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Title: Exploratory Advanced Research
(EAR) Program initial stage research on
the topic of Dynamic Ridesharing.
Background: The Exploratory
Advanced Research (EAR) Program was
established to conduct longer term,
higher risk research that will result in
potentially dramatic breakthroughs for
improving the durability, efficiency,
environmental performance,
productivity, and safety of highway and
intermodal transportation systems. To
facilitate identification and assessment
of higher-risk, breakthrough research
topics, the Program conducts literature
reviews, event scanning, and targeted
convening. As part of an assessment of
potential high-risk, breakthrough
research on dynamic ridesharing, the
EAR Program is conducting this
collection of information on behavioral
preferences using focus groups.
As a response to the opening of High
Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes in the
Washington, D.C., metro area in the
mid-1970s, a unique commuting
phenomenon developed, commonly
known as ‘‘slugging.’’ This type of
single-trip dynamic carpooling evolved
from drivers and passengers coming
together to fulfill each party’s needs
(e.g., allowing drivers to meet HOV
requirements and thus use the express
travel lanes while riders receive a free,
potentially faster trip to work).
Academic and entrepreneurial types
alike are looking at ways to facilitate
dynamic ridesharing through
technological means. Some suggestions
for enhancing dynamic ridesharing
include website forums that connect
drivers with riders and Smartphone
applications that would allow drivers
and riders to register and connect with
each other. These efforts build off of the
success of three meeting-place based
dynamic ridesharing systems that exist
in Houston, San Francisco, and
Washington, DC. The three systems
have no formal leadership or
management; rather they have evolved
to fulfill a need for carpools created by
the presence of HOV lanes. These
naturally occurring dynamic ridesharing
systems operate by having drivers and
riders meet at central, easily accessible
locations, such as park-and-ride lots
where they create instantaneous
carpools based on desired destinations.
The sluglines are highly successful and
have existed for a long time (30+ years
in the case of DC.), and they are a
critical component to these robust
dynamic ridesharing systems which
serve thousands of commuters each
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weekday. Despite their success and
interesting nature, exploring dynamic
ridesharing programs warrant further
evaluation.
Focus group participants will be
recruited based on a number of criteria.
The primary factors are whether
participants have utilized dynamic
carpooling, the frequency of their use
and whether they use dynamic
ridesharing to commute to work.
Participants would not be representing
their place of work, and they would be
asked to participate as members of the
public on their own time outside of
work hours.
Respondents: The Focus Group will
send approximately 108 participants on
a three-city tour (Washington, DC; San
Francisco, CA; and Houston, TX) to
study the informal, dynamic carpooling
systems in each city. The government
expects the contractor to recruit
slugging/casual carpooling participants
in each city.
Frequency: Annually
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: There will be approximately
9 focus groups total (3 in each city);
with each group consisting of 12
participants with a time commitment of
1.5 hours each person. The screening for
potential participants will take
approximately 5 minutes per person.
There will be approximately 108
participants.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: The annual burden for the Focus
Group would be between 162 hours.
The annual burden for screening
participants will be 9 hours.
Annual Total = 171 hours.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued On: May 19, 2011.
Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Reports, Forms, and Record keeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
SUMMARY:
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Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
regarding the Procedures for Selecting
Lines to be Covered by the Theft
Prevention Standard 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 February 4, 2011 (76
FR 6512). The agency received no
comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 24, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30
days, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carlita Ballard at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of
International Policy, Fuel Economy and
Consumer Programs (NVS–131), 1200
New Jersey Ave., SE., West Building,
Room W43–439, NVS–131, Washington,
DC 20590. Ms. Ballard’s telephone
number is (202) 366–5222. Please
identify the relevant collection of
information by referring to its OMB
Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Title: Procedures for Selecting Lines
to be Covered by the Theft Prevention
Standard (49 CFR 542).
OMB Control Number: 2127–0539.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Manufacturers of light duty
trucks must identify new model
introductions that are likely to be hightheft lines as defined in 49 U.S.C.
33104. In 1984, Congress enacted the
Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement
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Act (the 1984 Theft Act). As a means to
prevent the theft of motor vehicles for
their parts, the 1984 Theft Act required
vehicle manufacturers to mark the major
parts of ‘‘high-theft’’ passenger cars and
the major replacement parts for those
cars. The Anti Car Theft Act of 1992
(ACTA) amended the 1984 Theft Act to
extend its provisions to multipurpose
passenger vehicles (MPVs) and light
duty trucks (LDTs).
The 1984 Theft Act, as amended by
ACTA, requires NHTSA to promulgate a
theft prevention standard for the
designation of high-theft vehicle lines.
The specific lines are to be selected by
agreement between the manufacturer
and the agency. If there is a
disagreement of the selection, the
statute states that the agency shall select
such lines and parts, after notice to the
manufacturer and an opportunity for
written comment. NHTSA’s procedures
for selecting high theft vehicle lines are
contained in 49 CFR part 542.
In a final rule published on April 6,
2004, the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention Standard was extended to
include all passenger cars and
multipurpose passenger vehicles with a
gross vehicle weight rating of 6,000
pounds or less, regardless of whether
they were likely to be high or low theft,
and to light duty trucks with major parts
that are interchangeable with a majority
of the covered major parts of
multipurpose passenger vehicles. The
final rule became effective September 1,
2006.
NHTSA anticipates that there are
approximately 7 vehicle manufacturers
that could request a theft determination.
All seven are still active in the U.S.
market and could respond on an annual
basis. We anticipate this to remain the
average number of yearly responses that
could be received by the agency.
