Awarded each year, projects are chosen from applications whose outcomes will help to prevent or reduce death or serious injuries in motor vehicle crashes or other transportation-related incidents.  This year, 172 applications from 128 recognized tribes requesting a total of $40.3 million in help were received.  Transportation fatalities and injuries severely impact the quality of life on tribal lands, and roadway fatality and injury statistics are consistently higher on tribal roads than the rest of the nation as a whole. FHWA advocates the development of strategic Transportation Safety Plans as a means for tribes to determine how transportation safety needs will be addressed in and around tribal communities. Additional information on developing safety plans can be found here.

A complete list of this year’s recipients, and additional detail about the program, can be found at https://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/ttp/safety/ttpsf.htm