San Diego Area, California: A Tribal Consortium Enhances Tribal/State Coordination Efforts

In Southern California, Native American tribes, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) are taking an active approach to building relationships and improving coordination in transportation planning. Tribal governments established the Reservation Transportation Authority (RTA), a consortium of 24 tribes, in order to pool resources and more effectively coordinate on transportation issues. By working together in a regional organization, tribes have developed a greater voice to articulate their transportation needs. The benefits of this approach are exemplified by a planning study that will be conducted cooperatively by the RTA and Caltrans District 11 in San Diego County.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/tribaltrans/ttpcs/california.htm
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Maps;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Intergovernmental relations; Native Americans; Partnerships; Regional planning; States; Transportation planning; Tribal government
• Identifier Terms: California Department of Transportation; San Diego Association of Governments
• Geographic Terms: San Diego (California); San Diego Metropolitan Area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01023449
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 28 2006 8:10AM