Mini ArcGIS session coming in January!
Add this and more to your calendar!
SP TTAP e-News for December 23, 2015           
Serving Native American tribes in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
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Season's Greetings 2015
May your days be merry and bright!

Southern Plains TTAP Center would like to wish you the happiest of holidays! We thank you for your support, and we look forward to serving you in 2016!

Our office will be closed from December 24 through January 3. 

Please check our website for more information on upcoming classes!

 Southern Plains TTAP Center
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(L to R) Trooper Troy German; Local Law Enforcement Safety Champion Winner, Russell Callicoat; Trooper Joe Williams
Tribal Safety Champions re-cap

About 100 attendees gathered for the 2nd Annual Tribal Safety Champions Workshop, held Nov. 17-18 in Bricktown at Aloft in Oklahoma City.

"We are very pleased to have received funding from FHWA's Accelerated Safety Activities Program to continue this event in 2015," said Karla Sisco, TTAP Program Manager.
OTTC to meet Jan. 14 in Ada

The next Oklahoma Tribal Transportation Council (OTTC) meeting is set for Thursday, January 14, 2016 and will be held in Ada at the new Carl Albert Service Center at 1001 N. Country Club Road.  Orientation Room B has been reserved for the OTTC conference from 10:30 to 12:00.

Meeting Minutes
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Tribal Transit Driver
CDL Exam Prep for passenger vehicle drivers on Jan. 8

This class is a one day session, set for Jan. 8 in Clinton, OK, is designed to prepare individuals to take the state CDL written exam. Participants will be led through the Model Commercial Driver License Manual, which covers vehicle safety, transporting passengers, the air brakes endorsement, and more. 

Also, course participants will learn how to perform the walk around inspection of a vehicle which is required during the driving portion of the CDL exam.

Location:  

Cheyenne & Arapaho Housing Bldg Lg Conf Rm.

2100 Dog Patch Road
Clinton, Oklahoma 73601
 
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Pamela Jurney, Cross Timbers Consulting, offers assistance to Rachel Dinwiddie, Seminole Nation.
ArcGIS Workshop I: Making Data Useful (Mini Session), Jan. 20

In this 6-hour workshop,Pamela Jurney, Cross Timbers Consulting, will lead participants in useful training exercises where they will learn to download data and convert it to make it usable in ArcGIS. The class will look at file organization and building a geodatabase in ArcCatalog. This mini session is ideal for those who are new to GIS and want to learn and practice.

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Four OSHA 10-hour classes scheduled in January

Oklahoma LTAP and Southern Plains TTAP will be holding four OSHA 10-hour sessions in January. 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!

We also offer an OSHA 10-hour course that adds a component on Disaster Response.

Please see the schedule below:

 
 

OSHA 10-hour/Roadway Construction in Elk City, OK  Jan. 26-27

OSHA 10-hour/Roadway Construction in Duncan, OK  Jan. 28-29

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New hotline available for Oklahoma road conditions

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) is unwrapping a new way to communicate highway conditions and closures to the public this holiday season.
A new hotline number at 1-844-4OKHWYS (844-465-4997) and an interactive highway conditions map at www.okroads.org are now part of ODOT's communication tools during winter storm events.

"We continually strive to improve highway safety, and communicating road conditions in a timely manner is a key component of that mission," ODOT Executive Director Mike Patterson said.

The department spent about $15 million clearing highways and bridges during the 2014-15 winter season, using almost 120,000 man hours to keep roads safe.
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TTP Safety Fund Awards announced for Developing Safety Plans

On December 15, 2015 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced $449,500 in Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds (TTPSF) to 36 Federally Recognized Tribes for developing Tribal Transportation Safety Plans.  The award list can be found at: http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/ttp/safety/ttpsf.htm. A separate award letter will be sent to individual recipients shortly.  The TTP Safety Fund awards list for the other categories (Engineering, Enforcement, Emergency Medical Services, Education, and Other Safety Planning Activities) will be announced soon.

Award winners from the SPTTAP region include the following:
  • Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma - Develop Tribal Transportation Safety Plan Safety Plan   $12,500.00 
  • Apache Tribe of Oklahoma - Develop Tribal Transportation Safety Plan Safety Plan $12,500.00 
  • Comanche Nation of Oklahoma - Develop Tribal Transportation Safety Plan Safety Plan $12,500.00
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Cherokee Nation Receives Tribal Transit Funding

Congratulations to the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma on being awarded $92,500 in Tribal Transit Program funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to replace tribal buses that run on compressed natural gas.
The FTA announced awardees on Dec. 14, which supported 65 tribal transit projects in 18 states.

Tribal transit services provide communities on tribal lands, reservations and rural areas with safe and reliable transportation. Last year, the Cherokee Nation provided public transportation in Dair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa and Rogers counties. Other tribes in the region that have been awarded through this program include the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, the Kickapoo Tribe of OKlahoma, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

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Southern Plains TTAP Center| Oklahoma State University | 405.744.6049 | 
http://ttap.okstate.edu
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.