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Michael Howell,
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1. Project name and location: King of
Prussia Rail Extension Project, Upper
Merion Township, Montgomery County
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Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Project description: The
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High Speed Line service to the King of
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Merion Township, Montgomery County,
PA, by approximately 3.5 miles. The
project consists of a new elevated
double-track guideway and construction
of associated facilities to support the
project operations, including guideway
crossover tracks, traction powered
substations, communications
equipment, stormwater management
facilities, and landscaping. The project
also involves construction of five new
stations, including two new park-andride facilities in the vicinity of Valley
Forge Casino resort and Henderson
Road Station, in Montgomery and
Delaware County, PA, and renovation of
the existing 69th Street Transportation
Center to accommodate the project.
Final agency action: Section 4(f) use
determination, dated January 08, 2021;
executed Section 106 Memorandum of
Agreement, dated November 25, 2020;
King of Prussia Rail Extension Project
Combined Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS)/Record of Decision
(ROD), dated January 08, 2021.
Supporting Documentation: King of
Prussia Rail Extension Project Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS),
dated, October 3, 2017. The Combined
FEIS/ROD and associated documents
can be viewed and downloaded from:
https://www.kingofprussiarail.com/feis.
2. Project name and location: East
Fernando Valley Transit Corridor
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Project, Los Angeles County, California.
Project Sponsor: Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(LACMTA). Project description: The
East San Fernando Valley Transit
Corridor Project consists of a 9.2 mile,
at-grade light rail transit (LRT) system
with 14 stations. Under the project, the
LRT would be powered by electrified
overhead lines and would travel 2.5
miles along the LACMTA-owned rightof-way used by the Antelope Valley
Metrolink line and Union Pacific
Railroad from the Sylmar/San Fernando
Metrolink Station south to Van Nuys
Boulevard. As the Project approaches
Van Nuys Boulevard, it would transition
to and operate in a median dedicated
guideway in the median of Van Nuys
Boulevard for approximately 6.7 miles
south to the Metro G Line Van Nuys
Station. Additionally, the project
involves a construction of a
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on approximately 25 acres, bounded by
Keswick Street on the south, Raymer
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Pacoima Wash on the west. Final agency
actions: Section 4(f) no use
determination; Section 106 finding of no
adverse effect with conditions, dated
October 19, 2020; and East Fernando
Valley Transit Corridor Project Record
of Decision (ROD), dated January 29,
2021. Supporting documentation: East
Fernando Valley Transit Corridor
Project Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS), dated, September 21,
2020. The FEIS, ROD and associated
documents can be viewed and
downloaded from: https://
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Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Mark A. Ferroni,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning
and Environment.
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[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0017]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Notice and Request for
Comments; Motorcycle Rider
Segmentation Study
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for public
comment on a proposed new collection
of information.
ACTION:
NHTSA invites public
comments about our intention to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for a new collection
of information. Before a Federal agency
can collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
OMB. Under procedures established by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before seeking OMB approval, Federal
agencies must solicit public comment
on proposed collections of information,
including extensions and reinstatements
of previously approved collections. This
document describes an Information
Collection Request (ICR) on a
motorcycle rider segmentation study for
which NHTSA intends to seek OMB
approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket Number NHTSA–
2020–0017 through any of the following
methods:
• Electronic submissions: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility.
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation. 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Docket
Management, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays. To
be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 366–9322 before
coming.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
Instructions: Each submission must
include the agency name and the docket
number for this notice. Note that all
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy heading below.
• Privacy Act: Anyone is able to
search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our
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dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000
(65 FR 19477–78) or you may visit
https://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
• Docket: For access to the docket to
read comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. To be sure
someone is there to help you, please call
(202) 366–9322 before coming. Follow
the online instructions for accessing the
dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Kristin
Rosenthal, Highway Safety Specialist,
Safety Countermeasures Division, Office
of Research and Program Development,
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, W44–213, Washington, DC
20590. Ms. Rosenthal’s phone number is
202–366–8995, and her email address is
Kristin.Rosenthal@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency
submits a proposed collection of
information to OMB for approval, it
must publish a document in the Federal
Register providing a 60-day comment
period and otherwise consult with
members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulations (at
5 CFR 1320. 8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment on the following: (i)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(ii) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) how to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comment on the following proposed
collection of information for which the
agency is seeking approval from OMB:
Title: Motorcycle Rider Segmentation
Study
OMB Control Number/Type: New.
