This three-year cooperative agreement supports research and innovation to develop a next-generation Tribal Transportation Strategic Safety Plan. Funded activities include creating training and analysis tools for decision making when crash data is scarce, developing risk-based safety planning guidelines, and implementing a pilot safety infrastructure project in a Federally recognized Tribal community with high traffic fatalities.
Eligible applicants include qualified institutions of higher education collaborating with Tribal communities, transportation practitioners, and non-profit or for-profit organizations. Applicants must have experience in Tribal traffic safety research and established relationships with Tribal leaders.