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Planning
Office of Planning, Transportation Planning Cooperative Research Broad Agency Announcement
The FHWA is soliciting for proposals for research and development projects that could lead to transformational changes and revolutionary advances for transportation planning in the United States. The objective of this BAA is to advance the practice and application of transportation planning among state, regional, local, and tribal transportation planning agencies in response to significant changes in the planning process and to identify new tools, techniques and approaches that respond to national transportation planning priorities. For Tribal transportation planning, the objective of the coordinated research approach will be the development of innovative tools or approaches that will promote the integration of tribal issues into the transportation planning and programming processes at the State and metropolitan levels. Examples of research could include development of "Information Tools" for use by Tribal departments of transportation demonstrating effective consultation practices in the statewide and metropolitan transportation planning process. Tribal transportation planning research also could focus on innovative planning techniques to assist tribes in maintaining their transportation system and could define novel processes that would help Tribal Transportation Agencies more effectively utilize tools and technology even with limited resources.
Tribal Transportation Planning Capacity Building
- The Tribal Transportation Planning Capacity Building Program is designed to help decision makers, transportation officials, and staff resolve the increasingly complex issues faced when addressing transportation needs in their communities as related to tribal governments
A Citizen's Guide to Transportation Decision-Making
- The Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration developed the "Citizen's Guide to Transportation Decision-Making" to help the public understand how transportation decisions are made at the local, state, and national levels.
Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) Program, Transportation Planning Procedures and Guidelines
- This document represents a combined effort to define the transportation planning function under the IRR Program. It provides flexible guidance for Indian Tribal Governments to address transportation issues specific to the tribe rather than predetermined criteria that may not be applicable to tribal needs while yet providing a basis for developing goals and strategies that will ultimately lead to good decision-making.
Final Rule on Indian Reservation Roads Program (or PDF, 854KB)
- The final rule on the Indian Reservation Roads Program became effective October 1, 2004. This rule establishes policies and procedures governing the Indian Reservation Roads Program. Indian Reservation Roads are public roads that provide access to and within Indian reservations, Indian trust land, restricted Indian land, and Alaska native villages.
Final Rule on Indian Reservation Roads Program Subject Index (or PDF, 67 KB)
- Subject index for the Indian Research Roads Program Regulations.
Transportation Decision Making Information Tools for Tribal Governments: Developing A Long Range Transportation Plan Summary - FHWA-HEP-05-052 (or PDF, 31KB)
- This document supplements publication FHWA-HEP-05-053 as an executive summary of the full module by providing a general framework for developing a LRTP.
Transportation Decision Making Information Tools for Tribal Governments: Developing A Long Range Transportation Plan Module - FHWA-HEP-05-053 (or PDF, 278KB)
- This module, Developing a Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), provides Tribal decision-makers and planners with a summary of the fundamental process for developing a LRTP. This module offers a general framework for developing a LRTP and provides examples of noteworthy practices by several Tribal organizations.
Transportation Decision Making Information Tools for Tribal Governments: Developing the Tribal Transportation Improvement Program Module - FHWA-HEP-08-003 (or PDF, 319KB)
- This module, Developing the Tribal Transportation Improvement Program, provides
provides definitions and legal references for each of the TIP documents (TTIP, IRRTIP, metropolitan TIP, and STIP), presents an overview of how the TTIP is developed, and identifies stakeholders and their related processes.
Transportation Decision Making Information Tools for Tribal Governments: Tribal Transportation Funding Resources - FHWA-HEP-08-006 (or PDF, 1.68 MB)
- This module, Tribal Transportation Funding Resources,
identifies the funding programs and strategies that will assist Tribal governments with their transportation planning. The module should be used as a reference guide that contains detailed information on thirty-six (36) federal funding programs and the eligibility criteria for each.
Historic Preservation
Improving Section 106 Compliance by Improving Relationships: FHWA Tribal Consultation Workshops
- The Federal government's relationship with Indian tribes is deeply rooted in American history, dating to the earliest contact between colonial and Tribal governments. In order to ensure meaningful and timely tribal consultation, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is working with the Office of the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to present the FHWA Tribal Consultation Workshops.
Improving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process Through Enhanced Tribal Capacity
- The Council on Environmental Quality has established the Interagency Tribal NEPA Capacity Work Group (the Work Group) in its continuing efforts to make the NEPA process more effective, efficient and timely. The Work Group seeks to enhance the knowledge, understanding and skills of federal agencies and American Indian tribes, Alaska Native entities and Native Hawaiian organizations and thereby enable them to work together more effectively throughout the NEPA process.
FHWA Historic Preservation and Archaeology Program, Tribal Issues
- This tribal issues page provides information on tribal consultation and coordination, examples of streamlining initiatives, and links to various resources related to tribes and historic preservation.
Tribal Consultation and Cultural Resources Assessment - Environmental Justice Case Studies
- This case study describes a project that confronted the discovery of protected historical resources. The case illustrates an effective working relationship between Federal, State, and Tribal Governments. The case shows how different governmental agencies can work together on planning projects, and at the same time respond to their respective mandates, and strive to serve their constituencies in the best way possible.
Section 106 FAQ's on Tribal Consultation
- The Section 106 regulations state that "the agency official shall ensure that consultation in the Section 106 process provides the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization a reasonable opportunity to identify its concerns about historic properties, including those of traditional religious and cultural importance, articulate its views on the undertaking's effects on such properties, and participate in the resolution of adverse effects. This section provides access to frequently asked questions on this process.
Safety
Tribal Highway Safety Improvement Program Model
- This program will develop a model process and guidelines to improve Tribes' abilities to identify hazardous highway locations, sections, and elements; and to develop and prioritize projects. The goal for implementing the model process and guidelines will assist Tribes in effectively competing for Hazard Elimination Program and other available highway safety funding.
Real Estate
Acquisition of Easements over Native American Lands For Transportation Project
- The FHWA Office of Real Estate Services initiated a research activity to analyze the challenges inherent in obtaining right-of-way easements over Tribal or allotted lands, identify best practices in use by some State Departments of Transportation, and assess the applicability of these best management practices for use nationally. This research seeks to develop potential options for reducing the complexity and risk associated with the acquisition of right-of-way easements over Tribal or allotted lands.
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