LTAP TTAP Your Local Roads Resource

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LTAP - TTAPYour Local Roads Resource
Federal Highway Administrations Local Technical
Assistance Program Tribal Technical Assistance
Program
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LTAP Mission

• The national Local Technical Assistance Program
  (LTAPTTAP) mission is to foster a safe,
  efficient, environmentally sound transportation
  system by improving skills and knowledge of local
  transportation providers through training,
  technical assistance and technology transfer.

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• Every year, over 38,000 transportation agencies
  throughout the United States maintain 2.9 million
  miles of roads and more than 29,000 bridges.

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The solution

• The Federal Highway Administrations (FHWA)
  Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) and
  Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) have
  the tools to help local and tribal governments
  manage their road systems.

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LTAP/TTAP

• A network of centers in each state and Puerto
  Rico
• Regional centers serve American Indian tribal
  governments

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Tribal LTAP TTAP
Michigan Tech Univ.
Calif./Nevada
The National Center for American Indian
Enterprise Development
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Tribal Technical Assistance Programs (TTAP)

• TTAP-Alaska - Alaska Tribal Technical Assistance
  Program, NW AK TTAP 329 Harbor Dr. 208, Sitka,
  AK 99835 Contact Dan Moreno Telephone (800)
  399-6376 Fax [phone] E- mail
  dmoreno_at_mail.ewu.edu Web www.ewu.edu/TTAP
• TTAP-California - TTAP-California-Nevada, The
  National Center for American Indian Enterprise
  Development 11138 Valley Mall, Suite 200, El
  Monte, CA 91731 Contact Lee Bigwater
  Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
• TTAP-Colorado - Tribal Technical Assistance
  Program at Colorado State University, Rockwell
  Hall, Rm. 321 Colorado State University, Fort
  Collins, CO 80523-1276 Contact Ronald Hall
  Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
  E-mail ronald.hall_at_colostate.edu Web
  http//ttap.colostate.edu/
• TTAP-Michigan - Tribal Technical Assistance
  Program (TTAP)TTAP/301-E Dillman Hall Michigan
  Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr,
  Houghton, MI 49931-1295 Contact Bernard D.
  Alkire Telephone [phone] Fax (906)
  487-1834 E-mail balkire_at_mtu.edu Web
  http//www.ttap.mtu.edu
• TTAP-North Dakota - Northern Plains Tribal
  Technical Assistance Program, United Tribes
  Technical College 3315 University Drive,
  Bismarck, ND 58504 Contact Dennis Trusty
  Telephone [phone] ext. 1262 Fax (701)
  530-0635 E-mail nddennis_at_hotmail.com or
  dtrusty_at_uttc.edu Web http//www.uttc.edu/organiz
  ations/ttap/ttap.asp
• TTAP-NW - Northwest Tribal Technical Assistance
  Program, Eastern Washington University Department
  of Urban Planning, Public Health Administration
  216 Isle Hall, Cheney, WA 99004 Contact David
  Frey Telephone [phone] Fax (509)
  359-7485 E-mail rrolland_at_ewu.edu Web
  www.ewu.edu/TTAP
• TTAP-Oklahoma - Tribal Technical Assistance
  Program at Oklahoma State University, 200 Cordell
  North, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
  74078-8808 Contact James Self Telephone (405)
  744- 6049 Fax [phone] E-mail
  selfjt_at_okstate.edu Web http//clgt.okstate.edu/t
  ribal.htm

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LTAP/TTAPcenters provide

• Training
• Quarterly newsletters
• Clearinghouse for information
• Information on new and existing technologies
• Technical assistance

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LTAP/TTAP centers...

• Are located at universities or state highway
  agencies

• Work in partnership with tribal, state, local
  departments of transportation and FHWA

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LTAP TTAP newsletters help you

• Learn about upcoming workshops
• Keep up with new technologies and practices
• Keep current with federal/state regulations and
  resources
• Share information with your peers

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Training - the heart of LTAP/TTAP

• Topics include
• Tribal Roads Inventory
• Tribal Construction and Work zone traffic control
• Pavement management systems
• Innovative finance and tribal participation in
  statewide planning

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Training - the heart of LTAP/TTAP

• Road Safety
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Pathways
• Enhancement including tourism
• Scenic Byways for Tribes

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TTAP/LTAP centers offer

• Workshops
• Road Shows
• Demonstrations
• Computer-based training

• Tele-conferences
• Conferences
• Videos and special Tribal resources

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TTAP/LTAP centers on the Web

• Information
• Schedules of workshops
• News
• Lending libraries and videos
• Links to additional information

TTAP/LTAP center Web sites offer...
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Support for TTAP/LTAP
Self Generated Fees
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How can you get involved?

• Get on the mailing list for the newsletter
• Send your staff for training
• Sign up for training yourself
• Enroll in a Roads Scholar program
• Sponsor a workshop or Road Show at your agency
• Partner with your TTAP/LTAP center

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For more information

• http//www.ltapt2.org/centers/list.htm
• ltap_at_apwa.net

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TRIBAL SAFETY ISSUES ON AMERICAN INDIAN
RESERVATIONS, WASHINGTON STATE

• Dick G. Winchell, FAICP
• Professor of Urban Planning
• Eastern Washington University
• Spokane, WA

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
2004

• Five thousand nine hundred and sixty-two fatal
  motor vehicle crashes occurred on roads under the
  jurisdiction of Indian reservations between 1975
  and 2002, an average of 213 fatal crashes per
  year.
• (National Highway Traffic Safety
  Administration 2004, p. 1).

