Transportation Research and Development Strategic Plan, 17766-17767 [2016-07139]

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[FR Doc. 2016–07096 Filed 3–29–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–60–P PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary Transportation Research and Development Strategic Plan AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST–R), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Request for Information (RFI). SUMMARY: Section 6019 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act; Pub. L. 114–94; December 4, 2015; codified at 49 U.S.C. 6503) requires that the Secretary develop a 5-year transportation research and development strategic plan to guide future Federal transportation research and development activities. The FAST Act states that the strategic plan shall ‘‘describe how the plan furthers the primary purpose of the transportation research and development program. DATES: Comments must be received by April 29, 2016. ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions, please submit them by only one of the following means: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590– 0001. • Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9 a.m. 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366–9329. All comments must include the docket number DOT–OST–2016–0044 at the beginning of the submission. All comments received will be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Jette, Community Planner, U.S. DOT Volpe Center, Attn: Aaron Jette; Office 460; 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. Telephone (617) 494–2335 or Email RDTPlan@dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAST Act states that the strategic plan shall ‘‘describe how the plan furthers the primary purpose of the transportation research and development program, which shall include— (A) Improving mobility of people and goods; (B) Reducing congestion; E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1 asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 61 / Wednesday, March 30, 2016 / Notices (C) Promoting safety; (D) Improving the durability and extending the life of transportation infrastructure; (E) Preserving the environment; (F) Preserving the existing transportation system.’’ The FAST Act also requires that the strategic plan take into account research and development by other Federal, State, local, private sector and nonprofit institutions. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology invites the public to provide comments to inform the development of the 5-year strategic plan for transportation Research, Development and Technology (RD&T). Comments should regard appropriate RD&T activities to meet the purposes and considerations listed in the FAST Act and/or emerging RD&T challenges, opportunities, and priorities that U.S. DOT RD&T should address over the next five years. In particular, comments may respond to any or all of the following questions: 1. What research strategies and priorities should the U.S. DOT adopt to achieve the primary purposes cited in the FAST Act? 2. How can the issues raised in the U.S. DOT document ‘‘Beyond Traffic 2045: Trends and Choices’’ be strategically addressed by RD&T activities over the next five years? 3. What emerging challenges or opportunities in transportation warrant additional Federal RD&T activities or investments? 4. What current and planned RD&T activities sponsored by the federal government should be continued or revised in the future? 5. What strategies could improve the cost-effectiveness of U.S. DOT research investments? 6. How can U.S. DOT best coordinate its RD&T activities with Federal, State, local, private sector, non-profit institutions, and international partners? 7. What knowledge gaps merit additional exploration by the USDOT? For information about current U.S. DOT RD&T activities please visit the Department’s Web site at: https:// www.transportation.gov/research-andstatistics. The U.S. DOT RD&T Strategic Plan will present the Department’s strategy for responding to the trends and opportunities identified in Beyond Traffic 2045: Trends and Choices (www.transportation.gov/ BeyondTraffic). Beyond Traffic examines the long-term and emerging trends affecting our Nation’s transportation system and the implications of those trends. It describes VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:06 Mar 29, 2016 Jkt 238001 how demographic and economic trends, as well as changes in technology, governance, and our climate are affecting how people and goods travel today, and how they could affect travel in the future. Beyond Traffic provides a framework for identifying U.S. DOT RD&T priorities that will advance technologies and inform decisions regarding how we move, how we move things, how we move better, how we adapt, and how we align decisions and dollars. Issued in Washington, DC, on March 23, 2016. Gregory D. Winfree, Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology. [FR Doc. 2016–07139 Filed 3–29–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary of Transportation [Docket No. DOT–OST–2016–0037] Notice of order soliciting community proposals AGENCY: Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary. ACTION: Notice of order soliciting community proposals (Order 2016–3– 32). SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation is soliciting proposals from communities or consortia of communities interested in receiving grants under the Small Community Air Service Development Program. The full text of the Department’s order, including Appendices, is included in this Notice. As noted in the order, an application for a grant under this program must include a Grant Proposal of no more than 20 pages (one-sided only), a completed Application for Federal Domestic Assistance (SF424), a Summary Information Schedule, and any letters from the applicant community showing support. DATES: Applications must be submitted no later than May 2, 2016. ADDRESSES: Communities must submit applications electronically through https://www.grants.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brooke Chapman, Associate Director, Small Community Air Service Development Program, Office of Aviation Analysis, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W86–307, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366 0577. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By this order, the U.S. Department of PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17767 Transportation (the Department or DOT) invites proposals from communities and/or consortia of communities interested in obtaining a federal grant under the Small Community Air Service Development Program (‘‘Small Community Program’’ or ‘‘SCASDP’’) to address air service and airfare issues in their communities. Subject to the availability of funding, the Department has up to $5 million available for FY 2016 grant awards to carry out this program. There is no other limitation on the amount of individual awards, and the amounts awarded will vary depending upon the features and merits of the selected proposals. In past years, the Department’s individual grant sizes have ranged from $20,000 to nearly $1.6 million. Funding amounts made available for reimbursement may be impacted by future limitations placed on the spending authority and appropriations enacted for the Department. OST cannot award grants until the enactment of authorizing legislation, an appropriations act, budget authority, and apportionment from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OST may, at its discretion, issue partial funding awards up to the level authorized and provided that the above conditions are met. Additional information on the budget process may be found in OMB A–11: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ circulars_default/. Applications of no more than 20 onesided pages each (excluding the completed Application for Federal Domestic Assistance (SF424), Summary Information schedule, and any letters from the community or an air carrier showing support for the application), including all required information, must be submitted to www.grants.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 2, 2016. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit applications in advance of the deadline. Please be aware that applicants must complete the grants.gov registration process before submitting an application, and that this process usually takes two to four weeks to complete.1 The Department will not accept late-filed applications except under limited circumstances related to technical difficulties. Additional information on applying through grants.gov is in Appendix A, including a notice regarding late-filed applications. 1 If an applicant experiences difficulties at any point during the registration or application process, it should contact the grants.gov support center by email (support@grants.gov) or by telephone (1–800– 518–4726, available 24/7 except Federal holidays). See www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html. E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17766-17767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07139]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Transportation Research and Development Strategic Plan

