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2025 TTT REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

April 22 - 24, 2025 I Meridian Technology Center I Guthrie, Oklahoma

Registration for the 6th Annual Tribal Transportation Training (TTT) is now open! TTT is a FREE training, scheduled for April 22 - 24, 2025, at the Meridian Technology Center in Guthrie, Oklahoma. TTT is supported by the following tribes and tribal organizations: Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Pawnee Nation, Choctaw Nation, Absentee Shawnee Tribe, and the Oklahoma Tribal Transportation Council.

What is TTT?

The Tribal Transportation Training is designed to equip Tribal leaders, planners, and transportation professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to enhance transportation infrastructure and manage and improve tribal transportation programs. TTT will offer discussion and networking opportunities among tribal transportation attendees and federal transportation representatives. TTT sessions will focus primarily on federal and tribal transportation updates; funding opportunities; transit; environmental requirements; funding formula, obligation limitation; and human trafficking prevention.

TTT Details:

Dates: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - Thursday, April 24, 2025
Location: Meridian Technology Center I 3025 S. Division St., Guthrie, OK 73044
Cost: FREE
Registration is limited to 100 attendees so register early to secure your spot!

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Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) 101

Details: 2.5-hour course (45-minute modules); can be taken at your own pace

Description: Through the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP), Tribes can receive support in the use of Federal funds for a variety of projects that will improve the quality of life through safe and adequate transportation for native villages, communities, reservations, and Indian lands. By having a better understanding of the TTP, Tribes can get a better idea of what the available funding can be used for.

This training also covers some related concepts such as discretionary grants, Tribal Transportation Improvement Programs (T-TIPs), Referenced Funding Agreements (RFAs), and environmental requirements of the TTP such as NEPA. This is an introductory course that will not get into the details of these complex topics but rather is meant to provide a basic awareness of the concepts.

This course is designed for Tribal members who would like more information about TTP funds. This includes Tribal Council members, Tribal transportation practitioners, and local agency practitioners. Topics covered include:

Tribal Transportation Program Overview
TTP Fund Allocation and the TTP Formula
Using TTP Funds

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Pavement Preservation: Choosing the Right Treatment for the Right Pavement at the Right Time for Local Agencies and Tribes

Details: 4-hour course (45-minute modules); can be taken at your own pace

Description: There are two ways to approach road deterioration: preservation or rehabilitation. The financial benefits of preservation are significant compared to the higher costs of reconstruction and rehabilitation. Pavement preservation is a proactive approach, intended to preserve a pavement to extend its useful life. In this course, you’ll learn how to confidently make decisions about which treatments to apply to a particular pavement and when to do it.

This course is intended for a variety of positions within local agencies and tribal governments, with an emphasis on industry leaders who make and support decisions such as pavement preservation treatments and/or site selection. Training includes:

Why Pavement Preservation?
Pavement Distress
Pavement Preservation Treatment Options
Determining the Right Treatment
How to Measure Success

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Risk-Based Safety Planning & TTPSF Webinar Recordings

Description: Risk-based safety planning can help tribes identify and build justification for proactive transportation safety infrastructure improvements. TTPSF can provide funding for risk-based safety planning, Road Safety Audits (RSA), and other transportation safety studies under the Data Assessment, Improvement, and Analysis category.

Several examples of risk-based safety planning projects in Tribal areas were shared during recent webinars co-hosted by the National Center for Rural Road Safety, the National Local Technical Assistance Program Association, and the FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation. Below are links to the webinar recordings.

Recorded Webinar 1: Risk-based Safety Planning for Tribes (Click Here for Recording)

Recorded Webinar 2: Results of a Systemic Study of Pedestrian Safety in Tribal Areas (Click Here for Recording)

US DOT Transportation Secretary Sworn In

On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, Sean Duffy was officially sworn in as the 20th Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). Sean Duffy served as a Wisconsin Congressman for ten years and also served on the House Financial Services Committee. On Friday, January 31, 2025, key members of the US DOT leadership team were announced.

For more US DOT news and updates visit https://www.transportation.gov/.

Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sean_Duffy_Official_Portrait_115th_Congress.jpg

TTP Bridge Program

Deadline: Any time during the year, in accordance with 23 CFR 661.25, a Tribe can submit an application package for preliminary engineering (PE) and/or Construction funding.

Description: The TTP Bridge Program is focused on improving the number of TTP bridges in poor condition.

For more information, contact: Russell Garcia, P.E., Bridge Program Manager, 703-404-6223, Russell.Garcia@dot.gov

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Tribal High Priority Projects (Tribal HPP) Program

Deadline: Any time during the year, a Tribe can submit an application package for Tribal HPP Program funding. On January 31, the applications received will be reviewed for eligibility, evaluated, and ranked for funding. Applications submitted after January 31 will be collected for the next fiscal year funding cycle.

Description: This program is a nationwide priority program for: (1) An Indian Tribe or governmental subdivision of an Indian Tribe whose annual allocation of funding under the Tribal Transportation Program is insufficient to complete the highest priority project of the Indian Tribe or governmental subdivision of an Indian Tribe; or (2) Any Indian Tribe that has an emergency or disaster with respect to a transportation facility.

