It All Starts with Planning: Why your Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Matters

Apr 17, 2023

The Alaska Tribal Technical Assistance Program will hold a webinar titled: 

It All Starts with Planning: Why your Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Matters

on May 17, 2023 at 2 pm Alaska Daylight Time, presented by Miles Brookes, a Tribal Coordinator for FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation to Alaska Tribes. Please follow this link to join us for the presentation detailed below.

Session Abstract:

The purpose of transportation planning is to address current and future transportation, land use, economic development, traffic demand, public safety, health, and social needs. A Tribal government performs transportation planning to analyze existing and future transportation facilities serving the Tribal community under changing conditions to make informed investment decisions.  Planning can be done for both the short and long term. The Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), is a long-term (20+ year) strategy and capital improvement program developed to guide the effective investment of TTP funds in multimodal transportation facilities.  Tribal governments administering the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) have ownership of their transportation planning activities by determining what long-range transportation planning areas benefit their community’s vision and goals.

Join the Alaska Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) for a webinar session covering the importance of keeping a Tribe’s LRTP current including:

  • The process of updating or drafting a new LRTP.
  • How LRTPs relate to other transportation plans and systems including the Tribal Transportation Improvement Program (TTIP) and the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory (NTTFI).
  • Why a current LRTP is important for many grant opportunities under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s many programs.     

 

Miles Brookes Biography:

Miles Brookes provides technical assistance and program guidance as a Tribal Coordinator for FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation to Alaska Tribes.  Miles has worked nearly 16 years in Alaska’s transportation industry both in the private and public sectors, including the North Slope and Northwest Arctic regions, the Alaska State Legislature, Alaska DOT&PF, and the FHWA’s Alaska Division Office in Juneau.  Miles is proud to have called Alaska home since May 2007 and resides in Wasilla with his wife and two kids.