1. Safety Programs in Indian Country Data Integration Kirk Vinish, AICP Lummi Nation

2. Where is the Lummi Reservation?

3. Traditional Travel Modes Water Transportation –Primarily Canoe Walking

4. Safety Management System Components*  Data Collection  Identification  Correction of Safety Problems  Public Education  Training Needs  Reporting * Safety Management Systems: Good Practices for Development and Implementation, FHWA, May 1996

5. Data Collection Accident Data – State, County, BIA, Tribal Traffic Counts – County & Tribal Road & Sign Inventory - Tribal Public Input - Stakeholder Input –Elders –Bus Drivers –Police –Youth Groups

6. Example: Data Collection Skewed Intersections

7. Identification Short Term Safety Issues –Small Scale Sidewalk Improvements –Signage Long Term Safety Issues –Reservation Wide Pedestrian & Bicycle Paths –Changes in behavior

8. Correction of Safety Problems Schedule of Improvements –Projects vs. Programs Projects - Specific concrete improvements Programs - Educational Components

9. Data Collection: Stakeholder Input

10. Correction of Safety Problems Key Components 1. Personal contact with each stakeholder group 2. Coordination with adjacent jurisdictions 3. Good communication with BIA and State DOT

11. General Themes of Lummi Safety Study Pedestrian improvements: high priority for Tribe House identification & Numbering: high priority for County  Multiple ways of approaching solutions: i.e. visibility of pedestrians