Form Number(s): NHTSA Form 1560,
NHTSA Form 1561, NHTSA Form 1562,
NHTSA Form 1563, NHTSA Form 1564,
NHTSA Form 1565, NHTSA Form 1566,
NHTSA Form 1565, and NHTSA Form
1568.
Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: Three years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: Title 23, United States
Code, Chapter 4, Section 403 gives the
Secretary authorization to use funds
appropriated to carry out this section to
conduct research and development
activities, including demonstration
projects and the collection and analysis
of highway and motor vehicle safety
data and related information with
respect to all aspects of highway and
traffic safety systems and conditions
relating to vehicle, highway, driver,
passenger, motorcyclist, bicyclist, and
pedestrian characteristics; accident
causation and investigations; and
human behavioral factors and their
effect on highway and traffic safety,
including impaired driving. NHTSA is
seeking approval to collect information
through web-based surveys and
intercept surveys (data will be entered
into an electronic tablet) from
motorcycle riders (the person operating
the motorcycle) and passengers (a
person seated on, but not operating, the
motorcycle) in five defined risk-taking
segments (males who ride while
impaired, males and females who ride
without using personal protective
equipment, males who speed when they
ride, males who stopped riding for a
period of time and are returning to
riding, and females who are passengers
on motorcycles). These five segments
are identified in detail in Table 1.
TABLE 1—MOTORCYCLE SURVEY SEGMENTS
Segment
Type
Sex
Age
Bike
Target group
1 ...............
2 ...............
Solo Rider .......
Solo Rider .......
Male ................
Male and Female.
40 or older ......
40 or older ......
Cruiser ............
Cruiser ............
Rides while impaired .......
Rides while impaired .......
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Helmet & Personal Protective
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TABLE 1—MOTORCYCLE SURVEY SEGMENTS—Continued
Segment
Type
Sex
Age
Bike
Target group
Survey focus
3 ...............
Female ............
18 or older ......
Any type .........
4 ...............
Nonowner rider
(i.e., passenger).
Solo Rider .......
Male ................
40 or older ......
Any type .........
Passenger of rider who is
impaired or speeds,
lack of PPE.
Returning rider ................
5 ...............
Solo Rider .......
Male ................
29 or younger
Sport ...............
Regularly speeds in traffic
Impaired driving, female empowerment to make their
own decisions.
Risk assessment (i.e., engine
cylinder volume, exposure,
retraining).
Risk assessment (i.e., variable
speed, PPE).
The purpose of this effort is to study
these five segments of the motorcycle
rider/passenger population to better
understand each segment’s unique
safety challenges and risks and,
ultimately, provide reliable information
for NHTSA’s development of a longrange intervention program. At a
minimum, the envisioned long-range
intervention program would include
relevant messaging based on survey
focus (messaging meant to reduce risks
such as riding while impaired,
speeding, lack of personal protective
equipment and helmet use, lack of
training, and unfamiliar motorcycle
dynamics). For female passengers,
messaging may involve empowerment
to make their own decisions and
encouragement to not get on a
motorcycle with a rider who is impaired
or undertakes risky behaviors.
Additional risk factors may be described
and addressed as a result of the
research. The empirical results from this
study are intended to promote datadriven decision-making regarding
messaging and other safety program
activities targeting the five motorcycle
rider/passenger segments.
Information from riders will be
collected from five States: California,
Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, and
Washington. NHTSA proposes to collect
information from approximately 1,000
riders in each of the four rider-based
segments (total of 4,000 respondents). In
order to reach this sample size, NHTSA
intends to distribute the surveys to up
to 10,000 people per segment.
Information will be collected for up to
two segments per State, but no person
will receive more than one survey.
Information for the female-passenger
segment will be collected during a yetto-be-determined large motorcycle
event, such as the Sturgis Motorcycle
Rally in South Dakota or Bike Week in
Daytona, Florida.
NHTSA will conduct a pilot of each
survey with nine (9) representatives of
each rider segment prior to conducting
the actual survey. The pilot will be
conducted in the same manner as the
actual survey, with the same States
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participating. The pilot for the female
passenger survey will be conducted at a
smaller-scale motorcycle event.
