Southern Plains TTAP
Tribal Technical Assistance Program
Oklahoma State University
Transportation News Update
Serving Tribes in Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
July 2, 2013
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Have a happy and safe 4th of July!

Oklahoma DOT

Crash Data Collection

Monday, July 15

9:00 am to 11:30 am


Millions of dollars are spent annually to make our highways safe and efficient, with most safety improvements resulting from the analysis of crash information at specific locations. The Crash Data Collection class will teach you how to log in to the Oklahoma's Safe-T System where you will be able to access crash data for your area. This 2 1/2 hour class will be conducted by Ken Hess, Oklahoma DOT, Traffic Engineering Division, Collision Analysis & Safety Branch. 

 

Reliable and accurate data are needed for a variety of purposes, including advocating for road safety, identifying specific problems and risks, setting targets, formulating appropriate strategies, and attaining funding.

 

A Federal Register call for Tribal Transportation Program safety projects is expected later this month.

 

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If you have any questions or comments about TTAP training, please email me [email protected].
 
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Caddo Tribal Safety Workshop held in 
Anadarko, OK
on June 26
 
The Caddo County Fairgrounds was the site of the Caddo Tribal Road Safety Workshop, hosted by the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, on Wednesday, June 26. 
 
Over 30 tribal, county, city, state, and federal partners gathered together to discuss transportation safety issues affecting the tribal service areas in southwest Oklahoma. The discussion focused on ways to reduce fatalities and injuries on area roadways. 
 
Milton Sovo, Transportation Director, began the meeting with an invocation, followed by a welcome by Diana Woodward, Business Manager. Jim Self, Southern Plains TTAP Director, provided an update on MAP-21, including information on the call for safety projects expected on the Federal Register by the end of the month. Karla Sisco, TTAP Specialist presented an overview of Tribal Safety Plans, with special emphasis on the development process. 
 
Toni Short, Injury Prevention Coordinator, discussed her program's efforts in child safety seats, seatbelt education, and impaired driving education, while describing the importance of building partnerships among tribes, communities, and the state.
 
The group discussed the possibility of forming an Intertribal Safety Council for the seven tribes in southwest Oklahoma. Chance Slater, Oklahoma Highway Safety Office, noted that a SAFE Communities group is being organized in the southwest region of the state.
  
 

First Responders
Traffic Incident Management Exchange
Held June 19 in Stillwater, OK

Round 2 of the Federal Highway Administration's Every Day Counts initiatives brought a discussion of Traffic Incident Management procedures to the Center for Local Government Technology on June 19. Tribal, city, state, and county officials gathered for this meeting, as well as many first responders.

 

Traffic incidents, including crashes, disabled vehicles and debris on the road create unsafe driving conditions; put motorists and responder lives at risk; and account for approximately 25 percent of all traffic delays. Traffic Incident Management (TIM), a product of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2), uses a multiple discipline perspective whereby, first responders within states, regions and localities learn how to operate more efficiently and collectively. 

 

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Federal Transit Administration

FTA publishes final rule on D&A regulations
Amended by MAP-21, effective June 25, 2013
 

 

FTA has published a Final Rule in the Federal Register.

 

This rule amends 49 CFR part 655 to implement 49 U.S.C. 5331(g)(2), as amended by � 20022 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, Public Law 112-141 (2012) (MAP-21). The new legislation provides the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) with the option of barring a recipient from receiving Federal public transportation funds, in an amount the Secretary considers appropriate, for non-compliance with FTA's D&A regulations which are codified at 49 CFR part 655. This authority is delegated to the FTA Administrator pursuant to 49 CFR 1.91.

 

With this rule, FTA is amending part 655 to implement this discretionary statutory enforcement remedy available to the Administrator. Additionally, this rule makes several technical corrections to part 655 that include: (1) Removing reference to 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4) from 49 CFR part 655 as it relates to recipients of the Federal Highway Administration's Interstate Substitute Program which has been repealed; (2) replacing the terms ''mass transportation'' and ''mass transit'' with the term ''public transportation'' as defined in 49 U.S.C. 5331(a)(3); and (3) revising Subpart I to more clearly explain the statutory requirement to establish a compliant D&A testing program as a condition for receiving Federal transit funds and the associated compliance and certification requirements for recipients.

 

 Click here to see the full Final Rule, which is effective June 25, 2013 (PDF Format).
 Click here to visit the FTA Drug and Alcohol Regulations, Rules, and Notices page.

 

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Jason Vogel
Erosion Control class coming in September
Dr. Jason Vogel, Stormwater Specialist 

 

This comprehensive course set for Tuesday, September 10, covers stormwater, sediment and erosion control from fundamental principles to practical design applications. The course includes use of the newest techniques and methodologies. Basic principles of environmental hydrology and sedimentology are presented along with design procedures and consideration for installation and maintenance. Attention is given to explaining why some stormwater designs work and why others do not.

 

Construction and other large land disturbing activities can modify the hydrologic balance and damage or degrade water resources. As of March 13, 2003, the U.S. EPA, through its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater regulations, requires effective stormwater and erosion control plans for all construction sites of one acre or more. Many local and state governments require developments to control stormwater runoff and sediment production. Although a variety of computer-based techniques are available to assist the designer, a basic understanding of hydrology, erosion, and sedimentation processes is needed to assure the available design software is used properly.

 

Photo Journal of Illinois River Restoration Project

 

Sign up for Erosion Control Class

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OTTC Meeting and TTAP Advisory Committee
To meet on August 20 at ODOT
 
The Oklahoma Tribal Transportation Council will meet at 10:30 am on Tuesday, August 20, at the Commission Room at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 200 NE 21st, Oklahoma City, OK. At 1:30 pm, the Southern Plains TTAP Advisory Committee will convene in the same location.
 

The OTTC Scholarship Review Board invites students to apply for the Lyle Deere Memorial Scholarship. The recipient will receive $500.00 toward tuition costs for the 2013-2014 academic year. 

 

Pursuant to its mission to support educational opportunities of Native Americans, the Oklahoma Tribal Transportation Council (OTTC), will fund an educational scholarship for federally recognized Tribes of Oklahoma to maximize educational opportunities with funds provided by this scholarship. Please see the form below for additional requirements.

 

OTTC June Meeting Minutes

 

Lyle Deere Scholarship Application

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Tribal Transit Driver

FTA Tribal Transit grant deadline: July 8, 2013
Apply on Grants.Gov
 

FTA solicited proposals for FY 2013 Tribal Transit Program (TTP) discretionary funds in the May 9, 2013 Federal Register Notice.  Applicants can apply for FY 2013 discretionary funds at Grants.Gov by July 8, 2013 11:59 pm EST.

  

Applicants must be registered in the System for Award Management Database (SAM), and they must also completely respond to items presented in the Tribal Transit FY 2013 supplemental form to be considered for TTP funding. 

 

Evaluation criteria include the following:

 

Planning and Local Prioritization * Project Readiness * Demonstration of Need * Demonstration of Benefits * Financial Commitment and Operating Capacity

 

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Aianta

American Indian Tourism Conference
Coming to Tulsa, OK

The 15th Annual American Indian Tourism Conference is coming to the Hard Rock Hotel & Conference Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, September 22-26. 

The conference is designed to share knowledge, experience and best practices from both tribal and non-tribal tourism programs around the United States. Each conference features mobile workshops, networking events and presentations from experts in the travel & tourism industry. 
 

  
SPTTAP                                             

Jim Self, Director
[email protected]

Karla Sisco, Editor


This material is based upon work supported by the U. S. Department of Transportation under Agreement No. DTFH61-12-H-00004.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Highway Administration. 
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