Greeley Awarded $1.3 Million U.S. DOT Grant to Improve Traffic Safety

The city will use the SMART grant to advance intersection technology

GREELEY, Colo. - The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the City of Greeley a $1.38 million grant to improve the safety and efficiency of intersections. The funding comes from the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) program and will support a pilot project.

"As Greeley grows, we must use innovative and creative technology to maintain our public safety standards," said Paul Trombino, managing director for the City of Greeley.

"This funding will help us improve response times for emergency vehicles and snowplows. We'll also make our streets safer by improving detection and warning systems for vulnerable road users like pedestrians. It's a key component of our larger vision to create a transportation system that works for everyone."

About the Pilot Program

The Connected Greeley - Emergency Vehicle Preemption (CG-EVP) Pilot will use new technology to:

• Give priority to firetrucks, UCHealth ambulances and snowplows at traffic lights.
• Detect vulnerable people like pedestrians, wheelchair users and cyclists at intersections.
• Help transit buses stay on schedule with traffic signal priority.

How It Works

The city will install devices at 43 intersections. It will also equip 50 city and emergency vehicles with connected technology. When the device detects an equipped vehicle, the traffic light changes to give it priority.

Three busy intersections will also get pedestrian detection systems:

• 8th Avenue at 10th Street
• 10th Avenue at 20th Street
• 11th Avenue at 22nd Street

These will help protect pedestrians when emergency vehicles pass through.

The system will be managed with software from Kapsch TrafficCom. The pilot project will also track real-time traffic data to improve safety over time. The project is expected to be completed by December 2025.

This project is part of the city's "Greeley on the Go" transportation master plan. It also supports the Vision Zero goal to reduce traffic crashes and fatalities. Learn more at greeleygov.com.

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