[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64623-64624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24691]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2004-19524]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; 
Renewed Approval of an 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 to renew 
an information collection, which is summarized below under 
Supplementary Information. We are required to publish this notice in 
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by January 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
FHWA-2004-19524 by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shirley Thompson, 202-366-2154, 
Office of Safety, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: FHWA Highway Design Handbook For Older Drivers and 
Pedestrians Workshop Participants' Feedback Survey.
    Background: This information 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. The FHWA had 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 information about the characteristics of the 
older driver road user to highway design, operational, and traffic 
engineering practitioners by addressing specific roadway features. A 
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. Workshops 
continue to be held to provide information to practitioners from the 
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 providing information, and to determine if adjustments 
should be considered for future workshops. The survey will be mailed, 
and for those participants with known e-mail addresses, the survey will 
be administered electronically to reduce completion time.
    Respondents: Participants in past workshops, including highway 
designers, highway engineers and highway safety specialists.

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    Frequency: A survey of approximately 250 past workshop participants 
will be conducted annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The FHWA estimates that each 
respondent will complete the survey in approximately 10 minutes. The 
annual surveys to approximately 250 respondents are estimated at 42 
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 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. The agency will summarize 
and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this 
information collection.

Privacy Act

    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: October 29, 2004.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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