[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR973.104]

[Page 436-437]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 973_MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PERTAINING TO THE BUREAU OF INDIAN 
AFFAIRS AND THE INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart A_Definitions
 
Sec. 973.104  Definitions.

    Alternative transportation systems means modes of transportation 
other than private vehicles, including methods to improve system 
performance such as transportation demand management, congestion 
management, and intelligent transportation systems. These mechanisms 
help reduce the use of private vehicles and thus improve overall 
efficiency of transportation systems and facilities.
    Elements means the components of a bridge important from a 
structural, user, or cost standpoint. Examples are decks, joints, 
bearings, girders, abutments, and piers.
    Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP) means a federally funded 
program established in 23 U.S.C. 204 to address transportation needs of 
Federal and Indian lands.
    Indian lands bridge management system (BMS) means a systematic 
process used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) or Indian Tribal 
Governments (ITGs) for analyzing bridge data to make forecasts and 
recommendations, and provides the means by which bridge maintenance, 
rehabilitation, and replacement programs and policies may be efficiently 
considered.
    Indian lands congestion management system (CMS) means a systematic 
process used by the BIA or ITGs for managing congestion that provides 
information on transportation system performance and alternative 
strategies for alleviating congestion and enhancing the mobility of 
persons and goods to levels that meet Federal, State and local needs.
    Indian lands pavement management system (PMS) means a systematic 
process used by the BIA or ITGs that provides information for use in 
implementing cost-effective pavement reconstruction, rehabilitation, and 
preventive maintenance programs and policies, and that results in 
pavement designed to accommodate current and forecasted traffic in a 
safe, durable, and cost-effective manner.
    Indian lands safety management system (SMS) means a systematic 
process used by the BIA or ITGs with the goal of reducing the number and 
severity of traffic accidents by ensuring that all opportunities to 
improve roadway safety are identified, considered, implemented and 
evaluated, as appropriate, during all phases of highway planning, 
design, construction, operation and maintenance by providing information 
for selecting and implementing effective highway safety strategies and 
projects.
    Indian reservation road (IRR) means a public road that is located 
within or provides access to an Indian reservation or Indian trust land 
or restricted Indian land that is not subject to fee title alienation 
without the approval of the Federal government, or Indian and

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Alaska Native villages, groups, or communities in which Indians and 
Alaskan Natives reside, whom the Secretary of the Interior has 
determined are eligible for services generally available to Indians 
under Federal laws specifically applicable to Indians.
    Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) Program means a part of the FLHP 
established in 23 U.S.C. 204 to address the transportation needs of 
federally recognized ITGs.
    Indian Reservation Roads transportation improvement program (IRRTIP) 
means a multi-year, financially constrained list by year, State, and 
tribe of IRR-funded projects selected by ITGs that are programmed for 
construction in the next 3 to 5 years.
    Indian Reservation Roads transportation plan means a document 
setting out a tribe's long-range transportation priorities and needs. 
The IRR transportation plan, which can be developed by either the tribe 
or the BIA on behalf of that tribe, is developed through the IRR 
transportation planning process pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 204 and 25 CFR 
part 170.
    Indian Tribal Government (ITG) means a duly formed governing body of 
an Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, Band, Nation, Pueblo, Village, or 
Community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an 
Indian tribe pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act 
of 1994, 25 U.S.C. 479a.
    Indian tribe (tribe) means any Indian tribe, nation, band, pueblo, 
rancheria, colony, or community, including any Alaska Native Village, or 
regional or village corporation as defined or established under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act which is federally recognized by the 
U.S. government for special programs and services provided by the 
Secretary of the Interior to Indians because of their status as Indians.
    Intelligent transportation system (ITS) means electronics, 
communications, or information processing used singly or in combination 
to improve the efficiency and safety of a surface transportation system.
    Life-cycle cost analysis means an evaluation of costs incurred over 
the life of a project allowing a comparative analysis between or among 
various alternatives. Life-cycle cost analysis promotes consideration of 
total cost, to include maintenance and operation expenditures. 
Comprehensive life-cycle cost analysis includes all economic variables 
essential to the evaluation: Safety costs associated with maintenance 
and rehabilitation projects, agency capital cost, and life-cycle 
maintenance costs.
    Operations means those activities associated with managing, 
controlling, and regulating highway traffic.
    Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation.
    Serviceability means the degree to which a bridge provides 
satisfactory service from the point of view of its users.
    State means any one of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, 
or Puerto Rico.
    Transportation facilities means roads, streets, bridges, parking 
areas, transit vehicles, and other related transportation 
infrastructure.