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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: 18 October 2021 Subjects: American Government  , Roads & Highways, Safety
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 198 (Monday, October 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57737-57738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22640]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2021-0016]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA 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 December 17, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
2021-0016 by any of the following methods:
Web site: For access to the docket to read background documents or
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: Eddie Curtis, Office of Operations,
HOP, (404) 780-0927 Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Traffic Signal Change and Clearance Interval Pooled Fund
Study.
Background: The timing of yellow change and red clearance intervals
are central to the safe transfer of right-of-way at signalized
intersections. The current edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic
Control Devices for Streets and Highways[1] (MUTCD) requires a yellow
change interval to warn traffic of an impending change in right-of-way
assignment at intersections with traffic control signals and requires
that the duration of the yellow change interval be determined using
engineering practices. While the MUTCD does not require a red clearance
interval, it does require that the duration of the red clearance
interval also be determined using engineering practices if such an
interval is used. The MUTCD refers to the Institute of Transportation
Engineers' (ITE) Manual of Traffic Signal Design or ITE's Traffic
Control Devices Handbook as examples of engineering practices but does
not require a specific engineering practice. Agencies have the
flexibility to use these referenced documents, other engineering
research or documents, or their own policies and procedures that are
developed based on engineering practices. In March 2020, ITE published
Guidelines for Determining Traffic Signal Change and Clearance
Intervals, A Recommended Practice of the Institute of Transportation
Engineers. A Transportation Pooled Fund Study has been established to
study the implications of the published guidelines, evaluate the state
of the practice and to conduct research to address knowledge gaps that
contribute to uncertainty and a lack in uniformity in the documentation
of methods applied to develop change and clearance intervals. There are
no explicit requirements for State DOTs or local agencies responsible
for the design and implementation of traffic signal change and
clearance intervals to demonstrate how their transportation program
develops and applies traffic signal change and clearance intervals. It
is essential for FHWA to examine the methods and practices involved in
the development of traffic signal change and clearance to establish the
state of the practice, to aid in the identification of research gaps,
and to support implementation of documentation to harmonize practices
nationally.
Respondents: Approximately 410 participants, which would allow for
up 2 participants from each of the 50 State Departments of
Transportation (DOT), plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico,
and up to 4 responses from within the top 75 metropolitan areas.
Frequency: One-time collection.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 103 hours for a
one-time collection.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Ways for the FHWA to
enhance the
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quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (2)
ways that the burden could be minimized, 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.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-22640 Filed 10-15-21; 8:45 am]
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