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NHTSA Study

• On reservations, the number of fatal motor
  vehicle crashes increased 52.5 percent, (from 181
  fatal crashes in 1975 to 276 fatal crashes in
  2002), while the number of fatal crashes in the
  nation declined 2.2 percent (ibid, p. 1).
• American Indian reservations have become more
  dangerous, even with road improvements, going
  against the national trends of continued
  reduction in loss of life.

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Washington State Tribal Transportation Survey

• Safety in transportation planning demands
  extensive inventory management and a significant
  amount of skilled staff time. Data gaps are huge.
• While 23 tribes agree that planning for
  non-motorized transportation would improve
  safety, only six have this section included in
  their transportation plans.

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Washington State Tribal Transportation Survey

• Tribal Management (vehicle trips) and roadway
  system condition monitoring are both lacking in
  Indian Country.
• Tribal transportation staff are also lackingonly
  2 tribes out of 23 respondents have a permanent,
  full-time transportation planner.

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Washington State Tribal Transportation Survey

• To plan for safety many elements must be recorded
  and evaluated, i.e. conditions of the traveling
  vehicle and operator, the traveling path, weather
  conditions, etc.
• Not having a complete record of the fundamental
  crash site makes it very unlikely that tribes can
  evaluate safety or crash incident analysis or
  even do an acceptable reality check on their
  systems.

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Washington State Tribal Transportation Survey

• Top three priority safety projects
• Traffic control measures and/or roadway
  improvements (speed control, channelization,
  signalization, road configuration)
• Pedestrian and bicycle or sidewalk safety
  measures
• Better Signage

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Washington State Tribal Transportation Survey

• 16 tribes (66) have Crash Data information
  available
• Tribal Police are the main data source
• There is no systematic, statewide or national
  data collection system which is applied to tribal
  reservations, although the new National FARS
  study on reservations is seeking to involve
  tribes.

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Safety Element to the Tribal Transportation Plan
Vision for the Future

• Create a safe community with reduced fatalities
  and injuries
• Create multi-modal transportation to include
  pedestrian, bicycle and transit systems on
  reservations
• Create positive attitudes and awareness of safety
  issues
• Create safe roads
• Create safe sign and road management systems

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Safety Element to the Tribal Transportation Plan
Vision for the Future

• Create effective laws and law enforcement to
  promote safety
• Create transportation systems which provide
  effective access and mobility for residents and
  to meet transportation needs within the community
• Incorporate safety element actions and priority
  into TIP and transportation programs

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References

• Federal Highway Administration. 2004. Road
  Safety Fundamentals, July, 2004. Washington,
  D.C. Federal Highway Administration. U.S. GPO.
  ( http//www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/scp).
• Indian Health Services. 2003. 2000-2001
  Regional differences in Indian health. U.S.
  Department of Health and Human Services, Indian
  Health Service, U.S. GPO. May, 2003. (
  http//www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/IHS_stats).
• _____. 2002. Trends in Indian Health, 1998-99.
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
  Indian Health Service U.S. GPO. (
  http//www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/IHS_stats).
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  2004 a. Traffic Safety Facts 2002 A
  compilation of Motor Vehicle Crash Data from the
  Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the
  General Estimates System. Washington, D.C.
  U.S. Department of Transportation, National
  Highway Traffic Safety Administration U.S. GPO.
  ( http//www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa).
• _____. 2004 b. Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes on
  Indian Reservations 1975-2002. Washington,
  D.C. U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT HS
  809 727 Technical Report, April, 2004.
• Tessmar, Joe. 2004. NHTSA. Presentation at the
  7th Annual National Tribal Transportation
  Conference. Scottsdale, Az. October 26, 2004.
• Statement that NHTSA will assist tribes with
  inventory to participate in the FARS data
  collection by use of a Traffice Record
  Assessment Package. Interested Tribes can
  contact Joyce.Jones_at_ntsadot.gov 202-366-0557.

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Transportation Research Board

• Please make note of the May 1 cutoff for early
  bird registration for the TRB Summer Meeting
  scheduled for July 9-11 in La Jolla California. 
  We will have our Committee on Native American
  Transportation Issues midyear session at this
  meeting. 
• The 2007 TRB Annual Conference relating to
  workshop requests and call for papers.  These
  issues have cutoff dates on May 15 and June 1,
  well before our meeting in July.  Please let me
  know if you have any proposals for either
  workshops or a call for papers.  We will have
  commit to these a lot earlier than in past years,
  but that will help us get organized earlier as
  well. 

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Intertribal Transportation Association

• MISSION/PURPOSE
• The mission of the Intertribal Transportation
  Association (ITA) is to do all things necessary
  now and in the future to assist tribes and tribal
  communities in the evolution of their
  transportation systems and programs.
• ORGNIZATION
• ITA membership is made up of tribal communities
  and nations who have the voting power to elect
  the ITA officers and the 12 area representatives.
  A non-voting membership is also available to
  associates, individuals, and contributors who
  support the tribes and their ongoing needs in
  transportation.
• CONTACT INFORMATION
• Intertribal Transportation Association 
• c/o Mike Clements 
• P.O. Box 1359, Warm Springs OR  97761
• Ph 541-553-3468    Fax [phone]
• email mclements_at_wstribes.org   http//www.ewu.ed
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