[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27342-27343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13155]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Notice of Strategic Plan Public Meeting Agenda

SUMMARY: This notice provides the agenda for a public meeting being 
held by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for 
a discussion of safety issues and proposed strategies to comprise an 
updated agency strategic plan. The objective of the meeting is to 
receive comments and information from interested organizations and the 
general public.

DATES AND TIMES: As previously announced by NHTSA in the Federal 
Register on April 2, 1998, concerning availability of the NHTSA Draft 
Strategic Plan for public comment [Reference Docket No. 98-NHTSA-98-
3651; Notice 1], NHTSA will hold a one-day public meeting devoted 
primarily to obtaining comments and information related to traffic 
safety issues and proposed program strategies from interested 
organizations and individuals as well as the general public on June 9, 
1998, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at approximately 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 2230, 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides a summary of the agenda 
for the public meeting to be held on June 9, 1998. The purpose of this 
meeting is to enable NHTSA to obtain views on safety problems and 
policies that will influence strategic planning being conducted by the 
agency, and information on potential program strategies that NHTSA 
should consider in designing and adopting a strategic plan to guide 
traffic safety initiatives as the agency enters the new millennium. The 
agency's intention to hold this public meeting was first announced on 
April 2, 1998 (63 FR 16291). For additional information about the draft 
plan and the reasons for the meeting, please consult that announcement.
    Starting at 8:30 a.m. and concluding by 5:00 p.m., NHTSA's 
Administrator and Associate Administrators will provide a brief 
overview of key components of the Draft Strategic Plan as an 
introduction to the morning and afternoon sessions of the meeting, 
followed by roundtable discussions moderated by agency program managers 
for the purpose of examining major safety areas and obtaining views on 
effective strategies, as depicted in the following meeting agenda:

Opening Remarks by Administrator
Overview of Strategic Plan
Vehicle Safety--Issues and Strategies:
    Introduction to vehicle safety, consumer information, enforcement, 
research initiatives and crash/injury information
Discussions:
    --Vehicle crashworthiness
    --Biomechanics research
    --Innovative data (CIREN, CODES)
    --Vehicle crash avoidance (including heavy truck program)
    --Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
    --National data systems (FARS, NASS, GES)
    --Consumer information on vehicle safety
    --Enforcement program activities.
Break for Lunch
Agency Customer Service--Issues and Strategies:
    --Outreach, program training, products for customers, safety data 
quality, customer diversity, continuous improvement
Behavioral Safety--Issues and Strategies:
    --Introduction to highway safety issues, technical assistance, 
research, product/services delivery, partnerships and information needs
Discussions:
    --Safety belts, child safety, outreach/education
    --Pedestrian, bicycles, motorcycle, school bus safety
    --Injury & health, EMS/trauma, health data
    --Safe Communities, grant programs, state/local delivery
    --Alcohol, other drugs, teenager drinking, repeat offenders
    --Police enforcement, speeding, aggressive driving
    --Older/younger drivers, driver education, licensing, NDR
    --ONEDOT: Overall intermodal safety, roadway safety (FHWA), driver 
fatigue, commercial carriers, rail-highway safety (FRA).

Conclusion

    NHTSA has based its decisions about the agenda on the goal of 
affording an opportunity for safety community and public comment on the 
most important elements of the agency's proposed strategic approach to 
improving traffic safety. Familiarity with the Draft Strategic Plan 
will facilitate participation. As NHTSA announced in the Federal 
Register notice of April 2, 1998, copies of the Draft Strategic Plan 
may be obtained by writing to: NHTSA Office of Plans and Policy, 
Strategic Planning Division, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Room 5208, 
Washington, D.C. 20590. Copies of the plan are also available on the 
NHTSA Home Page [http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov]. Public comments on the 
draft plan are available for review (please refer to the April 2, 1998, 
notice for details on how to access the official docket via the 
Internet).


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For details on the Draft Strategic 
Plan or the public meeting, please contact Joseph Cameron (202-366-
2579), Elza Chapa (202-366-0014) or Louise Davis (202-366-1574), NHTSA 
Office of Plans and Policy. FAX number: 202-366-2559.

    Issued: May 12, 1998.
William H. Walsh,
Associate Administrator for Plans and Policy, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-13155 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]
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