[Federal Register: August 23, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 164)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2001-10399]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments;
Clearance of a New Information Collection; FHWA Highway Design Handbook
for Older Drivers and Pedestrians Workshop Participants' Feedback
Survey
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new
information collection. The collection involves a survey of
participants who have attended the FHWA Highway Design Handbook For
Older Drivers and Pedestrians Workshop to determine the extent of use
and barriers to the recommendations and guidelines discussed in the
Handbook and Workshop. We are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by October 22, 2001.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department
of Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, Room PL-401, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590; telefax comments to 202/493-
2251; or submit electronically at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. All
comments should include the docket number in this notice's heading. All
comments may be examined and copied at the above address from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. If you desire a
receipt you must include a self-addressed stamped envelope or postcard
or, if you submit your comments electronically, you may print the
acknowledgment page.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Smith, 202-366-6614, Safety
Core Business Unit, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FHWA Highway Design Handbook For Older Drivers and
Pedestrians Workshop Participants' Feedback Survey
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Background: The FHWA developed and published in 1998 an ``Older
Driver Highway Design Handbook, Recommendation and Guidelines'' for
highway designers, traffic engineers and highway safety specialists
involved in the design and operation of highway facilities. The
Handbook provides practitioners with a practical information source
that links older driver road user characteristics to highway design,
operational, and traffic engineering recommendations by addressing
specific roadway features. A new, revised handbook, ``Guidelines and
Recommendations to Accommodate Older Drivers and Pedestrians,'' was
published in 2001 that documents new research findings and technical
developments since the 1998 publication.
A series of workshops began in 1998 to familiarize practitioners
with the recommendations and guidelines. Over 30 workshops have been
presented to approximately 900 practitioners, and the workshops are
continuing with additional workshops scheduled to provide information
to practitioners from the new, revised handbook.
This survey is needed to determine if recommendations and
guidelines presented to practitioners in past workshops are being
utilized in new and redesigned highway facilities to accommodate the
needs and functional limitations of an aging population of road users.
The survey is also needed to gauge the success of the workshop
presentations in imparting information and determine if adjustments
should be considered for future workshops.
Respondents: Participants in past workshops, including highway
designers, highway engineers and highway safety specialists; and future
workshop participants.
Frequency: This one-time survey will be conducted initially with a
selection of past participants (approximately 500). Thereafter, a
survey of participants will be conducted annually, consisting of
approximately 50 percent of the participants who attended workshops
during that year (approximately 125). The survey will be mailed, and
for those participants with known e-mail addresses, the survey will be
administered electronically to reduce completion time.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The FHWA estimates that each
respondent will be able to complete the survey in approximately 10
minutes. For the initial survey to approximately 500 respondents, total
burden hours would be 84 hours. Future annual surveys to approximately
125 respondents are estimated at 21 burden hours.
Public Comments Invited:
You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary
for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burdens;
(3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity
of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burdens could be
minimized, including use of electronic technology, without reducing the
quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this
information collection.
Electronic Access:
Internet users may access all comments received by the U.S. DOT
Dockets, Room PL-401, by using the universal resource locator (URL):
http://dms.dot.gov. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each
year. Please follow the instructions online for more information and
help. An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded using a
modem and suitable communications software from the Government Printing
Office Electronic Bulletin Board Service at telephone number 202-512-
1661. Internet users may reach the Federal Register's home page at:
http://www.nara.gov/fedreg and the Government Printing Office's
database at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: August 17, 2001.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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