---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 170.401"
title: "25"
number: "170.401"
heading: "What are BIA's and FHWA's roles in transportation planning?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/170.401"
---

# §170.401. What are BIA's and FHWA's roles in transportation planning?


Except as provided in [§ 170.402](/cfr/25/170.402.md), the functions and activities that BIA and/or FHWA must perform for the TTP transportation planning are:

- (a) Reviewing, and approving the TTPTIP as well as providing technical assistance to the Tribes during the development of their TTIP or Priority List:
- (b) Oversight of the NTTFI;
- (c) Performing quality assurance and validation of NTTFI data updates as needed;
- (d) Coordinating with States and their political subdivisions and appropriate planning authorities on regionally significant TTP projects;
- (e) Providing technical assistance to Tribal governments;
- (f) Developing TTP budgets;
- (g) Facilitating public involvement;
- (h) Participating in transportation planning and other transportation-related meetings;
- (i) Performing quality assurance and validation related to performing traffic studies;
- (j) Performing preliminary project planning or project identification studies;
- (k) Conducting special transportation studies;
- (l) Developing short- and long-range transportation plans;
- (m) Mapping;
- (n) Developing and maintaining management systems;
- (o) Performing transportation planning for operational and maintenance facilities; and
- (p) **Researching rights-of-way documents for project planning.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 112-141, Pub. L. 114-94; 5 U.S.C. 2; 23 U.S.C. 201, 202; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 78463, Nov. 7, 2016, unless otherwise noted.