The 2009 National Tribal Transportation Conference is scheduled for November 17-19, 2009 at the Tapatio Cliffs Resort Pointe Hilton in Phoenix. There is the link to their website:

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The conference will bring together transportation planners, economic development professionals, local officials, state DOT staff and stakeholders from rural and small metropolitan areas across the nation for three days of learning and networking with peers.

The 2009 Minnesota Tribes & Transportation Conference will be held October 1-2, 2009 at the Black Bear Casino Resort (on the Fond du Lac Reservation) in Carlton, MN.

This conference will be in conjunction with the TTAP MN NEPA Training held September 29-30. Registration for the meeting and training will be separate, be sure to register for both!!!

The Southeast Road Safety Audit (RSA) Forum and Road Safety Audits for Local Governments Workshop are Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)‐sponsored events held in conjunction with Florida’s quarterly Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST) Coalition Meeting which is supported by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

Click here to view the flyer with links to registration.

When: September 20-23
Where: Hilton Santa Fe Golf Resort at Buffalo Thunder in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Registration is now open for the 2009 American Indian Tourism Conference: Building Native Tourism- Pathways for Change. Go to www.aianta.org and click on the registration link. For registration questions, contact Stacie Hart at stacie@eventdynamicsinc.com or 206-935-0988. Sponsor and exhibit opportunities are available by contacting Matt Hutchison at matth@aianta.org or 920-430-5131

The Wisconsin Tribal Road Safety Summit will be held Wednesday, August 12, 2009 from 8:00am-5:00 pm at the Indian Springs Lodge & Conference Center.

Click Here to Register for the event. You must first log in to the TTAP website in order to register.

If you haven't yet created an account, Click Here to Create an Account.

If you have questions about registration, or would like to call to register, please contact the Michigan Tech TTAP at 1-888-230-0688, or send us email at ttap@mtu.edu.

PennDOT LTAP and the LTAP Centers in Region 3 invite you to attend the 27th Annual LTAP/TTAP Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 27th - 30th, 2009

For full conference details and registration, go to the Pennsylvania LTAP website at https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/LTAP

Crash Prediction Module for Highway Safety Manual Part C - Predictive Methods
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Start time: 11:00 am (EDT)
End time: 12:30 pm (EDT)

click here https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webConfID=17306 to register.

Please note: The meeting URL, teleconferencing number and additional instructions will be sent to you after registering.

Tribal-Indigenous GIS Sessions

see the flyer [Click to open link] (pdf) or the ESRI website for more information

Quarterly meeting of ACTT to be held in the Media Room, of the Mille Lacs Government Center at 43408 Oodena Drive in Onamia, MN 56359 (right across the road from the Grand Casino Mille Lacs).

Meeting runs from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.

Room block is at Grand Casino Mille Lacs. $49.90 rate under room block name: ACTT. 1-800-468-3517

Construction Contracting, Subpart J Training in conjunction with USET 2009 Annual Meeting will be held October 26-27, 2009 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The cost for this training is $200.

Registration, training flyer and agenda information will be posted soon.

What:  Workshop On Communicating, Consulting, and Cooperating With Indian Tribes on State Transportation Projects: The Role of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will be held in conjunction with the Minnesota Tribes & Transportation 2009 Conference
Who:   State and Tribal Department of Transportation Staff, Natural and Cultural Resources Managers and Environmental Protection Staff
When:  NEPA Training - September 29-30, 2009
MN Tribes & Transportation 2009 Conference - October 1-2, 2009
Where:  Black Bear Casino Resort
1785 US-210
Carlton, MN 55718
1-888-771-0777
Group Name: NEPA/Tribal Transportation
Click Here for the agenda and instructor information.

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You must first log in to the TTAP website to register.

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If you have questions about registration, or would like to call to register, please contact the Michigan Tech TTAP at 1-888-230-0688, or send us email at ttap@mtu.edu.

Heavy Equipment Training at the Menominee Tribal Enterprises.

Heavy Equipment Training at the Menominee Tribal Enterprises.

