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January 20, 2015
Southern Plains TTAP Tribal Transportation News
OSHA 10 Hour training coming to El Reno this week
BIA schedules consultation meetings
SPTTAP posts Winter Newsletter
Winter/Spring TTAP Training
RIFDS training coming to Muskogee in February
OTTC meeting set for January 27
ODOT to conduct civil rights conference
5th round of SHRP2 is here!
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Contact:

Jim Self, Manager
jim.self@okstate.edu

or

Karla Sisco, TTAP Specialist
karla.sisco@okstate.edu
OSHA 10 Hour Training coming Thursday and Friday to El Reno

OSHA 10 Hour Training is Southern Plains TTAP's Tribal RoadStar Program Course 12. This revolutionary program for owners, safety managers, supervisors, and workers is focused directly on the hazards and situations that roadway construction workers face every day. From work zones to night work, this training sets the standard for the entire industry! 

 

Thursday and Friday

January 22-23
8:30 am - 4:30 pm 
Canadian Valley Technology Center
Room 135
El Reno, OK

 

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BIA schedules consultation meetings across the country

BIA has scheduled a tribal consultation meeting in Oklahoma City at OSU-OKC on January 29.


 

In 2012, Congress passed the Moving Ahead for Programs in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21 Law), which replaced the existing Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) program with the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP). Indian Affairs has been working with the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration on updating regulations to comply with these changes. Last year, draft revisions to 25 CFR 170 were distributed and consultation sessions held on the draft. Tribal and other feedback was incorporated into the draft and now Indian Affairs has published the proposed rule.
 A BIA Consultation Meeting will be conducted in Oklahoma City by Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn.

 

Thursday, January 29 

9:00 am - 4:00 pm 
OSU - OKC University, Student Center South, 3rd Floor
900 N. Portland
Oklahoma City, OK 73107 
(405) 945-3238.   

 

 Other upcoming consultation meetings:

 

January 27, 2015, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (local time) - Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport, 7901 34th Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55425 (952) 854-1000

February 10, 2015, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (local time) - Frontier Building, 3601 C Street, Room 896, Anchorage, AK 99503

February 12, 2015, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (local time) - Crowne Plaza Settle Airport, 17338 International Boulevard, Seattle, WA 98188 (206) 248-1000

 

MORE INFORMATION  

 

Proposed Rule Making for 25 CFR 170 

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Southern Plains TTAP's Winter Newsletter 2014
Southern Plains TTAP's Tribal Transportation Times available for download

Download the latest edition of the Southern Plains TTAP
Tribal Transportation Times.

Get information on the upcoming BIA Consultations, FTA updates and trainings, Crash Data collection, Every Day Counts initiatives, and more.

To submit an article for the next edition of the Tribal Transportation Times, contact Karla Sisco at

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RIFDS training coming to BIA Regional office in Muskogee, OK on Feb. 3-4

 

RIFDS - Road Inventory Field Database System (Tribal RoadStar Program - Course 4) - This system manages the Road Inventory Data needed for the distribution of transportation funds to all Tribes. The purpose of this workshop is two-fold: to provide the required training needed to obtain access to RIFDS, and to familiarize existing RIFDS users on RIFDS enhancements. 

 

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OTTC meeting set for TTAP Center in Stillwater, January 27

The next meeting of the Oklahoma Tribal Transportation Council will be held in Stillwater, OK at the Southern Plains TTAP Center in the Center for Local Government Technology. Lunch will be served.

Please RSVP to Karla Sisco if you plan to join us for lunch.

karla@okstate.edu

 

Election of officers will be held. Membership applications are due March 31.

 

Download application

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Oklahoma DOT
Oklahoma DOT to conduct civil rights conference on February 27

ODOT's Civil Rights Division is conducting a civil rights conference (see below) which for the first time will include sessions specifically addressing FTA Civil Right (C-R) issues.  Those of you who were present at the September RTAP conference, you will be pleased to know that Aida Douglas and Debbie Ruggles will be addressing specific FTA Title VI and ADA requirements.  


 

This conference is also targeted towards businesses interested in becoming DBEs and those who wish to do business with ODOT.  Please share this information with any local businesses that you conduct transit related business with such as; chair lift repairs, vehicle maintenance, purchases of offices, equipment repair, etc.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Mary Wilson.


 

MORE INFORMATION HERE

 

Mary Wilson, CPM

Special Projects Coordinator

Transit Programs Division

Oklahoma Dept of Transportation

405-521-2584

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Four products are available in the fifth round of the SHRP2 Implementation Assistance Program

 

 

As part of the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announce that the application process for the fifth round of the SHRP2 Implementation Assistance Program (IAP) is now open.   

 

State departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, tribal agencies, and Federal Lands Highway Divisions are able to apply for implementation assistance on the following four products:

Renewal

3D Utility Location Data Repository (R01A)

Technologies to support storage, retrieval, and use of 3D Utility Location Data

 

Performance Specifications for Rapid Renewal (R07)

Performance-based specifications that promote innovation and accelerate project delivery

 

Railroad-DOT Mitigation Strategies (R16)

Model agreements to improve coordination between transportation agencies and railroads

 

Capacity

Techniques and resources for increased collaboration in transportation planning, programming, project development, and decision making.

 

 

If you would like additional information or have questions about the program, please contact Carin Michel, FHWA SHRP2 Implementation Manager at goSHRP2@dot.gov, 410-962-2530, or Pam Hutton, AASHTO SHRP2 Implementation Manager at phutton@aashto.org, 303-263-1212. 

 

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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.