NHTSA estimates that the average
hours per submittal will be 45, for a
total annual burden of 315. The total
annual burden of 315 remains the same
as the current OMB inventory. NHTSA
estimates that the cost associated with
the burden hours is a $57.06 per hour,
for a total cost of approximately
$18,000.
Affected Public: Motor vehicle
manufacturers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
NHTSA estimates that there would be
no additional cost to motor vehicle
manufacturers that would require it to
comply to this regulation.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Title: Petitions for Exemption from
the Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard
(49 CFR Part 543).
OMB Control Number: 2127–0542.
Type of Request: Request for public
comment on a previously approved
collection of information.
Abstract: Manufacturers of passenger
vehicle lines may petition the agency for
an exemption from Part 541
requirements, if the line is equipped
with an anti-theft device as standard
equipment and meets agency criteria.
Device must be as effective as partsmarking. 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331 requires
the Secretary of Transportation to
promulgate a theft prevention standard
to provide for the identification of
certain motor vehicles and their major
replacement parts to impede motor
vehicle theft. 49 U.S.C. 33106 provides
for an exemption to this identification
process by petitions from manufacturers
who equip covered vehicles with
standard original equipment antitheft
devices, which the Secretary determines
are likely to be as effective in reducing
or deterring theft as parts-marking.
NHTSA may exempt a vehicle line from
the parts marking requirement, if the
manufacturer installs an antitheft device
as standard equipment on the entire
vehicle line for which it seeks an
exemption and NHTSA determines that
the antitheft device is likely to be as
effective in reducing and deterring
motor vehicle theft as compliance with
the parts-marking requirements. In
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 33106, after
model year (MY) 2000, the number of
new exemptions is contingent on a
finding by the Attorney General as part
of its long-range review of effectiveness.
After consulting with DOJ, the agency
decided it could continue granting one
exemption per model year pending the
results of the long-term review.
In a final rule published on April 6,
2004, the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention Standard was extended to
include all passenger cars and
multipurpose passenger vehicles with a
gross vehicle rating of 6,000 pounds or
less, and to light duty trucks with major
parts that are interchangeable with a
majority of the covered major parts of
multipurpose passenger vehicles.
Consistent with this DOJ consultation,
the April 6, 2004 final rule amended the
general requirements of Section 543.5 of
Chapter 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, allowing a manufacturer to
petition NHTSA to grant an exemption
for one additional line of its passenger
motor vehicles from the requirements of
the theft prevention standard for each
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
regarding the Petitions for Exemption
from the Theft Prevention Standard
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 February 4,
2011 (76 FR 6514). The agency received
no comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 24, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30
days, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 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.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carlita Ballard at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of
International Policy, Fuel Economy and
Consumer Programs (NVS–131), 1200
New Jersey Ave., SE., West Building,
Room W43–439, NVS–131, Washington,
DC 20590. Ms. Ballard’s telephone
number is (202) 366–0846. Please
identify the relevant collection of
information by referring to its OMB
Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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[FR Doc No: 2011-12843]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Reports, Forms, and Record keeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 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 regarding the Procedures for
Selecting Lines to be Covered by the Theft Prevention Standard 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 February 4, 2011 (76 FR 6512).
The agency received no comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 24, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlita Ballard at the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of International Policy,
Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs (NVS-131), 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
SE., West Building, Room W43-439, NVS-131, Washington, DC 20590. Ms.
Ballard's telephone number is (202) 366-5222. Please identify the
relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control
Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Title: Procedures for Selecting Lines to be Covered by the Theft
Prevention Standard (49 CFR 542).
OMB Control Number: 2127-0539.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Manufacturers of light duty trucks must identify new
model introductions that are likely to be high-theft lines as defined
in 49 U.S.C. 33104. In 1984, Congress enacted the Motor Vehicle Theft
Law Enforcement
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Act (the 1984 Theft Act). As a means to prevent the theft of motor
vehicles for their parts, the 1984 Theft Act required vehicle
manufacturers to mark the major parts of ``high-theft'' passenger cars
and the major replacement parts for those cars. The Anti Car Theft Act
of 1992 (ACTA) amended the 1984 Theft Act to extend its provisions to
multipurpose passenger vehicles (MPVs) and light duty trucks (LDTs).
The 1984 Theft Act, as amended by ACTA, requires NHTSA to
promulgate a theft prevention standard for the designation of high-
theft vehicle lines. The specific lines are to be selected by agreement
between the manufacturer and the agency. If there is a disagreement of
the selection, the statute states that the agency shall select such
lines and parts, after notice to the manufacturer and an opportunity
for written comment. NHTSA's procedures for selecting high theft
vehicle lines are contained in 49 CFR part 542.
In a final rule published on April 6, 2004, the Federal Motor
Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard was extended to include all passenger
cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight
rating of 6,000 pounds or less, regardless of whether they were likely
to be high or low theft, and to light duty trucks with major parts that
are interchangeable with a majority of the covered major parts of
multipurpose passenger vehicles. The final rule became effective
September 1, 2006.
NHTSA anticipates that there are approximately 7 vehicle
manufacturers that could request a theft determination. All seven are
still active in the U.S. market and could respond on an annual basis.
We anticipate this to remain the average number of yearly responses
that could be received by the agency.
NHTSA estimates that the average hours per submittal will be 45,
for a total annual burden of 315. The total annual burden of 315
remains the same as the current OMB inventory. NHTSA estimates that the
cost associated with the burden hours is a $57.06 per hour, for a total
cost of approximately $18,000.
Affected Public: Motor vehicle manufacturers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: NHTSA estimates that there would be
no additional cost to motor vehicle manufacturers that would require it
to comply to this regulation.
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2011-12843 Filed 5-24-11; 8:45 am]
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