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of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as 

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29. 

Chou-Lin Chen, 

Associate Administrator, National Center for 

Statistics and Analysis. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0051] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; National Survey of 

Pedestrian and Bicyclist Attitudes, 

Knowledge, and Behaviors 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a reinstatement with 

modification of a previously approved 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites 

public comments about our intention to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

reinstatement with modification of a 

previously approved collection of 

information. Before a Federal agency 

can collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

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 reinstatement 

of previously approved collections. This 

document describes a collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval on the National 

Survey of Pedestrian and Bicyclist 

Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviors. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 3, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the Docket No. NHTSA– 

2021–0051 through any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic submissions: Go to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management, 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. To 

be sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 366–9322 before 

coming. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and 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. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

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 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets 

via internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Kristie 

Johnson, Ph.D., Office of Behavioral 

Safety Research (NPD–310), (202) 366– 

2755, kristie.johnson@dot.gov, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

W46–498, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. Please identify 

the relevant collection of information by 

referring to its OMB Control Number 

2127–0684. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an 

agency submits a proposed collection of 

information to OMB for approval, it 

must first 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 regulation (at 

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask 

for public comment on the following: (a) 

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; 

(b) 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; 

(c) how to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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 for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB. 

Title: National Survey of Pedestrian 

and Bicyclist Attitudes, Knowledge, and 

Behaviors. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0684. 

Form Numbers: NHTSA Forms 1148, 

1613, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement with 

modification of a previously approved 

information collection (OMB Control 

No. 2127–0684). 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: NHTSA is seeking 

approval to conduct a National Survey 

of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Attitudes, 

Knowledge, and Behaviors by web and 

mail among a national probability 

sample of 7,500 adults (and 150 adults 

for a pilot survey), age 18 and older to 

obtain up-to-date information about 

bicyclist and pedestrian attitudes and 

behaviors. Participation by respondents 

would be voluntary. Survey topics 

include the extent to which Americans 

engage in walking and bicycling 

activity, their attitudes toward and 

experience with various facilities, road 

conditions, and technologies, and their 

opinions on pedestrian and bicycling 

safety topics. 

In conducting the proposed research, 

the survey would use computer-assisted 

web interviewing (i.e., a programmed, 

self-administered web survey) to 

minimize recording errors, as well as 

optical mark recognition and image 

scanning for the paper and pencil 

survey to facilitate ease of use and data 

accuracy. A Spanish-language survey 

option would be used to minimize 

language barriers to participation. 

Surveys would be conducted with 

respondents using an address-based 


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(2021, March). Quick facts 2019 (Report No. DOT 

HS 813 124). National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/ 

Api/Public/ViewPublication/813124. 

sampling design that encourages 

respondents to complete the survey 

online. Although web-based 

interviewing would be the primary data 

collection mode, a paper questionnaire 

would be sent to households that do not 

respond to the web invitations. This 

collection only requires respondents to 

report their answers; there are no 

recordkeeping costs to the respondents. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: NHTSA was established by 

the Highway Safety Act of 1970 and its 

mission is to reduce the number of 

deaths, injuries, and economic losses 

resulting from motor vehicle crashes on 

the Nation’s highways. To further this 

mission, NHTSA is authorized to 

conduct research as a foundation for the 

development of traffic safety programs. 

Title 23, United States Code, Section 

403, gives the Secretary of 

Transportation (NHTSA by delegation) 

authorization to use funds appropriated 

to conduct research and development 

activities, including demonstration 

projects and the collection and analysis 

of highway and motor vehicle safety 

data and related information, with 

respect to all aspects of highway and 

traffic safety systems and conditions 

relating to vehicle, highway, driver, 

passenger, motorcyclist, bicyclist, and 

pedestrian characteristics; accident 

causation and investigations; and 

human behavioral factors and their 

effect on highway and traffic safety. 

