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15 The ultimate intent of this study, or any like it, is to uncover common themes that serve to highlight at least the predominant patterns in a particular field of action. In this case, the goal was to determine two things in particular: • The apparent current state of the art with tribal transportation programs and • The dominant concerns and challenges among people managing those programs.
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Tribe, Consultant 3% Tribe 67% Consultant/ Contractor 27% Tribe, BIA, Consultant 3% Tribe, BIA, Third Party 50% Tribe 20% Tribe, Third Party 13% Tribe, BIA 17% 2004, p.
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17 non-Indian jurisdictions -- having largely to do with the nature of in-house planning expertise, issues that need to be addressed, time involved, and budget. In addition, it matters when a plan was prepared.
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with fewer than two professional planners. Those with two or more are a very small group.
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19 designed or able to access such data. Many staffing decisions, as in any jurisdiction, are related to the availability of funds.
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20 Two-thirds of the tribes in the survey reported that they operate some sort of public transportation system. The size and purpose of these systems vary widely; however, their prevalence suggests that this may be a promising area for both future research and technical assistance to tribal governments, particularly considering that 17 of the 20 tribal governments with public transportation reported operating it themselves, and one of the other three reported working in conjunction with the state government.
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21 rail, port, or multi-modal facility (Figure 14)
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a slightly lesser extent, public utilities. In standard professional planning practice, it is difficult to conceive of a good long-range transportation plan without most of these linkages coming into play.
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23 This is an issue worth exploring, perhaps in collaboration with a group like the Native American Journalists Association, which would know more about such practices and what constitutes typical coverage of tribal planning issues. It may simply be that relationships between tribal transportation personnel and tribal news media are not well developed; however, our survey was not equipped to ask or even anticipate a question of that nature.
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Need for Technical Assistance It is readily apparent from the interviews that the TTAP generally draws high praise. The TTAPs constitute a useful and highly respected resource for tribal transportation staff.
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25 which various tribes will access those services will vary, probably with a number of variables not readily apparent from the survey conducted for this project, including the disposition of supervisors and tribal officials to value and make use of the services. It is not clear from the survey answers, however, exactly what types of assistance and training tribes need.
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roads. Two other tribes, Tohono O'Odham and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, reported that the BIA handles speed control.
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27 rather than in isolation. We did not find any prior research that examined this precise question.
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Coordination with other federal agencies varies and is probably evolving rapidly along with federal transportation legislation, which itself has yielded substantial changes under ISTEA and TEA-21, and is due for new rounds of legislated innovations in coming years, including possible changes in federal funding streams designated for Indian reservations. The survey specifically asked about coordination with U.S.DOT, the most obvious target of federal coordination outside the BIA and the agency responsible for administering federal transportation programs.
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29 The same could also be said of coordination with two other U.S.DOT agencies: FTA and FAA. The Navajo Nation was the only tribe to mention coordination with FAA, as a result of its airport and hangar, and they may be a unique case.
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opportunities for cooperation. A positive learning curve appears feasible on both sides, and some real creativity in this area is becoming evident.
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31 Montana DOT required that the recipient organization be a registered 501 (c)
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Valley Tribe. The former have created a quality assurance laboratory that contracts for testing work from the state and numerous counties in Wyoming.
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