Participants for the web-based survey
will first receive a letter inviting them
to complete the survey. Participants will
receive a letter via the United States
Postal Service (USPS) because DMV
records are unlikely to have email
addresses for everyone. The paper
invitation will direct participants to a
website to fill out the survey. The
invitation will include the link to the
survey (participants would have to type
this into their browser), a QR code that
the participant can scan to get to the
online survey, and a PIN unique to each
participant that they must enter when
they go to the online survey. To reduce
the handling of personally identifiable
information (PII), each State DMV or
licensing agency will handle the mailing
of the survey invitation letter to
motorcycle owners based on motorcycle
registrations, age, citations related to the
particular segment (i.e., driving while
impaired, speeding, or failure to wear a
helmet), and gender specific to each
segment. NHTSA will provide a
memorandum of understanding with
each State agency that will describe the
process for distributing the survey
information and the sharing of data.
NHTSA has funding available to
compensate each State for this effort.
For the female passenger intercept
surveys, researchers will attend the
selected event and ask female attendees
if they would be willing to complete a
survey for which they will be
compensated. All surveys will be
completed on a one-on-one basis with
each respondent, with respondents
entering their data in the survey via
electronic device.
The surveys will begin with a set of
screening questions to ensure the
respondent fits within the
corresponding segment being studied
and will exclude participants who do
not fit into the segment. All people who
receive an invitation to the survey will
receive a $1 noncontingent incentive,
and those who complete the survey will
receive a $25 gift card. At the end of the
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survey, the participant will receive a
link to receive a TANGO Card,1 which
allows for electronic or hard-copy
delivery, never expires, and has no fees
associated with purchase or use.
Participants can choose to select their
digital gift cards from a catalog of
retailers such as Walmart, Amazon,
Starbucks, Target, restaurants, etc.
Incentives can also be turned over to
charitable organizations if desired by
the participant.
Following the screening questions,
the respondents will be given
approximately 40–60 questions specific
to the survey’s associated segment. The
questions will be a combination of
multiple choice, fill in the blank, and
Likert scale (a five-point scale that is
used to allow the respondent to express
how much they agree or disagree with
a particular statement), and may include
responding to sounds and/or images.
The survey website will be developed to
be Section 508 compliant. The survey
will be hosted in a secure environment
and will not collect any PII. Each
respondent will enter his or her unique
identifier, which will be used to ensure
each respondent only responds once
and will also enable the data to be tied
to specific driver information such as
impaired driving arrests, crashes, or
failure to wear a helmet, where such
data may be obtained.
This collection is solely reporting,
and there are no record-keeping costs to
the respondents. NHTSA will use the
information to produce a technical
report that presents the results of the
study. The technical report will provide
aggregate (summary) statistics and tables
as well as the results of statistical
analysis of the information, but it will
not include any personal information.
The technical report will be shared with
State highway safety offices, motorcycle
safety advocacy groups and
organizations, local governments, and
those who develop traffic safety
communications that aim to reduce
motorcycle-related crashes. The total
estimated burden for recruiting
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participants by the States (6,676 hours),
for reading of the invitation by potential
participants (1,400 hours), for pilot
testing of all surveys (36 hours) and for
4,500 participants to complete the
survey (3,542 hours) is 11,654 total
hours.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: NHTSA was established to
reduce deaths, injuries, and economic
losses resulting from motor vehicle
crashes on the Nation’s highways. As
part of this statutory mandate, NHTSA
is authorized to conduct research for the
development of traffic safety programs.
While motorcycles account for less than
one percent of vehicle miles traveled, in
2017 they accounted for 14 percent of
all traffic fatalities.2 Data about
motorcyclists may suggest that they are
a disproportionally risk-taking
population. Twenty-nine percent of
motorcyclists killed in collisions were
operating without a valid driver’s
license, which is higher than the 13
percent for passenger car drivers.
Thirty-two percent of all motorcyclist
fatalities involved speeding, compared
to 18 percent for passenger car drivers.
Twenty-eight percent of motorcyclist
fatalities had a blood alcohol
concentration (BAC) at or above 0.08 g/
dL; this number increased to 42 percent
at night.