Pedestrian safety and bicyclist safety are 

two of multiple behavioral areas for 

which NHTSA has developed 

comprehensive programs to meet its 

injury reduction goals. The major 

components of pedestrian and bicyclist 

safety programs are education, 

enforcement, and outreach. 

NHTSA encourages walking and 

bicycling as alternate modes of 

transportation to motor vehicle travel; 

however, pedestrians and bicyclists are 

among the most vulnerable road users. 

Motor vehicle crashes in 2019 

accounted for 6,205 pedestrian fatalities 

and 846 bicyclist and other cyclist 

fatalities.1 That same year, 76,000 

pedestrians and 49,000 bicyclists were 

injured in traffic crashes. Moreover, 

increasing safe walking and bicycling 

behavior is promoted as a positive 

contributor to the quality of life. But an 

increase in walking and bicycling 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 reduce 

injuries and fatalities. 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. 

The National Survey of Pedestrian 

and Bicyclist Attitudes, Knowledge, and 

Behaviors was conducted on two 

previous occasions—first in 2002 and 

again in 2012. Those surveys 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. 

Since it has been ten years since 

NHTSA last conducted the survey, the 

information needs updating, especially 

given recent programs and initiatives to 

increase walking and bicycling, as well 

as the emergence of new technologies 

including e-bikes, e-scooters, and fitness 

trackers. This project will provide that 

update by conducting the 2022 National 

Survey of Bicyclist and Pedestrian 

Attitudes and Behaviors. In the 2022 

survey, NHTSA intends to examine the 

extent to which Americans engage in 

walking and bicycling activity, their 

attitudes towards and experience with 

various facilities, road conditions, and 

technologies, and their opinions on 

pedestrian and bicycling safety topics. 

Furthermore, NHTSA plans to assess 

whether self-reported behaviors, 

attitudes, and perceptions regarding 

walking and bicycling have changed 

over time since the administration of the 

prior national surveys. NHTSA will use 

the findings to assist States, localities, 

and communities in developing and 

refining walking and bicycling safety 

programs that will aid in their efforts to 

reduce pedestrian and bicyclist crashes 

and injuries. 

NHTSA will use the information to 

produce a technical report that presents 

the results of the study. The technical 

report will provide aggregate (summary) 

statistics and tables as well as the 

results of statistical analysis of the 

information, but it will not include any 

personally identifiable information. The 

technical report will be shared with 

State highway offices, local 

governments, and those who develop 

traffic safety communications that aim 

to reduce pedestrian and bicyclist 

crashes. 

Affected Public: Participants will be 

U.S. adults (18 years old and older). 

Businesses are ineligible for the sample 

and would not be interviewed. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,650. 

Participation in this study will be 

voluntary. For the main survey 

collection, 7,500 participants will be 

sampled from all 50 States and the 

District of Columbia using address data 

from the most recent U.S. Postal Service 

(USPS) computerized Delivery 

Sequence File (DSF) of residential 

addresses. An estimated 22,943 

households will be contacted and have 

the study described to them. No more 

than one respondent will be selected per 

household. 

Prior to the main survey, a pilot 

survey will be administered to test the 

survey and the mailing protocol and 

procedures. Participation in this study 

will be voluntary with 150 participants 

sampled from all 50 States and the 

District of Columbia using address data 

from the most recent USPS 

computerized DSF of residential 

addresses. An estimated 459 households 

will be contacted and have the study 

described to them. No more than one 

respondent will be selected per 

household. 

Frequency of Collection: The study 

will be conducted one time during the 

three-year period for which NHTSA is 

requesting approval, with a small pilot 

study occurring several months before 

the study’s full launch. This study is 

part of a tracking and trending study to 

measure changes over time. The last 

study was administered in 2012. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: NHTSA estimates the total 

burden of this information collection by 

estimating the burden to those who 

NHTSA contacts but do not respond 

(non-responders) and those who 

respond and are eligible for 

participation (eligible respondents or 

actual participants). As virtually all 

households have at least one adult 18 or 

older, all households are eligible to 

participate and, as such, no burden is 

calculated for ineligible respondents. 

