[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44432-44433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21304]


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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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