[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58548-58549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29062]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request 
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day public comment period on this information collection on August 
23, 2001 (66 FR 44432). We are required to publish this notice in the 
Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by December 21, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: DOT Desk Officer. 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 burden; (3) ways for the 
FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected 
information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized, including 
the use of electronic technology, without reducing the quality of the 
collected information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: FHWA Highway Design Handbook For Older Drivers and 
Pedestrians Workshop Participants' Feedback Survey.
    Abstract: The FHWA published a revised handbook, ``Guidelines and 
Recommendations to Accommodate Older Drivers and Pedestrians,'' in 2001 
that documents new research findings and technical developments that 
occurred since the 1998 publication of the ``Older Driver Highway 
Design Handbook, Recommendation and Guidelines.'' The revised 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 series of workshops began in 1998 and are continuing. The 
workshops are designed for highway designers, traffic engineers and 
highway safety specialists involved in the design and operation of 
highway facilities and are presented in order to familiarize 
practitioners with the recommendations and guidelines.
    The FHWA will conduct a survey of past and continuing workshop 
participants. This survey is needed to determine if recommendations and 
guidelines presented to practitioners in 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

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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.
    For Further Information Contact: David Smith, 202-366-6614, 
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Safety 
Core Business Unit, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    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: November 15, 2001.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and, Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 01-29062 Filed 11-20-01; 8:45 am]
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