The estimated time to contact 22,943 

potential participants (actual 

participants and non-responders) for the 

survey and 459 potential participants 

(actual participants and non-responders) 

for the pilot is one minute per person 

per contact attempt. Contact attempts 

will be made in five waves with fewer 

potential participants contacted in each 

subsequent wave. NHTSA estimates that 

7,500 people will respond to the survey 

request and 150 will respond to the 

pilot. The estimated time to contact (1 

minute) and complete the survey (20 

minutes) for 7,500 participants and 150 

pilot participants is 21 minutes per 

person. Table 1 provides a description 

for each of the forms used in the survey 


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protocol as well as their mailing wave. 

Details of the burden hours for each 

wave in the pilot and full survey are 

included in Tables 2 and 3 below. When 

rounded up to the nearest whole hour 

for each data collection effort, the total 

estimated annual burden is 4,182 hours 

for the project activities. Table 4 

provides total burden hours associated 

with each form. 

TABLE 1—NHTSA FORM NUMBER, DESCRIPTION, AND MAILING WAVE

NHTSA 

Form No. Description Mailing wave 

1148 ............. Questionnaire—National Survey of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviors (English) .............. 3, 5 

1613 ............. Questionnaire—National Survey of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviors (Spanish) ............. 3, 5 

1614 ............. Initial Invitation Letter ........................................................................................................................................................ 1 

1615 ............. Reminder Postcard #1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 

1616 ............. Cover Letter included with 1st mailing of the paper survey ............................................................................................. 3 

1617 ............. Reminder Postcard #2 ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 

1618 ............. Cover Letter included with 2nd mailing of the paper survey ........................................................................................... 5 

TABLE 2—ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN FOR PILOT SURVEY

Mailing wave 

(Form No.) 

Number of 

contacts Participant type 

Estimated 

burden per 

sample unit 

(in minutes) 

Frequency 

of burden 

Number of 

sample units 

Burden 

hours * 

Total burden 

hours * 

Wave 1 (NHTSA Form 

1614).

459 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

409 

50 

7 

18 

25 

Wave 2 (NHTSA Form 

1615).

409 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

379 

30 

7 

11 

18 

Wave 3 (NHTSA Forms 

1148, 1613, 1616).

379 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

341 

38 

6 

14 

20 

Wave 4 (NHTSA Form 

1617).

341 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

322 

19 

6 

7 

13 

Wave 5 (NHTSA Forms 

1148, 1613, 1618).

322 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

309 

13 

6 

5 

11 

Total ......................... ...................... .................................................................. ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... 87 

* Rounded up to the nearest hour. 

TABLE 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN FOR MAIN DATA COLLECTION SURVEY

Mailing wave 

(Form No.) 

Number of 

contacts Participant type 

Estimated 

burden per 

sample unit 

(in minutes) 

Frequency 

of burden 

Number of 

sample units 

Burden 

hours * 

Total burden 

hours * 

Wave 1 (NHTSA Form 

1614).

22,943 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

20,443 

2,500 

341 

875 

1,216 

Wave 2 (NHTSA Form 

1615).

20,443 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

18,943 

1,500 

316 

525 

841 

Wave 3 (NHTSA Forms 

1148, 1613, 1616).

18,943 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

17,049 

1,894 

285 

663 

948 

Wave 4 (NHTSA Form 

1617).

17,049 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

16,102 

947 

269 

332 

601 

Wave 5 (NHTSA Forms 

1148, 1613, 1618).

16,102 Contacted potential participant—Non-respondent.

Recruited participant—Eligible respondent.

1 

21 

1 

1 

15,443 

659 

258 

231 

489 

Total ......................... ...................... .................................................................. ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... 4,095 

* Rounded up to the nearest hour. 