U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA and the National Indian Justice Center will, pursuant to the grant from OSHA Susan Harwood Grants Program, produce a self-paced, online training course that will help tribal leaders (employers) and tribal transportation personnel (employees) develop a competency in OSHA and state standards and requirements and be better able to recognize hazards and integrate Work Zone Safety considerations in planning, managing and field operation of roadway/highway construction projects on or near tribal lands. The course contains a pre-test survey and a post –test survey in order to determine if the curriculum had the intended impact of increasing your knowledge and understanding of the course topics.

Click here to view the ICC Indian Enterprises 2009 Class schedule

Basic & Advanced Welding Techniques Workshop can be scheduled for your agency.

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Click Here to request this training at your agency.

Workzone Traffic Control Flagger Training can be scheduled for your agency.

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Click Here to request this training at your agency.

This course provides participants with tools for evaluating the safety performance of horizontal curves along with suggestions for countermeasures that could improve safety performance.

click here to see the course flyer

Forklift Operation and Safety Training can be scheduled for your agency.

We Offer Three Types of Forklift Training

• Forklift in the Food Division - One day training dealing with operating a forklift around food.


• Forklift in the Commercial and Industrial Class - Three day training focuses on the use of various lifting equipment around the offices, casino, or other tribal parking lots and buildings.


• Forklift in the Heavy Equipment Division for Construction - Three day training focuses on the use of various heavy lifting equipment for construction purposes including slide booms, all-terrain forklifts, loaders, and skid-steer type equipment.
  

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Click Here to request this training at your agency.

Heavy Equipment Operation and Safety Training can be scheduled for your agency.

Some of the many topics covered in this three day workshop include:

• Operate a bulldozer, backhoe, front end loader, dump truck, and tractor with equipment trailer


• Practice safety procedures including use of personal safety equipment and safety inspection of equipment


• Care and routine maintenance of each type of heavy equipment


• Use a laser transit


• How to read Grade stakes on cut and fill

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Click Here to request this training at your agency.

National Summer Transportation Institute Michigan Tech is set to host Michigan's first National Summer Transportation Institute in July. 9th and 10th graders...click here to learn more about this great opportunity to explore careers in transportation.

Click Here to open the application

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committees on Historic and Archaeological Preservation in Transportation (ADC50) and Native American Transportation Issues (ABE80) will hold a joint mid-year meeting on July 19-22, 2009, in Sheridan, Wyoming.

ADC50 and ABE80 invite proposals from individuals who wish to present case studies, posters, or current research related to relevant topics and resource types.

click here to view the flyer

EPA is announcing the availability of up to $10 million in "Climate Showcase Communities" grants for local and tribal governments to establish and implement climate change initiatives. EPA requests proposals which create replicable models of sustainable community action, generate cost-effective and persistent greenhouse gas reductions, and improve the environmental, economic, public health, or social conditions in a community.

click here for more information.

click here to view the RFA.

The ESRI software products company and the Department of Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) have teamed up to provide the ArcGIS suite for free to Federally recognized tribal agencies.

The ESRI Graphics team will be putting together a dedicated map showcase in the Map Gallery for Tribal-Indigenous GIS at the User Conference. They are asking for tribes to submit maps or screenshots to this display. See the "more information" section for details.

New roads on Indian reservations are needed for a variety of reasons -- to serve new businesses, link remote villages to county and state highway systems, provide access to cultural activities and to replace unwieldy rutted and gravel-paved tracks, to name a few. Moreover, traffic accidents on reservation roads occur at roughly twice the national per-capita rate of accidents on state highways and county roads.

The Lummi Nation in partnership with the BIA Northwest Region has developed a process in the form of a board game to educate to its players about the environment in which transportation is planned, financed and developed.

Click Here to visit the site and request a copy of the game.

Help Develop a Guidebook for "Successful Communication, Cooperation & Coordination Strategies between Transportation Agencies & Tribal Communities. You can participate or be interviewed by the Research team by submitting the Participant Contact Form or by contacting Dr. Giovanni Ciro Migliaccio, Asst. Prof., Univ. of New Mexico at gcm@unm.edu or (505) 277-1948.

