Document ID: DOT-OST-2021-0004-0002
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Request for Comments: Draft Strategic Plan on Accessible Transportation
Posted Date: 2021-01-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 4177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00871]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0004]

Request for Comments on Draft Strategic Plan on Accessible 
Transportation

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comments (RFC).

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) seeks public 
comment on a draft Strategic Plan on Accessible Transportation. The 
proposed document guides the DOT's efforts to create a transportation 
system that is inclusive of people with disabilities. The document may 
be found on the Federal regulations website at http://www.regulations.gov as an attachment to Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0004.

DATES: Individuals who are interested in submitting comments must do so 
by February 16, 2021, no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET), to receive full 
consideration by DOT for incorporation into the final Strategic Plan on 
Accessible Transportation.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted using any one of the 
following methods:
     Electronic mail: Email comments to the monitored inbox at 
usdotaccessibility@dot.gov. Responses must be provided as attachments 
to an email. It is recommended that attachments with file sizes 
exceeding 25MB be compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. 
Responses must be provided as a Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to 
the email, and be no more than 10 pages in length, with 12-point font 
and 1-inch margins.
     Internet: To submit comments electronically, go to the 
Federal regulations website at http://www.regulations.gov. Search by 
using the docket number (DOT-OST-2021-0004). Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Please identify Docket No. DOT-OST-2021-0004 at the beginning of 
your comments. DOT will not respond to individual submissions or 
publish publicly a compendium of responses. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
553(c), the DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its 
rulemaking process. The DOT posts these comments without edit, 
including any personal information the commenter provides, to https://www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Confidential Business Information (CBI) is commercial or financial 
information that is both customarily and actually treated as private by 
its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is 
exempt from public disclosure. If your comments in response to this 
notice contain commercial or financial information that is customarily 
treated as private, that you actually treat as private, and that is 
relevant or responsive to this notice, it is important that you clearly 
designate the submitted comments as CBI. Pursuant to 49 CFR 190.343, 
you may ask DOT to provide confidential treatment to information you 
give to the agency by taking the following steps: (1) Mark each page of 
the original document submission containing CBI as ``Confidential;'' 
(2) send DOT a copy of the original document with the CBI deleted along 
with the original, unaltered document; and (3) explain why the 
information you are submitting is CBI. Unless you are notified 
otherwise, DOT will treat such marked submissions as confidential under 
the Freedom of Information Act and they will not be placed in the 
public docket of this notice. Submissions containing CBI should be sent 
to usdotaccessibility@dot.gov. Any commentary DOT receives that is not 
specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for 
this guidance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ariel Gold, Transportation Policy 
Analyst, at Ariel.Gold@dot.gov or 202-695-6833, with a courtesy copy to 
usdotaccessibility@dot.gov.
    Please reference ``Strategic Plan on Accessible Transportation 
RFC'' in the subject line when submitting your response.
    DOT looks forward to your submission in response to this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Strategic Plan on Accessible 
Transportation lays out the Department's vision of 
amultimodaltransportation system that is inclusive of people with 
disabilities. It is the first plan of its type in the Department, and 
covers a five-year period from 2021 through 2025. Broad strategic goals 
are supported by objectives, which are in turn expanded upon in several 
strategies. Select examples of current and future activities by DOT 
Operating Administrations and the Office of the Secretary are shown for 
illustrative purposes.
    Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced the intention 
to develop the Department's first accessibility strategic plan at the 
Access and Mobility for All Summit on October29, 2019. Aframework for 
this plan was presented to the public atthe virtual event, Breaking 
Down Barriers: Celebrating the 30thAnniversary of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act, on July 30, 2020. An online forum engaged the public 
on the framework in August 2020, generating 128 ideas from 1,123 
participants overa three-week period. The Strategic Plan on Accessible 
Transportation is consistent with related documents, such as the DOT 
Strategic Plan for FY 2018-2022 and DOT Research, Development, and 
Technology Strategic Plan FY 2017-2021.

    Issued on: January 12, 2021.
Thomas Finch Fulton,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.
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