Regional Implementation of Tribal Transportation Safety Program: Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Roadway Safety Improvement Program

Tribal communities recognize the need to improve roadway safety. A five-step methodology has been developed by the Wyoming Technology Transfer Center (WYT²/LTAP) to improve roadway safety on reservations. This methodology was initially implemented on the Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR), which led to the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s funding of three system-wide, low-cost safety improvement projects. Due to the success of the program on the WRIR, tribes across the country have become interested in implementing the program. WYT²/LTAP and the Northern Plains Tribal Technical Assistance Program (NPTTAP) are helping tribes implement this program on their reservations in the Great Plains region, and have developed criteria to identify tribes for participation. Reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota applied to TTAP to participate and three tribes were accepted for implementation: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST), the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe, and the Yankton Sioux Tribe. This study describes the implementation on Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (SWO). Many challenges and differences were identified through the analysis, demonstrating that a single procedure would not work for different reservations. Through extensive coordination and collaboration with the tribes and government agencies, WYT²/LTAP, along with the TTAP centers, can provide the technical assistance the tribes need to develop their own road safety improvement program.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=967
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62309
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Wyoming, Laramie

  Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
  1000 East University Avenue
  Laramie, WY  United States  82071

  United Tribes Technical College

  Bismarck, ND  United States 

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Shinstine, Debbie S
  • Ksaibati, Khaled
  • 0000-0002-9241-1792
  • Trusty, Dennis
• Publication Date: 2019-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 88p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash rates; Highway safety; Implementation; Indian reservations; Methodology; Safety programs
• Identifier Terms: Sissteon Wahpeton Oyate Tribe
• Geographic Terms: South Dakota
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01720353
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC 19-399.2
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 25 2019 9:15AM