However, motorcyclists are not a
homogeneous group, varying in their
reasons for riding, the type of
motorcycle they own or ride, the places
and times they ride, the personal
protective equipment they use, and their
risk-taking behavior—all of which
impact their safety and risk for certain
collision outcomes. NHTSA has
identified five segments of the riding
population for which risk-taking can be
better understood. A data-driven
approach to assessing risk-taking will
enable NHTSA to strategically and costeffectively target interventions that can
improve motorcyclist safety.
Affected Public: For segments 1, 2, 4,
and 5, surveys will be sent only to
people in the respective State DMV
database who have a motorcycle
endorsement, have received citations
related to the particular segment (i.e.,
driving while impaired, speeding, or
failure to wear a helmet), have the
specific type of motorcycle specific to
the segment (e.g., sport bike), are the
defined sex for the segment, and fall
within the age range for the segment.
For Segment 3, participants will be
females in attendance at a large-scale
motorcycle event.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,545.
Participation in this study will be
voluntary, and approximately 40,000
participants will be invited to take the
four rider-segment surveys and
approximately 2,000 participants will be
recruited to take the female passenger
intercept survey. It is estimated that
1,000 participants will complete the
survey for each of the four rider
segments (total of 4,000 participants)
and 500 participants will complete the
female passenger survey. In addition, 9
participants from each segment will be
invited to take the pilot surveys, for a
total of 45 pilot participants.
Frequency: This survey is a one-time
information collection, and there will be
no recurrence.
Estimated Total Burden Hours
Estimated Burden Hours for
Participating States
The estimated time for States to send
invitation letters to all possible
respondents is 10 minutes per person.
Therefore, multiplying the number of
minutes per invitation by the number of
invitations to send per segment and
rounding, there are 2 hours spent per
segment in the pilot (9 invitations × 10
min./60 = 1.5) and 1,667 hours per
segment for the full survey (10,000
invitations × 10 min./60 = 1,666.7). The
total rounded burden hours for all
segments that involve sending an
invitation (Segments 1, 2, 4, and 5) is
6,676 hours [8 hours for the pilot (2
hours × 4) and 6,668 hours for the full
survey (1,667 hours × 4)]. Each segment
will be divided across two States with
each State sending surveys to no more
than two segments. The total hours per
segment for participating States are
detailed in Table 2.
TABLE 2—ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN HOURS FOR PARTICIPATING STATES
Time to send
invitation
per letter
(minutes)
Segment
1
2
3
4
5
Pilot survey
Number of
invitation
letters
Full survey
Burden
hours per
segment
Number of
invitation
letters
All surveys (pilot & full)
Burden
hours per
segment
Total burden
hours per
segment
Total burden
hours per
state *
.........................
.........................
.........................
.........................
.........................
10
10
N/A
10
10
9
9
N/A
9
9
2
2
N/A
2
2
10,000
10,000
N/A
10,000
10,000
1,667
1,667
N/A
1,667
1,667
1,669
1,669
N/A
1,669
1,669
835
835
N/A
835
835
Total ...........
........................
36
8
40,000
6,668
6,676
Max hours per
State—1,670.
* Each State will send survey invitations to half of the sample size of a segment for up to two segments (e.g., 5,000 participants in Segment 1
and 5,000 participants in Segment 2).
The labor cost associated with this
collection of information for
participating States is derived by (1)
applying the appropriate average hourly
labor rate published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, (2) dividing by 0.619
(61.9%) 3 for state and local government
workers, to obtain the total cost of
compensation, and (3) multiplying by
the estimated burden hours for each
segment. To arrive at the cost per
segment for each State, the total segment
cost must be divided in half since
survey invitations for each segment will
be divided across two States, with each
State sending surveys to no more than
two segments. Labor costs associated
with States to send invitation letters are
estimated to be $28.09 per hour for
‘‘Mail Clerks and Mail Machine
Operators, Except Postal Service,’’
2 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/
ViewPublication/812785.
3 See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation by ownership (June 2020), available
at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm
(accessed November 23, 2020).
