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Creators:
Partridge, Michael P.
Corporate Contributors:
Washington (State). Department of Transportation
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Cultural Differences Growth Management Act Indian Reservations Native Americans Regional Planning State Departments Of Transportation Transportation Planning Tribal Lands
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21949/1403516
Resource Type:
Proceedings
Geographical Coverage:
United States
TRIS Online Accession Number:
00780086
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;
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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US Transportation Collection
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