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Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael Howell Date: 11 August 2023 Subjects: American Government  , Roads & Highways, Safety
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54708-54709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17276]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0025]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The DOT invites public comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new
information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
2023-0025 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to read background documents or
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comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Govind Vadakpat Ph.D., 202-366-5004,
Smart Infrastructure Program Manager, Intelligent Transportation
Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO), Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: U.S. DOT Intersection Safety Challenge--System Assessment
and Virtual Testing Competition.
Background: Improving the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and
other vulnerable road users is of critical importance to achieving the
objectives of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) National
Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) and DOT's vision of zero fatalities and
serious injuries across our transportation system. According to data
from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in
2020 there were 10,626 traffic fatalities in the United States at
roadway intersections, including 1,674 pedestrian and 355 bicyclist
fatalities. These fatalities at intersections represent 27% of the
total of 38,824 road traffic deaths recorded in 2020.
In response to these growing concerns and as part of the NRSS Call
to Action, the DOT Intersection Safety Challenge (hereafter, ``the
Challenge'') incentivizes the development of new, cost-effective, real-
time roadway Intersection Safety System (ISS) concepts that apply
emerging technologies to identify and mitigate unsafe roadway
intersection conditions involving vehicles and vulnerable road users.
Innovative ISS concepts may utilize emerging technologies, e.g.,
machine sensing and perception, data fusion, artificial intelligence
(AI) and machine learning (ML), trajectory and path prediction,
vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, and real-time decision-
making to generate anticipatory warning systems and other safety-
countermeasures.
In the U.S. DOT Intersection Safety Challenge--System Assessment
and Virtual Testing Competition, participants will develop and improve
algorithms for the detection, localization, and classification of
vulnerable road users and vehicles using government-supplied sensor
data. These government-supplied data include contemporaneous feeds from
diverse sensor technology deployed at the roadside in a controlled test
intersection. Participants will use these data and their resulting
algorithms to predict future intersection conditions and identify
potentially unsafe conditions (current or predicted). The accuracy of
these predictions will be measured against observed ground truth
conditions as part of a broader set of judging criteria. To be eligible
for a prize, submissions must include a structured description of
identified and predicted intersection conditions as well as the
executable computer programming code required to support independent
validation. Participants may submit an optional Concept Paper
describing their ISS concept and the potential of this concept to
address the vision and objectives of the Challenge. The government
anticipates awarding multiple prizes. Detailed rules and judging
criteria will be provided when the prize competition is formally
announced.
Respondents: Approximately 40 participants (or participant teams)
are expected to respond to the prize competition.
Frequency: Participants may submit the structured description and
supporting computer programming code (for validation) up to three times
during the duration of the U.S. DOT Intersection Safety Challenge--
System Assessment and Virtual Testing Competition. Participants may
submit an optional Concept Paper at any time prior to the close of the
prize competition.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 2,000 total
staff-hours is estimated for a participant to complete up to 3
submissions with all required elements for the U.S. DOT Intersection
Safety Challenge--System Assessment and Virtual Testing Competition.
Further, the completion of the optional Concept Paper is estimated at
170 staff-hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40 respondents x 2,170 hours =
86,800 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for DOT's performance; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burdens; (3) ways for DOT to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burden
could be minimized, including the use of electronic technology, without
reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will
summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's
clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: August 8, 2023.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-17276 Filed 8-10-23; 8:45 am]
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