Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR

describes the nature of the information collections and their expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was

published on March 24, 1999 [64 FR 14303-14304].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 21, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Alan Block at the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Traffic Records

(NTS-31), 202-366-6401. 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 6240, Washington,

DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration.

Title: National Survey of Pedestrian and Bicycle Attitudes,

Knowledge, and Behavior.

OMB Number: 2127-NEW.

Type of Request: New information collection.

Abstract: NHTSA proposes to conduct a survey by telephone among a

national probability sample of 4,200 adults, including older adults.

Participation by respondents would be voluntary. The proposed survey

would collect information on pedestrian and bicycling behavior,

obstacles to walking and bicycling, use of bicycle helmets, training in

bicycling safety, pedestrian and bicyclist safety education for

children, knowledge of safety issues and rules of the road, assessment

of existing community facilities for walking and bicycling, and other

related issues.

In conducting the proposed survey, the interviewers would use

computer-assisted telephone interviewing to reduce interview length and

minimize recording errors. A Spanish-language translation and bilingual

interviewers are proposed to minimize language barriers to

participation. The proposed survey would be anonymous and confidential

Affected Public: Randomly selected members of the general public

aged sixteen and older in telephone households.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1514.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th

Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: NHTSA Desk Officer.

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 Departments 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. A Comment to OMB is most effective if OMB

receives it within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 16, 1999.

Herman L. Simms,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-15707 Filed 6-18-99; 8:45 am]

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