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Occupation Code 43–9051, ($17.39 4 per
hour ÷ 0.619). The estimated labor cost
for participating States for each segment
for the pilot is estimated to be $56.18
rounded to $56.00 ($28.09 × 2 hours)
and the estimated labor cost for each
segment for the full survey is estimated
to be $46,826.03 rounded to $46,826
($28.09 × 1,667 hours). Therefore, the
estimated total rounded labor costs for
participating States for all segments that
involve sending an invitation (Segments
1, 2, 4, and 5) is $187,528 ($224 for the
pilot ($56.00 × 4 = $224) and $187,304
for the full survey ($46,826 × 4 =
$187,304)). Each State will receive an
estimated $10,000 stipend from NHTSA
for their assistance with mailing the
surveys. The stipend funding has been
included in the contract for conducting
this survey and is not an additional cost
for NHTSA. Additional benefits for a
State DMV participation other than the
stipend is it provides research that will
inform future programs for motorcycle
safety. This could lead to programs,
resources and product development,
and other items that promote
motorcycle safety. The maximum
estimated labor costs for the burden
hours per State is $36,882, after the
stipend provided by NHTSA. The
burden costs for participating States are
detailed in Table 3 below:
TABLE 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL LABOR COSTS PER SEGMENT FOR PARTICIPATING STATES
Pilot survey
Average
hourly labor
cost
Segment
1
2
3
4
5
Burden hours
per segment
Full survey
Labor cost per
segment
Burden hours
per segment
All surveys (pilot & full)
Labor cost per
segment
Total labor
costs per
segment
Total labor cost
per state
.........................
.........................
.........................
.........................
.........................
$28.09
28.09
N/A
28.09
28.09
2
2
N/A
2
2
$56.00
56.00
N/A
56.00
56.00
1,667
1,667
N/A
1,667
1,667
$46,826.00
46,826.00
N/A
46,826.00
46,826.00
$46,882.00
46,882.00
N/A
46,882.00
46,882.00
$23,441.00
23,441.00
N/A
23,441.00
23,441.00
Totals ..........
........................
8
224.00
6,668
187,304.00
187,528.00
Max Cost Per
State—$46,882
less $10,000
NHTSA stipend =
$36,882.00.
Estimated Burden Hours for Survey
Participants and Nonrespondents
The total burden hours for potential
survey participants are derived by
estimating the number of minutes each
potential participant would spend on
reading the survey invitation and
multiplying by the number of potential
participants. Approximately 40,000
potential participants will receive an
invitation to take one of the four ridersegment surveys and approximately
2,000 potential participants will be
recruited to take the female passenger
intercept survey. NHTSA estimates that
each potential participant will spend up
to 2 minutes reading and reviewing the
invitation; therefore, the total burden
hours for recruiting participants is
estimated to be 1,400 hours ((40,000 x
2/60) + (2,000 x 2/60)), as shown in
Table 4.
TABLE 4—ESTIMATED RECRUITMENT BURDEN HOURS
Time to read
invitation
(minutes)
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Segment
Number of
potential
participants
Total time
per segment
(hours)
Riders ...........................................................................................................................................
Passengers ..................................................................................................................................
2
2
40,000
2,000
1,333
67
Total Est. Recruitment Burden Hours ..................................................................................
........................
........................
1,400
For participants who decide to take
the survey, each survey includes
approximately 5 minutes for screening
questions and between 30 and 50
minutes to take the survey. The
estimated time for the pilot participants
who take the survey is 36 hours and the
estimated time for the full survey
participants is 3,542 hours. Therefore,
the total burden hours for the full
survey for all segments is 3,578 hours
(3,281 hours for riders and 297 hours for
passengers). The burden hours for
respondents are detailed in Table 5.
Burden hours were estimated using 1
minute to read the introduction, 30
seconds per multiple choice question,
and 1 minute per multiple answer
question.
4 See May 2019 National Occupational
Employment and Wage Estimates by ownership,
Federal, state, and local government including the
U.S. Postal Service, available at https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/999001.htm#43-0000
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Segment
1
2
3
4
5
Pilot survey
Estimated
time to
complete
survey
Full survey
Burden hours
per
segment
Number of
respondents
Number of
respondents
Burden
hours per
segment
Total est.
burden hours
per
segment
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...............................................................
...............................................................
...............................................................
40
50
35
55
50
9
9
9
9
9
6
8
5
9
8
1,000
1,000
500
1,000
1,000
667
833
292
917
833
673
841
297
926
841
Total ..................................................
