[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 198 (Monday, October 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57737-57738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22640]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2021-0016]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments 
for a New Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Transportation (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, 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 December 17, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2021-0016 by any of the following methods:
    Web site: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Curtis, Office of Operations, 
HOP, (404) 780-0927 Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Traffic Signal Change and Clearance Interval Pooled Fund 
Study.
    Background: The timing of yellow change and red clearance intervals 
are central to the safe transfer of right-of-way at signalized 
intersections. The current edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic 
Control Devices for Streets and Highways[1] (MUTCD) requires a yellow 
change interval to warn traffic of an impending change in right-of-way 
assignment at intersections with traffic control signals and requires 
that the duration of the yellow change interval be determined using 
engineering practices. While the MUTCD does not require a red clearance 
interval, it does require that the duration of the red clearance 
interval also be determined using engineering practices if such an 
interval is used. The MUTCD refers to the Institute of Transportation 
Engineers' (ITE) Manual of Traffic Signal Design or ITE's Traffic 
Control Devices Handbook as examples of engineering practices but does 
not require a specific engineering practice. Agencies have the 
flexibility to use these referenced documents, other engineering 
research or documents, or their own policies and procedures that are 
developed based on engineering practices. In March 2020, ITE published 
Guidelines for Determining Traffic Signal Change and Clearance 
Intervals, A Recommended Practice of the Institute of Transportation 
Engineers. A Transportation Pooled Fund Study has been established to 
study the implications of the published guidelines, evaluate the state 
of the practice and to conduct research to address knowledge gaps that 
contribute to uncertainty and a lack in uniformity in the documentation 
of methods applied to develop change and clearance intervals. There are 
no explicit requirements for State DOTs or local agencies responsible 
for the design and implementation of traffic signal change and 
clearance intervals to demonstrate how their transportation program 
develops and applies traffic signal change and clearance intervals. It 
is essential for FHWA to examine the methods and practices involved in 
the development of traffic signal change and clearance to establish the 
state of the practice, to aid in the identification of research gaps, 
and to support implementation of documentation to harmonize practices 
nationally.
    Respondents: Approximately 410 participants, which would allow for 
up 2 participants from each of the 50 State Departments of 
Transportation (DOT), plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, 
and up to 4 responses from within the top 75 metropolitan areas.
    Frequency: One-time collection.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 103 hours for a 
one-time collection.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Ways for the FHWA to 
enhance the

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quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (2) 
ways that the burden could be minimized, 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.
    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-22640 Filed 10-15-21; 8:45 am]
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