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[Federal Register: February 15, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[FHWA Docket No. 94-2]

 

Request for Public Participation in the Development of an 
Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS) National Program Plan

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation published a notice in the 
Federal Register on December 16, 1993 (58 FR 65814), in which the 
agency sought public participation in the development of the National 
Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS) Program Plan (the Plan). The 
comment period closed on January 31, 1994. In response to a request for 
an extension of the comment period, the FHWA is reopening the comment 
period until February 25, 1994.

DATES: Comments on the October 1993 draft of the National IVHS program 
Plan are due February 25, 1994. Comments received after that date will 
be considered to the extent possible.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent (preferably four copies) to: Docket 
Clerk, Docket No. 94-2, room 4232, United States Department of 
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, HCC-10, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. To obtain a copy of the October 1993 
draft IVHS National Program Plan, please provide a self-addressed label 
to: Federal Highway Administration, HTV-10, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
room 3400, Washington, DC 20590. When requesting a copy of the Plan, 
please submit a brief outline including your name, the name of your 
organization (if applicable), a statement of your primary interest in 
the National IVHS Program Plan, a telephone number, and a fax number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Euler, Chief, Program Management 
and Systems Engineering Division, Federal Highway Administration, HTV-
10, 400 Seventh Street, SW., room 3400, Washington, DC 20590, Ph: (202) 
366-2196, Fax: (202) 366-8712. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except legal Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Plan will describe the systematic 
development of a set of IVHS user services, including the research, 
development, operational testing, and commercial product development 
that need to be accomplished to reach deployment of these services. 
Because the Plan is being developed with the user as the focus, the 
Department is interested in participation from a broad range of 
individuals and organizations including, but not limited to, public 
officials from State and local governments, consumer groups, vehicle 
manufacturers and other private sector entities, transit authorities, 
toll authorities, small businesses, academic institutions, 
associations, and individual citizens.
    An incomplete working first draft of the Plan (October 1993) is now 
available. The second draft is scheduled to be available in May 1994. 
The final Plan is scheduled to be available in November 1994. In 
developing the second and final drafts of the Plan, the Department of 
Transportation will be working cooperatively with other organizations, 
including IVHS AMERICA.
    The development of the IVHS Program Plan is an open process, and 
the Department is also interested in improving its overall outreach 
activities on the program planning effort. The success of the IVHS 
program depends on the active participation of the stakeholders--public 
officials from State and local governments, consumer groups, private 
sector entities, transit authorities, metropolitan planning 
organizations, toll authorities, small businesses, academic 
institutions, public advocacy groups, associations, and individual 
citizens.
    To facilitate stakeholder participation, the Department intends to 
hold forums to facilitate the direct and interactive participation of 
the public in the development of the IVHS Program Plan. The Department 
is also requesting suggestions on the most appropriate, effective means 
for conducting these forums. Recommendations for additional outreach 
activities may be included in comments on the October 1993 working 
draft or may be submitted separately to the Docket.
    The FHWA received a request from the Advocates for Highway and Auto 
Safety dated January 3, 1994, requesting an extension to the comment 
period because it encompassed the holiday season when staff 
availability for review was very limited. After carefully considering 
the request, the FHWA decided to allow additional time for comments in 
order to receive greater public participation in the development of the 
National IVHS Plan.
    The comment period is hereby reopened and extended to February 25, 
1994.

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48; Pub. L. 102-240, Secs. 
6051-6059, 105 Stat. 2189-2195.

    Issued on: February 9, 1994.
Rodney E. Slater,
Federal Highway Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-3569 Filed 2-11-94; 9:26 am]
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