230
45
36
4,500
3,542
3,578
Therefore, the total burden hours for
survey participants and nonrespondents
for the pilot and full survey for all
segments is 4,978 hours (1,400 hours for
recruitment and 3,578 hours for
respondents).
Estimated Total Burden Hour
Opportunity Costs for Survey
Participants
The burden hour cost associated with
this collection of information for
respondents is derived by multiplying
the appropriate average American wage
published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics by the estimated burden hours
for participants for each segment. The
average American wage is estimated to
be $29.81 per hour for ‘‘all employees
on private nonfarm payrolls.5’’ The
estimated opportunity cost for
participants for each segment for the
pilot and full survey is $106,660.00,
detailed in Table 6.
TABLE 6—ESTIMATED OPPORTUNITY COSTS FOR RESPONDENTS
Pilot survey
Average
hourly
wage
Segment
jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES
1
2
3
4
5
Full survey
Opportunity
cost per
segment
(rounded)
Burden
hours per
segment
Burden
hours per
segment
Opportunity
cost per
segment
(rounded)
All surveys
(pilot & full)
Total
opportunity
cost per
segment
(rounded)
...............................................................
...............................................................
...............................................................
...............................................................
...............................................................
$29.81
29.81
29.81
29.81
29.81
6
8
5
9
8
$179.00
238.00
149.00
268.00
238.00
667
833
292
917
833
$19,883.00
24,832.00
8,705.00
27,336.00
24,832.00
$20,062.00
25,070.00
8,854.00
27,604.00
25,070.00
Totals ................................................
........................
36
1,072.00
3,542
105,588.00
106,660.00
Total Estimated Burden Hours: The
total estimated burden for recruiting
participants by the States (6,676 hours),
for reading of the invitation by potential
participants (1,400 hours), for pilot
testing of all surveys (36 hours) and for
4,500 participants to complete the
survey (3,542 hours) is 11,654 total
hours.
Total Estimated Burden Cost:
Participation in this study is voluntary,
and there are no actual costs to
respondents beyond the time spent
completing the questionnaires.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
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;
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estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the name
of a person that has been placed on
OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons List based on
OFAC’s determination that one or more
applicable legal criteria were satisfied.
All property and interests in property
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person are blocked, and U.S. persons are
generally prohibited from engaging in
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2020-0017]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for
Comments; Motorcycle Rider Segmentation Study
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
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ACTION: Notice and request for public comment on a proposed new
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SUMMARY: NHTSA invites public comments about our intention to request
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new
collection of information. Before a Federal agency can collect certain
information from the public, it must receive approval from OMB. Under
procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before
seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on
proposed collections of information, including extensions and
reinstatements of previously approved collections. This document
describes an Information Collection Request (ICR) on a motorcycle rider
segmentation study for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number NHTSA-
2020-0017 through any of the following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility. M-30, U.S. Department of
Transportation. 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Docket Management, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except on Federal holidays. To be sure someone is there
to help you, please call (202) 366-9322 before coming.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Instructions: Each submission must include the agency name and the
docket number for this notice. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy heading below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form
of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted
on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit https://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Docket: For access to the docket to read comments
received, go to https://www.regulations.gov or the street address listed
above. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 366-
9322 before coming. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Kristin Rosenthal, Highway Safety
Specialist, Safety Countermeasures Division, Office of Research and
Program Development, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, W44-213, Washington, DC 20590. Ms.
Rosenthal's phone number is 202-366-8995, and her email address is
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for approval, it must publish a
document in the Federal Register providing a 60-day comment period and
otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies
concerning each proposed collection of information. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB's regulations (at 5 CFR 1320. 8(d)), an agency must
ask for public comment on the following: (i) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (iii) how to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (iv) how to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA
asks for public comment on the following proposed collection of
information for which the agency is seeking approval from OMB:
Title: Motorcycle Rider Segmentation Study
OMB Control Number/Type: New.
Form Number(s): NHTSA Form 1560, NHTSA Form 1561, NHTSA Form 1562,
NHTSA Form 1563, NHTSA Form 1564, NHTSA Form 1565, NHTSA Form 1566,
NHTSA Form 1565, and NHTSA Form 1568.
