time