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 
(OST-R), Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Request for Information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: Section 6019 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
Act (FAST Act; Pub. L. 114-94; December 4, 2015; codified at 49 U.S.C. 
6503) requires that the Secretary develop a 5-year transportation 
research and development strategic plan to guide future Federal 
transportation research and development activities. The FAST Act states 
that the strategic plan shall ``describe how the plan furthers the 
primary purpose of the transportation research and development program.

DATES: Comments must be received by April 29, 2016.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions, 
please submit them by only one of the following means:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Dockets 
Management Facility, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9 a.m. 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366-9329.
    All comments must include the docket number DOT-OST-2016-0044 at 
the beginning of the submission. All comments received will be posted 
without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Jette, Community Planner, U.S. 
DOT Volpe Center, Attn: Aaron Jette; Office 460; 55 Broadway, 
Cambridge, MA 02142. Telephone (617) 494-2335 or Email RDTPlan@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAST Act states that the strategic plan 
shall ``describe how the plan furthers the primary purpose of the 
transportation research and development program, which shall include--
    (A) Improving mobility of people and goods;
    (B) Reducing congestion;

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    (C) Promoting safety;
    (D) Improving the durability and extending the life of 
transportation infrastructure;
    (E) Preserving the environment;
    (F) Preserving the existing transportation system.''
    The FAST Act also requires that the strategic plan take into 
account research and development by other Federal, State, local, 
private sector and non-profit institutions.
    The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 
invites the public to provide comments to inform the development of the 
5-year strategic plan for transportation Research, Development and 
Technology (RD&T). Comments should regard appropriate RD&T activities 
to meet the purposes and considerations listed in the FAST Act and/or 
emerging RD&T challenges, opportunities, and priorities that U.S. DOT 
RD&T should address over the next five years. In particular, comments 
may respond to any or all of the following questions:
    1. What research strategies and priorities should the U.S. DOT 
adopt to achieve the primary purposes cited in the FAST Act?
    2. How can the issues raised in the U.S. DOT document ``Beyond 
Traffic 2045: Trends and Choices'' be strategically addressed by RD&T 
activities over the next five years?
    3. What emerging challenges or opportunities in transportation 
warrant additional Federal RD&T activities or investments?
    4. What current and planned RD&T activities sponsored by the 
federal government should be continued or revised in the future?
    5. What strategies could improve the cost-effectiveness of U.S. DOT 
research investments?
    6. How can U.S. DOT best coordinate its RD&T activities with 
Federal, State, local, private sector, non-profit institutions, and 
international partners?
    7. What knowledge gaps merit additional exploration by the USDOT?
    For information about current U.S. DOT RD&T activities please visit 
the Department's Web site at: https://www.transportation.gov/research-and-statistics.
    The U.S. DOT RD&T Strategic Plan will present the Department's 
strategy for responding to the trends and opportunities identified in 
Beyond Traffic 2045: Trends and Choices (www.transportation.gov/BeyondTraffic). Beyond Traffic examines the long-term and emerging 
trends affecting our Nation's transportation system and the 
implications of those trends. It describes how demographic and economic 
trends, as well as changes in technology, governance, and our climate 
are affecting how people and goods travel today, and how they could 
affect travel in the future. Beyond Traffic provides a framework for 
identifying U.S. DOT RD&T priorities that will advance technologies and 
inform decisions regarding how we move, how we move things, how we move 
better, how we adapt, and how we align decisions and dollars.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 23, 2016.
Gregory D. Winfree,
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2016-07139 Filed 3-29-16; 8:45 am]
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