Type of Information Collection Request: New collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information: Title 23, United States
Code, Chapter 4, Section 403 gives the Secretary authorization to use
funds appropriated to carry out this section to conduct research and
development activities, including demonstration projects and the
collection and analysis of highway and motor vehicle safety data and
related information with respect to all aspects of highway and traffic
safety systems and conditions relating to vehicle, highway, driver,
passenger, motorcyclist, bicyclist, and pedestrian characteristics;
accident causation and investigations; and human behavioral factors and
their effect on highway and traffic safety, including impaired driving.
NHTSA is seeking approval to collect information through web-based
surveys and intercept surveys (data will be entered into an electronic
tablet) from motorcycle riders (the person operating the motorcycle)
and passengers (a person seated on, but not operating, the motorcycle)
in five defined risk-taking segments (males who ride while impaired,
males and females who ride without using personal protective equipment,
males who speed when they ride, males who stopped riding for a period
of time and are returning to riding, and females who are passengers on
motorcycles). These five segments are identified in detail in Table 1.
Table 1--Motorcycle Survey Segments
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Segment Type Sex Age Bike Target group Survey focus
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1.................. Solo Rider........... Male................ 40 or older......... Cruiser............. Rides while impaired Impaired Driving.
2.................. Solo Rider........... Male and Female..... 40 or older......... Cruiser............. Rides while impaired Helmet & Personal
Protective
Equipment (PPE).
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3.................. Nonowner rider (i.e., Female.............. 18 or older......... Any type............ Passenger of rider Impaired driving,
passenger). who is impaired or female empowerment
speeds, lack of PPE. to make their own
decisions.
4.................. Solo Rider........... Male................ 40 or older......... Any type............ Returning rider..... Risk assessment
(i.e., engine
cylinder volume,
exposure,
retraining).
5.................. Solo Rider........... Male................ 29 or younger....... Sport............... Regularly speeds in Risk assessment
traffic. (i.e., variable
speed, PPE).
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The purpose of this effort is to study these five segments of the
motorcycle rider/passenger population to better understand each
segment's unique safety challenges and risks and, ultimately, provide
reliable information for NHTSA's development of a long-range
intervention program. At a minimum, the envisioned long-range
intervention program would include relevant messaging based on survey
focus (messaging meant to reduce risks such as riding while impaired,
speeding, lack of personal protective equipment and helmet use, lack of
training, and unfamiliar motorcycle dynamics). For female passengers,
messaging may involve empowerment to make their own decisions and
encouragement to not get on a motorcycle with a rider who is impaired
or undertakes risky behaviors. Additional risk factors may be described
and addressed as a result of the research. The empirical results from
this study are intended to promote data-driven decision-making
regarding messaging and other safety program activities targeting the
five motorcycle rider/passenger segments.
Information from riders will be collected from five States:
California, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, and Washington. NHTSA
proposes to collect information from approximately 1,000 riders in each
of the four rider-based segments (total of 4,000 respondents). In order
to reach this sample size, NHTSA intends to distribute the surveys to
up to 10,000 people per segment. Information will be collected for up
to two segments per State, but no person will receive more than one
survey. Information for the female-passenger segment will be collected
during a yet-to-be-determined large motorcycle event, such as the
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota or Bike Week in Daytona,
Florida.
NHTSA will conduct a pilot of each survey with nine (9)
representatives of each rider segment prior to conducting the actual
survey. The pilot will be conducted in the same manner as the actual
survey, with the same States participating. The pilot for the female
passenger survey will be conducted at a smaller-scale motorcycle event.
Participants for the web-based survey will first receive a letter
inviting them to complete the survey. Participants will receive a
letter via the United States Postal Service (USPS) because DMV records
are unlikely to have email addresses for everyone. The paper invitation
will direct participants to a website to fill out the survey. The
invitation will include the link to the survey (participants would have
to type this into their browser), a QR code that the participant can
scan to get to the online survey, and a PIN unique to each participant
that they must enter when they go to the online survey. To reduce the
handling of personally identifiable information (PII), each State DMV
or licensing agency will handle the mailing of the survey invitation
letter to motorcycle owners based on motorcycle registrations, age,
citations related to the particular segment (i.e., driving while
impaired, speeding, or failure to wear a helmet), and gender specific
to each segment. NHTSA will provide a memorandum of understanding with
each State agency that will describe the process for distributing the
survey information and the sharing of data. NHTSA has funding available
to compensate each State for this effort.
