[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34290-34291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14464]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2011-0068]
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of
information.
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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from
the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit
public comment on proposed collections of information, including
extensions and reinstatements of previously approved collections.
This document describes the collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 12, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA-2011-0068 using any of the following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Instructions: Each submission must include the Agency name and the
Docket number for this Notice. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Alan Block, Contracting Officer's
Technical Representative, Office of Behavioral Safety Research (NTI-
131), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., W46-499, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Block's phone number is
202-366-6401 and his e-mail address is alan.block@dot.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must publish a document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of
information. The OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must
be included in such a document. Under OMB's regulations (at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for public comment on the following:
(I) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(iv) How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks public comment on
the following proposed collection of information:
The National Survey of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Attitudes, Knowledge,
and Behaviors
Type of Request--New information collection requirement.
OMB Clearance Number--None.
Form Number--NHTSA Form 1148.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval--3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information--The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposes to collect information
from the public to ascertain the scope and magnitude of bicycle and
pedestrian activity and the public's behavior and attitudes regarding
bicycling and walking. A national telephone survey will be administered
to 9,000 randomly selected respondents drawn from all 50 States and the
District of Columbia. The national survey will be preceded by a pretest
administered to 15 respondents. The survey will ask about the
characteristics of bicycling and walking trips, conspicuity, community
design for bicycling and walking, bicycle helmet use, and general
opinions about bicycling and walking. Interview length will average 20
minutes.
In conducting the proposed telephone interviews, the interviewers
would use computer-assisted telephone interviewing to reduce interview
length and minimize recording errors. No personally identifiable
information will be collected during the telephone interviews.
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Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information--NHTSA was established to reduce the number of deaths,
injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes on
the Nation's highways. As part of this statutory mandate, NHTSA is
authorized to conduct research as a foundation for the development of
motor vehicle standards and traffic safety programs.
Pedestrian safety and bicyclist safety are two of several
behavioral areas for which NHTSA has developed comprehensive programs
to meet its injury reduction goals. The major components of pedestrian
safety programs are education, enforcement, and outreach. Those three
approaches are also applied to bicyclist safety programs, with
legislative efforts added to the mix.
NHTSA encourages bicycling as an alternate mode of transportation
to motor vehicle travel. Moreover, increasing safe bicycling and
walking behavior is promoted as a positive contributor to the quality
of life. But an increase in these behaviors often means an increase in
exposure to potential risk of collision with motor vehicles,
underscoring the need to have in place aggressive pedestrian and
bicyclist safety programs to keep injuries on a downward trajectory.
This in turn requires periodic data collection to assess whether the
programs continue to be responsive to the public's information needs,
behavioral intentions, attitudes, physical environment, and other
factors that contribute to safety while walking or bicycling.
A survey of pedestrian and bicyclist attitudes and behavior was
conducted in 2002. That survey provided program planners and community
leaders with detailed information on walking and bicycling behavior,
level of support for facilities assisting those activities, and
awareness of safety issues. But the information is in need of updating,
especially given recent programs and initiatives to increase walking
and bicycling. This project will provide that update by conducting the
2012 National Survey of Bicyclist and Pedestrian Attitudes and
Behavior.
NHTSA will use the findings from this proposed collection of
information to assist States, localities, and communities in developing
and refining bicycling and walking safety programs.
Description of the Likely Respondents (Including Estimated Number,
and Proposed Frequency of Response to the Collection of Information)--
Under this proposed effort, the Contractor would conduct 15 pretest
telephone interviews and 9,000 national survey telephone interviews for
a total of 9,015 interviews. The telephone interviews will be conducted
with respondents age 16 and older, with over-sampling of respondents 16
through 39. Interview length will average 20 minutes. Interviews would
be conducted with respondents at residential phone numbers selected
through random digit dialing. Interviews would be conducted both with
respondents using landline phones and respondents using cell phones.
Businesses are ineligible for the sample and would not be interviewed.
All respondents will be administered the survey one time only.
Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of Information--NHTSA estimates that
respondents would require an average of 20 minutes to complete the
telephone interviews or a total of 3,005 hours for the 9,015
respondents. All interviewing would occur during a two-to-three month
period during 2012. Thus the annual reporting burden would be the
entire 3,005 hours. The respondents would not incur any reporting cost
from the information collection. The respondents also would not incur
any record keeping burden or record keeping cost from the information
collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Jeffrey Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
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