Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program

The Road Safety Outreach component, or the Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program (ERSTPP) was first introduced in 2019. The program provides funding to support initiatives that contribute to a safe and secure transportation system. The ERSTPP aims to reduce road-related collisions, injuries, and fatalities, and encourage harmonization with provincial and territorial road safety initiatives through funding projects that help create nationally consistent tools that address road safety challenges. Eligible recipients include not-for-profit and for-profit private sector road safety organizations, academia, Indigenous groups, road safety organizations, other organizations that take an active role in advancing road safety issues/perspectives of their members, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA), municipalities, provinces, territories, and provincial or territorial-owned entities. The ERSTPP has improved road safety for Canadians by tackling persistent safety challenges related to impaired driving, driver training, distracted driving, advanced driver assistance technologies, and connected autonomous vehicles. Between 2019 and 2021, three annual calls for proposals were completed with a total of 89 projects approved for funding.