During the course of this project, the research team will be performing interviews with state, federal and tribal transportation professionals to gain insight in developing the guidebook. Members and other affiliated individuals of local TTAP's are invited to participate in the interview process.

Read more about the project/research/study (NCHRP 08-65)here:

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To participate in the study, please read through the following:
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FHWA has established a website with information on the Economic Recovery. It currently has some steps that can be taken to expedite projects and a list of Q&A's from State and local agencies. As more specifics on the plan become available they will be posted here.


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3M Traffic Safety Systems is launching the 3M Sign Grant Program, a new program designed to significantly reduce road sign replacement costs to local and state governments to meet the latest federal retroreflectivity standards set by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to improve traffic safety. The 3M Sign Grant Program begins January 5, 2009 and will run through November 30, 2009. See the website for more information: www.3MSignGrants.com [Click to open link]

click here to view the June 2009 issue of Directions in Road Safety Newsletter from Transportation Safety Planning.

The U.S. Small Business Administration recently announced the appointment of Clara Pratte as national director for the agency’s Office of Native American Affairs.

The FHWA adopts as final an Interim Final Rule that amends its regulations to address safety concerns raised by the firefighting community regarding high-visibility safety apparel. The purpose of adopting the Interim Final Rule as final is to reflect the exemption of firefighters from the requirement to use high-visibility safety apparel, as defined in this rule, when they are exposed to hazardous conditions where the use of such apparel may increase the risk of injury to firefighter personnel.

LANSING - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and leaders of the 12 federally recognized Indian tribes in Michigan today signed an intergovernmental accord stating their commitment to combat global warming through the reduction of greenhouse gases.

The Montana Department of Transportation recently announced that crash deaths among Native Americans in Montana in 2008 were less than 12 percent of all fatalities. The number reflects a decrease of 37 percent over the previous year. American Indians comprise about 6.3 percent of the population in Montana, but historically, they have represented about fourteen to twenty percent of the motor vehicle crash fatalities in the state.

See the website http://www.charkoosta.com/2009/2009_06_11/Few_NA_highway_fatalities_in_2008.html for the full article.

The new TCRP website is http://www.tcrponline.org

Construction companies nationwide are reporting that the stimulus bill passed in February is making it possible to hire new workers, according to a press release from The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC of America).

The June 2009 issue of Go! Magazine is now available online. http://www.go-explore-trans.org

The Federal Highway Administration has a comprehensive Road Safety Audit website available.

The aim of an RSA is to answer the following questions:

• What elements of the road may present a safety concern: to what extent, to which road users, and under what circumstances?


• What opportunities exist to eliminate or mitigate identified safety concerns?

Click Here to visit the site.

Click Here for the latest RSA newsletter.

The FHWA worked with the BIADOT, the 12 BIA Regional Offices, State and local transportation agencies, and tribal representatives to develop a comprehensive IRR Inventory assessment that addresses the requirements of the SAFETEA-LU language. At the same time, FHWA consulted with the IRR Coordinating Committee, Tribes, and State and local agencies in order to better understand the concerns and issues involved in maintaining the IRR Inventory. This report reflects the results of the study; however, it should be considered a "snapshot" in time because the IRR Inventory update process is in continual motion. See Report link and Coding Guide links below:

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On February 17, 2009, the President of the United States signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the ‘‘Recovery Act’’) to, among other purposes, (1) preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery, (2) invest in transportation infrastructure that will provide longterm economic benefits, and (3) assist those most affected by the current economic downturn. The Recovery Act appropriated $1.5 billion of discretionary grant funds to be awarded by the Department of Transportation (the ‘‘Department’’) for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure. The Department is referring to these grants as ‘‘Grants for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery’’ or ‘‘TIGER Discretionary Grants.’’ This notice requests that applications for TIGER Discretionary Grants be submitted by September 15, 2009, from State and local governments, including U.S. territories, tribal governments, transit agencies, port authorities, other political subdivisions of State or local governments, and multi-State or multijurisdictional applicants (‘‘Eligible Applicants’’). The funds provided by TIGER Discretionary Grants (‘‘Grant Funds’’) will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a region.

See the full Federal Register for more details: [Click to open link] (pdf)