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TABLE 4—ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN BY NHTSA FORM FOR THE PILOT AND MAIN DATA COLLECTION SURVEYS

Information collection Number of 

responses 

Burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Burden per 

respondent 

(minutes) 

Total burden 

hours 

NHTSA Forms 1148 and 1613 ........................................................................ 7,650 20 20 2,550 

NHTSA Form 1614 .......................................................................................... * 23,850 1 1 * 398 

NHTSA Form 1615 .......................................................................................... 20,852 1 1 348 

NHTSA Form 1616 .......................................................................................... 19,322 1 1 322 

NHTSA Form 1617 .......................................................................................... 17,390 1 1 290 

NHTSA Form 1618 .......................................................................................... 16,424 1 1 274 

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,182 

* Rounded up based on individual waves. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

Participation in this study is voluntary, 

and there are no costs to respondents 

beyond the time spent completing the 

questionnaires. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspects of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Department, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29. 

Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

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[DOT–NHTSA–2021–0082] 

National Emergency Medical Services 

Advisory Council Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the National Emergency 

Medical Services Advisory Council 

(NEMSAC). 

DATES: The meeting will be virtual. It 

will be held May 11–12, 2022, from 9:00 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. Pre-registration is 

required to attend this meeting. A link 

permitting access to the meeting will be 

distributed to registrants within 24 

hours of the meeting start time. If you 

wish to speak during the meeting, you 

must submit a written copy of your 

remarks to DOT by May 3, 2022. 

Other scheduled NEMSAC meeting 

dates in the 2022 include August 10 and 

11; and November 2 and 3. Notifications 

containing specific details for each 

meeting will be published in the 

Federal Register no later than 30 days 

prior to the respective meeting dates. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

virtually. General information about the 

Council is available on the NEMSAC 

internet website at www.ems.gov. The 

registration portal and meeting agenda 

will be available on the NEMSAC 

internet website at www.ems.gov at least 

one week in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Clary Mole, EMS Specialist, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

U.S. Department of Transportation is 

available by phone at (202) 868–3275 or 

by email at Clary.Mole@dot.gov. Any 

committee-related requests should be 

sent to the person listed in this section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The NEMSAC was established 

pursuant to Section 31108 of the 

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 

Century (MAP–21) Act of 2012, under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

The purpose of NEMSAC is to serve as 

a nationally recognized council of 

emergency medical services (EMS) 

representatives to provide advice and 

consult with: 

a. The Federal Interagency Committee 

on Emergency Medical Services 

(FICEMS) on matters relating to EMS 

issues; and 

b. The Secretary of Transportation on 

matters relating to EMS issues affecting 

DOT. 

The NEMSAC provides an important 

national forum for the non-Federal 

deliberation of national EMS issues and 

serves as a platform for advice on DOT’s 

national EMS activities. NEMSAC also 

provides advice and recommendations 

to the FICEMS. NEMSAC is authorized 

under Section 31108 of the MAP–21 Act 

of 2012, codified at 42 U.S.C. 300d–4. 

II. Agenda 

At the meeting, the agenda will cover 

the following topics: 

• Updates from Federal Emergency 

Services Liaisons 

• Updates on the FICEMS Initiatives 

• Updates on NHTSA Initiatives 

• Subcommittee Reports 

III. Public Participation 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. NHTSA is committed to provide 

equal access to this meeting for all 

program participants. Persons with 

disabilities in need of an 

accommodation should send your 

request to the individual in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice no later than May 3, 2022. A 

sign language interpreter will be 

provided, and closed captioning 

services will be provided for this 

meeting through the WebEx virtual 

meeting platform. 

A period of time will be allotted for 

comments from members of the public 

joining the meeting. Members of the 

public may present questions and 

comments to the Council using the live 

chat feature available during the 

meeting. Members of the public may 

also submit materials, questions, and 

comments in advance to the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. 

Members of the public wishing to 

reserve time to speak directly to the 

Council during the meeting must submit 

a request. The request must include the 

name, contact information (address, 


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