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Native AmericansOn the Move
Challenges and Successes
Transit Cooperative Research Program Project H-38
Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services
Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services
Overview of Tribal Transit Programs
• Why Tribes Operate Transit Programs
• Tribal Transit Programs
• Challenges
• Overcoming the Challenges
• Why Tribes Operate Transit Programs
• Tribal Transit Programs
• Challenges
• Overcoming the Challenges
Why Tribes Operate Transit Service
We had a member who was a non-traditional college student and needed to take a class to complete her degree in Great Falls, 160 miles away. By riding the bus, she was able to attend the class two days a week and complete the course.
C. John Healy
Fort Belknap
We had a member who was a non-traditional college student and needed to take a class to complete her degree in Great Falls, 160 miles away. By riding the bus, she was able to attend the class two days a week and complete the course.
C. John Healy
Fort Belknap
Why Tribes Operate Transit Service
Jobs
Medical
Dialysis
Education
HumanServicePrograms
Shopping
Tribal Transit Programs
Challenges
Tribal Sovereignty
Challenges
Remote Locations and Low Population Densities
Challenges
Institutional
Roads and Bridges? Social Service?
Challenges
Leadership and Vision
Values
Vision
MissionInitiative
Challenges
Vehicle Maintenance
Challenges
Pedestrian Infrastructure
Overcoming the Challenges
One of our biggest challenges has been to get enough funding to meet the transportation needs.
Corky Sias
Confederated Salish-Kootenai
One of our biggest challenges has been to get enough funding to meet the transportation needs.
Corky Sias
Confederated Salish-Kootenai
Overcoming the Challenges
Bethel, Alaska
Overcoming the Challenges
Coeur d’Alene
Overcoming the Challenges
Fort Belknap
Overcoming the Challenges
Northern Cheyenne
Overcoming the Challenges
Makah
Overcoming the Challenges
Transit has significantly turned around our village. We have employed five people, provided access to jobs for five people, and provide access to the University of Alaska Fairbanks extension and health facilities in Tok.
Howard Mermelstein – Tetlin Village
Project PanelChair:Ms. Emma Featherman-SamOglala Sioux Transit Dr. Frederick J. “Fred” CowieConsultant Mr. Michael FordAnn Arbor Transportation Authority Ms. Cynthia GomezCalifornia Environmental Protection Agency Mr. C. John HealyFort Belknap Indian Community
Mr. Mark R. HoffmanArizona DOT Mr. Shawn KlemensMenominee Public Transit Mr. John P. SmithShoshone and Arapaho Tribes Ms. Arlene TemplerConfederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
TCRP Senior Program Officer:Mr. Stephan ParkerTCRP Senior Program Officer
Project Panel LiaisonsMs. Cathy MonroeFederal Transit Administration Ms. Lorna R. WilsonFederal Transit Administration Mr. Bernard AlkireMichigan Technological University Mr. Andy CoyleNational Rural Transit Assistance Program Mr. Edward H. Hall, IIIBureau of Indian Affairs
Mr. Byron BluehorseUniversity of Alaska, FairbanksTribal Transit Assistance Center Mr. Joseph MyersNational Indian Justice Center Ms. Raquelle MyersNational Indian Justice Center
Ms. Vivian A. PhilbanFederal Highway Administration Mr. Richard RollandEastern Washington University
Project Panel LiaisonsMr. Charles A. RutkowskiCommunity Transportation Association of America Ms. Gwen SaltNational Congress of American Indians Mr. Dennis TrustyUnited Tribes Technical CollegeTribal Technical Assistance Center
Ms. Martine A. MicozziTransportation Research Board
Project Team
LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc.A. T. Stoddard, Principal InvestigatorTangerine Almeida
AECOMDave SampsonJill Cahoon
Peter Schauer AssociatesPeter Schauer
Valerie J. Southern, Transportation Consultant, LLCValerie Southern
Colorado State University TTAP CenterRon Hall
