Local HSIP Cycle 12 Call-for-projects

It is expected that HSIP Cycle 12 Call-for-projects be announced around late April or early May 2024.

Local HSIP Cycle 11 Call-for-projects

In HSIP Cycle 11 Call-for-projects, 434 applications have been received. The projects approved for HSIP Cycle 11 funding was announced on March 9, 2023. Click here for more details.

All applications must be submitted electronically with no hard copies. Applicants must submit the applications before the deadline. Any submittal after midnight of 9/12/2022 will not be accepted. Please review the Application Instructions for more details. For any questions regarding the call for projects, please contact your Caltrans District Local Assistance Engineer (DLAE).

All applicants are expected to review the HSIP Guidelines and Local Roadway Safety Manual for California Local Road Owners prior to working on their specific applications:

• HSIP Guidelines (PDF) provide overall guidance and general information for the HSIP program.
• Local Roadway Safety Manual for California Local Road Owners (PDF) is is intended to assist local agencies in preparing a proactive safety analysis of their roadway networks, identifying their safety improvement priorities and applying appropriate countermeasures. The local agencies are expected to utilize the concepts in this manual in developing safety projects for competing the HSIP funding. 

Below are the documents you must have in order to prepare and submit an application. Please download all these documents for your use.

Note:  https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pdf-reader.html.

• HSIP Cycle 11 Application Form (PDF) (right click and select "save link as")

• Application Instructions (PDF)

The applicants must complete the application form and attach the documents to the application form for each application. The application form will be submitted electronically to Caltrans once the submittal button on the last page is clicked.

• HSIP Analyzer (for BCR Applications) (PDF)(right click and select "save link as")
• HSIP Analyzer (for Set-aside Applications) (PDF) (right click and select "save link as")
• HSIP Analyzer Manual (for BCR Applications) (PDF)
• HSIP Analyzer Manual (for Set-aside Applications) (PDF)

HSIP Analyzer is a PDF form-based tool that streamlines the project cost estimate, crash data input and Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) calculation. The use of the HSIP Analyzer is required for all applications in HSIP Cycle 11.

• Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) Certification template (right click and select "save link as")

In order to apply for the local HSIP funds, an agency must have completed their Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) or an equivalent of the LRSP. Download this template and attach the completed LRSP Certification to the Application Form.

• Engineer’s Checklist for BCR Applications (right click and select "save link as")
• Engineer’s Checklist for Set-aside Applications (right click and select "save link as")

Engineer’s Checklist is required for all applications. Once your application has been finalized, please complete the checklist, and attach the scanned checklist to the application form.

HSIP CYCLE 11 Webinar

To assist agencies in preparing quality applications for HSIP Cycle 11, Caltrans and FHWA held a webinar on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Below are the presentation slides, webinar recording and Q&A.

• Presentation Slides (PDF)
• Webinar Recording
• Questions & Answers

Application examples from HSIP Cycle 9

The below example applications from HSIP Cycle 9 are provided as a reference for the applicants. Please note in HSIP Cycle 10, many questions have been moved from the application form to the HSIP Analyzer. Applicants may also refer to these applications for examples of application attachments (Right-click and choose "save target as..." to save the files).

District 3 West Sacramento:  systemic approach, multiple locations with two safety countermeasures.

District 5 Monterey: one intersection, three safety countermeasures.

District 6 Kings County: one intersection, install roundabout.

District 7 Ventura County: Example application for “Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements” set-aside.

NOTE: Caltrans has prepared and intends to share these example projects within the governance of United States Code: Title 23, Section 148 (h) (4) which reads as follows: “ Discovery and admission into evidence of certain reports, surveys, and information. -

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or data compiled or collected for any purpose relating to this section, shall not be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in a Federal or State court proceeding or considered for other purposes in any action for damages arising from any occurrence at a location identified or addressed in the reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or other data.”