United States Department of Transportation
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00780086
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NTL Classification:NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY;AGR-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS-PUBLIC AND TRIBAL LANDS;
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Abstract:Both ISTEA and the creation of Regional Transportation Organizations, growth
management legislation, have resulted in a greatly increased need to coordinate
transportation planning with Native American Tribes. Some of the problems
encountered are lack of coordination between tribal transportation plans and
state and regional transportation plans. This lack of coordination in many
ways has hindered the ability to construct a seamless multimodal transportation
network in some areas of the state. Washington State has responded to this
challenge by joining with the tribal nations to hold an annual Tribal/WSDOT
Transportation meeting. Since 1994, the two groups have met annually to discuss
mutually agreed upon issues. At the conclusion of each meeting, advisory groups
have been formed, with membership from both the tribes and WSDOT, to work on
identified issues. Before the next annual meeting the advisory groups meet and
formalize recommendations and solutions to the issues. These recommendations
are then brought forward to the entire group at the next annual meeting. Some
of the lessons learned in this process are: that tribal nations are sovereign
nations and each tribe deals with transportation issues differently;
relationships must be developed with tribal nations before the problem can be
solved; and one must proceed slowly --- the Tribal timeline is not the same as
WSDOT's timeline. 5p.
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