Remarks on the TTAP Restructuring

National Tribal Transportation Conference

Tony Furst
FHWA Chief Innovation Officer

Tucson, Arizona
September 25, 2017

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Organization Chart

Center Full Time Employees / Number of Tribes

TTAP Center	Center Full Time Employees	Tribes in TTAP Area
Northwest	2	43
Western	2.5	126
Mountain West	3	44
Southern Plains	3	46
Northern Plains	3	23
Eastern	2.6	66
Alaska	1	229

Status of Agreements

TTAP Center	Award Date	Base Year #1	Base Year #2	Option Year #1	Option Year #2	Option Year #3
Alaska	9/1/2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017 *
Southern Plains	8/1/2012
Western	8/1/2012
Eastern	2/6/2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018 *	2018-2019
Mountain West	8/1/2014
Northern Plains	3/28/2014
Northwest	3/5/2014
* highlighted

Training

National TTAP Center
Virtual Tribal Centers of Excellence

Tribal Roads Scholars Certification Program

• Asset & Data Management
• Project Delivery
• Safety
• Operations & Maintenance
• Planning & Program Management

Annual Total Hours of Training

Transition

• Current TTAP Centers suspend operations - 9/30/17
• All communications regarding TTAP services, resources and requests to CLAS@dot.gov
• CLAS will coordinate requests with FHWA and LTAP resources.
• National TTAP Center up and operational 90 days after award - January 2018.
• Roads Scholar Program up and operational 180 days after award - March 2018.

Communications Plan

FHWA will engage with tribal governments as requested at regional and national meetings for the purpose of exchanging information and receiving input.

FHWA will continue to work with the TTPCC throughout the pilot sharing performance and outcome metrics. Victoria Peters will attend all meetings.

Direct communications with CLAS staff at any time - phone, email - this info posted on website.

Nov 2017	Webinar Introducing the New TTAP Center
Jan 2018	Webinar Sharing TTAP Training Plan for 2018
Jun 2018	Virtual Listening Session to Discuss Pilot
Nov 2018	Virtual Listening Session to Discuss Pilot & Share 2019 Training Plan
Mar 2019	Virtual Listening Session to Discuss Pilot
Jun 2019	Informational Webinar on Future TTAP Plans
Nov 2019	Pilot Ends
Nov 2019	Webinar Sharing Final Results of Two-Year Pilot