Document ID: DOT-OST-2015-0153-0002
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2016-01-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 993-995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-159]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

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

30-Day Notice of Application for New Information Collection 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation 
(Department) or (DOT).

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ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on Aug 
5, 2015 (80 FR 46646).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Your comments should be identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2015-0153 and may be submitted through one of the following methods:
     Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer 
for U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, 
Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
     email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
     Fax: (202) 395-5806. Attention: DOT/OST Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Burton, Office of Policy, 
Office of the Secretary, W84-230, Department of Transportation, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-2278 or 
anthony.burton@dot.gov (Email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Mayors' Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets Survey.
    Type of Request: Application for New Information Collection 
Request.
    Abstract: Approximately 260 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, 
and the proposed questions are attached.
    Affected Public: The 260 cities that voluntarily signed up to 
Mayor's Challenge.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 260.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 260.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30 minutes/respondent; 
Cumulative 130 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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; and 49 CFR 1:48.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 23, 2015.
Habib Azarsina,
OST Privacy and PRA Officer.

Mayors' Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets Survey

    Abstract: Approximately 260 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.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30 minutes/respondent; 
Cumulative 130 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    For Further Information Contact: Anthony Burton, Office of Policy, 
Office of the Secretary, W84-230, Department of Transportation, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-2278 or 
anthony.burton@dot.gov (Email).
    1. Which of the seven goals have you adopted, and what activities 
have you undertaken 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 have been the primary challenges and obstacles to bicycle 
and pedestrian safety in your community, and what if any actions have 
you taken to address these challenges and obstacles?
    3. What if any changes have resulted from the challenge activities?
    (1) Changes to physical infrastructure,
    (2) Decision-making processes,
    (3) Policies or procedures,
    (4) Enforcement,
    (5) Education and awareness of your community
    (6) Other:
    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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                                                       Data available? (E.g. yes/      Extent of impact (E.g.
                                                         no, and if yes, type of        number of bicyclists,
                                                                  data)              compared to 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 have been most useful in 
your challenge?
    6. Which non-DOT resources, tools, and data have been most useful 
in your challenge?
    7. What resources, tools, and data do you wish were available?

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    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 has the Mayors' Challenge added value and/or 
helped 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 have been the key benefits and lessons learned as a result 
of the Mayors' Challenge?
    12. Do you think the Mayors' challenge has helped make any 
permanent changes in pedestrian and bike safety and accommodation in 
your city/town?

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