Tribal transportation news update, 04/09/2013

              Get ready for Spring Training at Southern Plains TTAP
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Southern Plains TTAP
Tribal Technical Assistance Program
Oklahoma State University
Serving Tribes in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and
Texas
Tribal Transportation News Update
April 9, 2013
In This Issue
Construction Management
& Cost Estimating...
FTA NOFA Coming
Soon...
Grant Writing Class
Crash Data Collection
Training at ODOT
NTTC Save the Date:..
National Transit
Database...
NTD Reporting Deadline.
CTAA Tribal Transit
Summit Coming June 2-7
Construction
Management &
Cost Estimating
Coming up May 7-8, the
Southern Plains TTAP will
be bringing you
Construction Management
& Cost Estimating, at the
Southern Plains TTAP
Center in Stillwater,
Oklahoma. Class times
are 9 am to 4 pm and will
be instructed by Heather
Yates, Ed.D.
The class will offer
guidance on overall
construction
management, quantity
take off, cost estimates,
historical data,
materials/labor, and
MORE. The 2-day
overview will conclude
with a practical application
exercise in a case study.
Before joining the
academic world, Dr.
Yates worked for a
national award winning
heavy highway concrete
Greetings!
Please check our class schedule for April and May. We have a
lot to offer with Crash Data Collection, Grant Writing,
and Construction Management & Cost Estimating
coming soon.
Register Here
FTA NOFA Coming Soon
Tribal Transit Notice of Funding Availability
According to Elan Flippin, FTA Office of Program Management,
a Tribal Transit Notice of Funding Availability will be published
around the end of April. Check the FTA website or the SP TTAP
website for the latest information. Elan.Flippin@dot.gov
Under MAP-21, the Tribal Transit Program continues to be a set-aside
from the rural area formula program (Sec 5311), but now
consists of a $25 million formula program and a $5 million
discretionary grant program. MORE
Grant Writing Class
April 24
Be prepared to put your
best GRANT forward!
In these times of tight budgets
and competitive funding, the
skills associated with good
grant writing become even
more vital for an organization.
In the Wednesday morning
session, the TTAP Grant
Writing Class will help
agencies make the most of their grant writing skills.
Nani Pybus, Ph. D, Proposal Development Specialist, Oklahoma
State University, will offer information and tips on the basics of
grant writing including the following: how to find funding sources,
how to develop a funding proposal, and how to get it funded.
SIGN UP
Crash Data Collection Training at
ODOT
Millions of dollars are spent annually to make our highways safe
and efficient, with most safety improvements resulting from the
analysis of crash information at specific locations. The Crash
Data Collection class will teach you how to log in to the
Oklahoma's Safe-T System where you will be able to access
crash data for your area. This 2 1/2 hour class will be conducted
Quick Links
NHTSA SAFETY NEWS
Federal Aid Essentials
Oklahoma LTAP
Schedule
Photos from EDC Safety
Summit in Stillwater
High Friction Surface
Treatments
Intersection and
Interchange Geometrics
Southern Plains TTAP
Advisory Committee
A look back at the Tribal
Transportation Summit in
Norman
National Transit
Database
NTD Reporting
Deadline
This is a friendly reminder
regarding the National
Transit Database
Reporting Deadline. The
regular reporting deadline
for the National Transit
Database for the 2012
Report Year is April 30,
2013. The 2012 Report
Year is the data that will
be used for the FY 2014
apportionments, including
the Tribal Transit Formula
apportionment for next
year. If you have any
questions about getting
your data reported to the
NTD, contact the NTD
Help Desk at 888-252-
0396 or
ntdhelp@dot.gov.