80 FR 46646 - Agency Requests for Approval of a New Information Collection(s): Post-Challenge Year Survey-Mayors' Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 150 (August 5, 2015)

The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a new information collection.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46646-46647]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19189]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2015-0153]


Agency Requests for Approval of a New Information Collection(s): 
Post-Challenge Year Survey--Mayors' Challenge for Safer People and 
Safer Streets

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval for a new information collection.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by October 5, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2015-0153] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

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     Fax: 1 (202) 493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Higgins, 202-366-7098, Office 
of Safety, Energy, and Environment, Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number:
    Title: Post-Challenge Year Survey--Mayors' Challenge for Safer 
People and Safer Streets.
    Form Numbers:
    Type of Review: New Information Collection.
    Background: Over 220 cities are voluntarily participating in the 
``Mayors' Challenge'' and through locally-driven efforts they are 
improving bike/ped safety policies, infrastructure, and awareness. This 
survey will collect information on the accomplishments of the Mayors' 
Challenge, and will be used to identify best practices and to improve 
future DOT outreach to cities. Each city has already identified a 
point-of-contact for the Mayors' Challenge. This survey will be 
distributed electronically to these POCs through an online survey tool.
    Respondents: The survey will be completed by points-of-contacts 
identified in the city agencies participating in the Mayors' Challenge.
    Number of Respondents: 230 cities have volunteered to participate 
in the Mayors' Challenge.
    Frequency: Once, upon completion of this challenge.
    Number of Annual Responses: 1.
    Total Annual Hour Burden: 30 minutes/respondent; Cumulative 115 
hours.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: $3,388 (Based on an assumption that this 
would be completed by someone at an equivalent to a GS-12 level of 
seniority, which is $29.46/hour.).

Synopsis of Information Collection

    DOT will survey the cities who have volunteered to participate in 
the Mayors' Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets about their 
activities, successes, and obstacles. This information will be used to 
establish best practices bicycle and pedestrian safety and will 
identify gaps in data and resources that DOT can provide. The questions 
include:
    1. Which of the seven goals did you adopt, and what activities did 
you undertake to meet those goals? For reference, the seven goals are:
    (1) Take a Complete Streets approach;
    (2) Identify and address barriers;
    (3) Gather and track data;
    (4) Use context-sensitive designs;
    (5) Complete bike-ped networks;
    (6) Improve laws and regulations; and
    (7) Educate and enforce proper road use.
    2. What were the primary challenges and obstacles to bicycle and 
pedestrian safety in your community, and what if any actions did you 
take to address these challenges and obstacles?
    3. What if any changes have resulted from the challenge activities, 
including changes to physical infrastructure, decision-making 
processes, policies or procedures, enforcement, and education and 
awareness of your community?
    4. Please use the following table to indicate whether you have data 
on the impact of the Mayors' Challenge activities, and what the extent 
of that impact is.

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                                                       Extent of impact
                                    Data available?     (e.g. number of
                                   (e.g. yes/no, and      bicyclists,
                                    if yes, type of       compared to
                                         data)          previous years)
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event attendance................
survey results..................
crash data......................
walking and bicycle counts......
bike lanes, sidewalks, other
 infrastructure.
new plans, policies, laws, or
 campaigns.
other indications of political
 and community support.
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    5. Which DOT resources, tools, and data were most useful in your 
challenge?
    6. Which non-DOT resources, tools, and data were most useful in 
your challenge?
    7. What resources, tools, and data did you wish were available?
    8. What are the most useful formats for receiving information from 
USDOT, and why (e.g. webinars, in-person meetings, conference calls, 
etc.)?
    9. What efforts in your city to improve bicycle and pedestrian 
safety in your community were already underway at the time of the 
Mayors' Challenge? How did the Mayors' Challenge add value and/or help 
to fill any gaps in your city's efforts to improve bicycle and 
pedestrian safety?
    10. In planning and project delivery of pedestrian and/or bicycle 
infrastructure projects, to what extent has your city coordinated with 
your Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), Regional Planning 
Organization (RPO), State Department of Transportation (DOT), and 
Federal Regional/Division office partners? Please note type of outreach 
and coordination, and outcomes it led to.
    11. What were the key benefits and lessons learned as a result of 
the Mayors' Challenge?
    12. Do you think the Mayors' challenge helped make any permanent 
changes in pedestrian and bike safety and accommodation in your city/
town?
    We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the Department's 
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the 
Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information collection; and (d) 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2015.
Barbara McCann,
Director, Office of Safety, Energy, and Environment, Office of Policy, 
U.S. Department of Transportation.
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