Tribal Transportation News
October 3, 2024
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Upcoming Trainings / Meetings | |
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Benchmarking Equity and Mobility Needs for Tribal Governments:
A Tribal Transportation
Peer Exchange Summit for a New Tribal Self-Determination Paradigm
October 23-25, 2024
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"Building Tribal Transportation Resilience to Climate Change" Final Report
FHWA’s Office of Tribal Transportation would like to inform you of the availability of the report titled "Building Tribal Transportation Resilience to Climate Change". The Office of Federal Lands Highway’s Interagency Research Program funded this project to assist Tribal Nations in understanding and responding to the impacts of climate change. For this project, several vulnerability assessments were conducted in cooperation with seven Tribal Nations to assess potential climate impacts on their transportation networks. This Summary Report provides an overview of the project, including results of the vulnerability assessments, unique challenges faced while creating these assessments, and lessons learned and recommendations for the development of future vulnerability assessments for Tribal Communities.
The report can be accessed at the following webpage: Transportation Studies | FHWA (dot.gov), or by its URL here Building Tribal Transportation Resilience to Climate Change: Summary Report (dot.gov)
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USDOT ROUTES maintains a running list of open NOFOs that may be relevant to rural transportation. This list can be found here, along with historical information on these grants (including prior NOFOs). | |
Current Funding Opportunities | |
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Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects (NSFLTP) Program
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Description: This program provides funding for the construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of nationally significant projects within, adjacent to, or accessing Federal and Tribal lands.
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Deadline: October 16, 2024, 11:59 PM EST
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Application, Webinar, & Contact Information: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/significant
Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program
Low Carbon Transportation Materials Program
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Description: This program funds activities and projects that advance the use of low carbon materials and products.
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Deadline: Monday, November 25, 2024, 11:59 PM ET
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Application & Contact Information: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/lowcarbon/
Tribal High Priority Projects (Tribal HPP) Program
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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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Deadline: This is a rolling application process. The current cycle ends January 31, 2025, and the next cycle begins on February 1, 2025.
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Application & Contact Information: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/tribal/tribal-hpp-program
TTP Bridge Program
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Description: The TTP Bridge Program is focused on improving the number of TTP bridges in poor condition.
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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.
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Application and Contact Information: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/tribal/bridge
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FY 2025 TTP Safety Fund
Projects that reduce the risk of fatal and serious injury motor vehicle crashes and other incidents on tribal transportation facilities are eligible for funding from the Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund (TTPSF). Examples of such safety projects include:
- Transportation Safety Plans
- Electronic Crash Data Collection improvements
- Road Safety Audit on New Mexico State Route 53 by the Pueblo of Zuni
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Risk-based (systemic) Safety Studies such as were conducted at the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
- Roundabout Design and construction at the Seneca Nation
- Guardrail at high-risk locations (systemic roadway departure countermeasures) by the Colorado River Indian Tribes
- Dynamic Curve Warning Signs (systemic roadway departure countermeasures) by the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
- Sidewalk construction at the Skokomish Tribe
Applications for the 2025 TTPSF will be accepted by the Federal Highway Administration starting October 1, 2024. The deadline for these applications will be January 15, 2025. For more information visit https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/tribal/safety/funds or send an email to TTPSF@DOT.GOV.
Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program
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Description: The goal of the RAISE program is to fund eligible surface transportation projects that will have a significant local or regional impact that advance the Departmental priorities of safety, equity, climate and sustainability, and workforce development, job quality, and wealth creation.
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Deadline: January 13, 2025 at 11:59 pm Eastern (the FY 2025 RAISE NOFO has not been published)
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Additional Information: https://www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants
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Recent Funding Webinar Recordings | |
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Wildlife Crossings Public Webinar
- This webinar is intended to provide an overview of the WCPP, provide applicants with knowledge for applying to the program, and clarify any questions associated with the application process. It is intended for a broad range of attendees, including representatives of entities eligible to receive funds under the WCPP.
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This webinar has passed but was recorded and when available it will be posted here.
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Wildlife Crossings Tribal Webinar
- This webinar is intended to provide an overview of the WCPP, provide Tribal applicants with knowledge for applying to the program, and clarify any questions associated with the application process. This webinar is free and intended for Tribal representatives eligible to receive funds under the WCPP.
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This webinar has passed but was recorded and when available it will be posted here.
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SS4A: Action Plans Webinar
- This webinar offered a general overview of the SS4A program and the grant application process, with a particular focus on applying for grants to develop an Action Plan. Action Plans identify the most significant roadway safety concerns in a community and the implementation of projects and strategies to address those roadway safety issues.
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View recording here and presentation here. Passcode: 1Zb$EbZ*
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SS4A: Supplemental Planning & Demonstration Webinar
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This webinar offered a general overview of the SS4A program and the grant application process, with a particular focus on applying for funding for supplemental planning and demonstration activities, which are allowed under both SS4A grant types.
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View recording here and presentation here. Passcode: Wa*IhXd5
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If you need help with preparing your application or completing your Safety Action Plan, Cross Timbers can help! Contact us at: carla.edwards@crosstimbersconsulting.com. | | | |
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FHWA’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) website serves as a one-stop shop for FHWA’s implementation of the law, including information on funding, assistance, education, and guidance.
U.S. DOT’s Equity website provides plans and resources for delivering a more equitable transportation system.
DOT Navigator helps communities understand the best ways to apply for grants, and plan for and deliver transformative infrastructure projects and services.
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DOT maintains a calendar of Key Notices of Funding Opportunity that lists anticipated dates for upcoming Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) for key programs within the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as well as adjacent programs that support BIL and IRA objectives. This is an excellent resource to find out when these significant and popular grant opportunities will become available and to track application deadlines.
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The USDOT Discretionary Grants Dashboard provides communities with an overview of discretionary grant opportunities that can help meet their transportation infrastructure needs. The Dashboard also includes Federal grant programs outside of DOT that may be of particular interest to rural communities. The below list spotlights just a few of the currently open funding opportunities – visit the Grants Dashboard to find more or check out the calendar of open and upcoming grant opportunities! | | |
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Proven Safety Countermeasures in Rural Communities
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) developed a new resource, Proven Safety Countermeasures in Rural Communities. The resource provides information on 28 Proven Safety Countermeasures (PSCs) to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes on roads nationwide related to speed management, roadway departure, intersections, pedestrians/bicycles, and other cross-cutting issues. These PSCs are applicable for a range of contexts, road types, and governing agencies across the country. The PSCs can offer significant and measurable impacts across an agency’s rural road network as part of their approach to improving safety. The PSCs can support agencies with implementation of the Safe System Approach, which seeks to build and reinforce multiple layers of protection to both prevent crashes from happening and minimize the harm caused to those involved when crashes do occur.
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Transportation Safety for Tribal Governments
www.tribalsafety.org
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Tribal Transportation Program
Coordinating Committee
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