---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 170.402"
title: "25"
number: "170.402"
heading: "What is the Tribal role in transportation planning?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/170.402"
---

# §170.402. What is the Tribal role in transportation planning?

- (a) All Tribes must prepare a TTIP or Tribal priority list.
- (b) Tribes operating with a Program Agreement or BIA self-determination contract, TTP agreement, or self-governance agreement may assume any of the following planning functions:
  - (1) Coordinating with States and their political subdivisions, and appropriate planning authorities on regionally significant TTP projects;
  - (2) Preparing NTTFI data updates and ensuring that the data is entered into the NTTFI;
  - (3) Facilitating public involvement;
  - (4) Performing traffic studies;
  - (5) Developing short- and long-range transportation plans;
  - (6) Mapping;
  - (7) Developing and maintaining Tribal management systems;
  - (8) Participating in transportation planning and other transportation related meetings;
  - (9) Performing transportation planning for operational and maintenance facilities;
  - (10) Developing TTP budgets including transportation planning cost estimates;
  - (11) Conducting special transportation studies, as appropriate;
  - (12) Researching rights-of-way documents for project planning; and
  - (13) **Performing preliminary project planning or project identification studies.**

## 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.