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October 15, 2013
Southern Plains TTAP Tribal Transportation News
Planning for Progress 2013 coming soon!
Fall TTAP Classes
Podcast on Tribal Safety Management Plans
Geospatial Data Collaboration
Walkability means healthy and sustainable communities
National Tribal Transportation Conference
2013 LoTrans Virtual Conference and Innovation Showcase
Registration is now open! No charge! No meal costs! No nights away from home!
LoTrans features the best practices in Work Zone Safety!
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Planning for Progress 2013 coming soon!

 



THE ROOM BLOCK EXPIRES ON OCTOBER 21 for the
Planning Forum at the Hard Rock Hotel & Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma!


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Group Code: TRANSNOV2013

To call in your reservation, use the name, "OSU Tribal Transportation"
800-760-6700 

Join us for 2 days of transportation planning sessions to include Transportation Improvement Plans, Developing a Transportation Plan, Use of GIS in Planning and Asset Management, Safety Planning, and MORE!
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Podcast on Tribal Safety Management Plans

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"Developing Tribal Safety Management Plans" covers the basics of organizing and planning a Tribal Safety Workshop, from recruiting a passionate ally to synthesis of a final safety management plan.

Karla Sisco from the Southern Plains TTAP discusses the how-tos of planning a Safety Workshop that brings all the vital players together, followed by a brief explanation of the 4 Es, the value of data collection, a review of current safety practices, and finally the plan synthesis which identifies champions for each component of the safety management plan.
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Geospatial Data Collaboration in practice
WEBINAR - FREE REGISTRATION

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Geospatial Data Collaboration (GDC) encourages transportation agencies to use geospatial tools, like geographic information systems (GIS), to share data, increase collaboration, and improve the quality and speed of transportation decision-making. GDC is one element of FHWA's Every Day Counts (EDC) initiative, which is aimed at producing innovations, resources, and partnerships to shorten project delivery, enhance safety, and protect the environment. EDC and GDC also leverage other ongoing FHWA efforts such as Planning and Environment Linkages (PEL) and Eco-Logical. Taken together, all of these efforts are helping transportation stakeholders work together and with others to result in smarter, faster decision-making and better transportation projects.

GDC focuses on the how transportation agencies are pulling transportation-related datasets together and using them in GIS-based screening tools to help them make decisions efficiently. GDC is also focused on how transportation agencies and their partners working with each other to make these data libraries and screening tools happen. 
Walkability means healthy and sustainable communities

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Walkability offers surprising benefits to our health, the environment, our finances, and our communities.
 
Health: The average resident of a walkable neighborhood weighs 6-10 pounds less than someone who lives in a sprawling neighborhood.
Cities with good public transit and access to amenities promote happiness.

Environment: 82% of CO2 emissions are from burning fossil fuels.3 Your feet are zero-pollution transportation machines.
 
Finances: Cars are the second largest household expense in the U.S.4 One point of Walk Score is worth up to $3,000 of value for your property.
 
Communities: Studies show that for every 10 minutes a person spends in a daily car commute, time spent in community activities falls by 10%.

Walk Score helps you find a walkable place to live. Walk Score is a number between 0 and 100 that measures the walkability of any address. Learn about Transit Score and Bike Score.
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National Tribal Transportation Conference
October 28-31
Mystic Lake Hotel & Conference Center
Prior Lake, Minnesota
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The 16th annual National Tribal Transportation Conference will be held in conjunction and cooperation with the Minnesota Tribes and Transportation Conference on October 28 - November 1, 2013 at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's Mystic Lake Hotel and Conference Center, located in Prior Lake, Minnesota.

 

Sessions will involve topics relating to innovation, partnerships, planning, safety, technology, transit, tribal leaders, and legal updates.
FTA contractors will be on hand all day Thursday to discuss funding and compliance issues.
 
Southern Plains TTAP

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 view of the Federal Highway Administration.