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Lifesavers Conference Scholarships

Deadline: February 10, 2025

Description: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Justice Services (OJS), Indian Highway Safety Program (IHSP) solicits proposals for implementing traffic safety programs and projects which are designated to reduce the number of traffic crashes, deaths, injuries and property damage within these populations. Indian Highway Safety Grants are reimbursable grants available to federally recognized Native American Tribes. This grant opportunity will cover Lifesavers Conference registration fees and travel expenses to attend the conference and Indian Highway Safety Tribal Grants session.

For more information, contact: Kimberly Belone, Program Analyst (Coordinator) BIA/OJS - Indian Highway Safety Program, 505-563-3900

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Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Program

Deadline: February 24, 2025, 11:59 PM ET

Description: The purpose of the PROTECT Program is to provide grants on a competitive basis for projects that seek to strengthen surface transportation to be more resilient to natural hazards, including climate change, sea level rise, heat waves, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters through support of planning activities, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk costal infrastructure.

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Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program

Deadline: Applications will open at 2:00 PM ET on March 4, 2025, and will close at 4:59 PM ET on April 3, 2025.

Description: The RTA Program aims to help applicants develop transportation infrastructure projects in rural and tribal communities that will qualify for federal funding and financing programs for additional development phase activities or construction. The RTA Program provides funding for planning and design phase activities for rural and tribal infrastructure projects. This program will award grants for either the hiring of staff or the procurement of expert firms to provide financial, technical, and legal assistance with project-related planning and design phase activities.

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Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)

Deadline: April 18, 2025

Description: $750 million is available to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program. The application period is open from Jan. 6, 2025 – April 18, 2025.

FEMA’s competitive mitigation grant program provide states, local communities, Tribal Nations and territories funding to address high-level future risks to natural disasters such as wildfires, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, extreme heat and increased flooding to foster greater community resilience and reduce disaster suffering.

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Port Infrastructure Development Program

Deadline: April 30, 2025, 11:59 PM ET

Description: The Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) is a discretionary grant program administered by the Maritime Administration. Funds for the PIDP are awarded on a competitive basis to projects that improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port.

PIDP grants support efforts by ports and industry stakeholders to improve port and related freight infrastructure to meet the nation’s freight transportation needs and ensure port infrastructure can meet anticipated growth in freight volumes. The PIDP provides funding to ports in both urban and rural areas for planning and capital projects. It also includes a statutory set-aside for small ports to continue to improve and expand their capacity to move freight reliably and efficiently and support local and regional economies.

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Indian Highway Safety Law Enforcement Grant

Deadline: May 1, 2025

Description: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Justice Services (OJS), Indian Highway Safety Program (IHSP) solicit proposals for implementing traffic safety programs and projects that are designated to reduce the number of traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage within these populations. Indian Highway Safety Grants are financial assistance grants that are reimbursable and available to federally recognized tribes.

For more information, contact: Kimberly Belone, Program Analyst (Coordinator) BIA/OJS - Indian Highway Safety Program, 505-563-3900

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Indian Highway Safety Occupant Protection Grant

Deadline: May 1, 2025

For more information, contact: Kimberly Belone, Program Analyst (Coordinator) BIA/OJS - Indian Highway Safety Program, 505-563-3900

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Bridge Investment Program - Large Bridge Projects

Deadline: August 1, 2025

Description: Large Bridge Project Grants under the Bridge Investment Program are available for bridges with total eligible project costs over $100 million, with minimum grant awards of $50 million, and maximum grant awards of 50 percent of the total eligible project costs.

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Bridge Investment Program - Planning Projects

Deadline: October 1, 2025

Description: Planning Project grant applications are available for bridges with maximum grant awards of 80 percent of the total eligible project costs.

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Bridge Investment Program - Bridge Projects

Deadline: November 1, 2025

Description: Bridge Project Grants under the Bridge Investment Program are available for bridges with total eligible project costs up to $100 million, with minimum grant awards of $2.5 million, and maximum grant awards of 80 percent of the total eligible project costs.

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Telematics and Traffic Records Demonstration Project - Call for Proposals

Description: The objective of this demonstration project is to utilize telematics data in conjunction with traffic records data to identify pressing safety challenges and develop forward-looking methods and strategies to save lives. This demonstration project provides the opportunity for Traffic Records Coordinating Committees to work with these data to better inform countermeasures and targeted efforts to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities.

MORE INFORMATION

US DOT Key Notices of Funding Opportunity	US DOT Discretionary Grants Dashboard
US DOT Transportation Funding Opportunities for Tribal Nations Publication	US DOT Navigator
US DOT Funding Opportunities for Rural Projects

Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (ROUTES) Initiative	Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - FHWA Implementation Guide
National Center for Rural Road Safety Newsle tter	US DOT Proven Safety Countermeasures in Rural Communities
USDOT Volpe Center Newsletter	Transportation Safety for Tribal Governments
Joint Office of Energy & Transportation: Powering Tribal Nations Newsletter	FHWA OTT Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP)
FHWA Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty Research Review Newsletter

Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk

Every day, about 37 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes - that's one person every 39 minutes. In 2022, 13,524 people died in alcohol-impaired driving traffic deaths. These deaths were all preventable.

For Super Bowl Sunday, NHTSA is reminding drivers: Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk. Get ahead of the game and create your plan now. If you’re going out to a Super Bowl party and you plan to drink alcohol, make sure you plan for a designated driver to get you home safely at the end of the night. Help set up your team - your friends, family, and other partygoers - for a night of success!