For the female passenger intercept surveys, researchers will attend
the selected event and ask female attendees if they would be willing to
complete a survey for which they will be compensated. All surveys will
be completed on a one-on-one basis with each respondent, with
respondents entering their data in the survey via electronic device.
The surveys will begin with a set of screening questions to ensure
the respondent fits within the corresponding segment being studied and
will exclude participants who do not fit into the segment. All people
who receive an invitation to the survey will receive a $1 noncontingent
incentive, and those who complete the survey will receive a $25 gift
card. At the end of the survey, the participant will receive a link to
receive a TANGO Card,\1\ which allows for electronic or hard-copy
delivery, never expires, and has no fees associated with purchase or
use. Participants can choose to select their digital gift cards from a
catalog of retailers such as Walmart, Amazon, Starbucks, Target,
restaurants, etc. Incentives can also be turned over to charitable
organizations if desired by the participant.
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Following the screening questions, the respondents will be given
approximately 40-60 questions specific to the survey's associated
segment. The questions will be a combination of multiple choice, fill
in the blank, and Likert scale (a five-point scale that is used to
allow the respondent to express how much they agree or disagree with a
particular statement), and may include responding to sounds and/or
images. The survey website will be developed to be Section 508
compliant. The survey will be hosted in a secure environment and will
not collect any PII. Each respondent will enter his or her unique
identifier, which will be used to ensure each respondent only responds
once and will also enable the data to be tied to specific driver
information such as impaired driving arrests, crashes, or failure to
wear a helmet, where such data may be obtained.
This collection is solely reporting, and there are no record-
keeping costs to the respondents. NHTSA will use the information to
produce a technical report that presents the results of the study. The
technical report will provide aggregate (summary) statistics and tables
as well as the results of statistical analysis of the information, but
it will not include any personal information. The technical report will
be shared with State highway safety offices, motorcycle safety advocacy
groups and organizations, local governments, and those who develop
traffic safety communications that aim to reduce motorcycle-related
crashes. The total estimated burden for recruiting
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participants by the States (6,676 hours), for reading of the invitation
by potential participants (1,400 hours), for pilot testing of all
surveys (36 hours) and for 4,500 participants to complete the survey
(3,542 hours) is 11,654 total hours.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: NHTSA was established to reduce deaths, injuries, and
economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes on the Nation's
highways. As part of this statutory mandate, NHTSA is authorized to
conduct research for the development of traffic safety programs. While
motorcycles account for less than one percent of vehicle miles
traveled, in 2017 they accounted for 14 percent of all traffic
fatalities.\2\ Data about motorcyclists may suggest that they are a
disproportionally risk-taking population. Twenty-nine percent of
motorcyclists killed in collisions were operating without a valid
driver's license, which is higher than the 13 percent for passenger car
drivers. Thirty-two percent of all motorcyclist fatalities involved
speeding, compared to 18 percent for passenger car drivers. Twenty-
eight percent of motorcyclist fatalities had a blood alcohol
concentration (BAC) at or above 0.08 g/dL; this number increased to 42
percent at night.
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However, motorcyclists are not a homogeneous group, varying in
their reasons for riding, the type of motorcycle they own or ride, the
places and times they ride, the personal protective equipment they use,
and their risk-taking behavior--all of which impact their safety and
risk for certain collision outcomes. NHTSA has identified five segments
of the riding population for which risk-taking can be better
understood. A data-driven approach to assessing risk-taking will enable
NHTSA to strategically and cost-effectively target interventions that
can improve motorcyclist safety.
Affected Public: For segments 1, 2, 4, and 5, surveys will be sent
only to people in the respective State DMV database who have a
motorcycle endorsement, have received citations related to the
particular segment (i.e., driving while impaired, speeding, or failure
to wear a helmet), have the specific type of motorcycle specific to the
segment (e.g., sport bike), are the defined sex for the segment, and
fall within the age range for the segment. For Segment 3, participants
will be females in attendance at a large-scale motorcycle event.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,545.
Participation in this study will be voluntary, and approximately
40,000 participants will be invited to take the four rider-segment
surveys and approximately 2,000 participants will be recruited to take
the female passenger intercept survey. It is estimated that 1,000
participants will complete the survey for each of the four rider
segments (total of 4,000 participants) and 500 participants will
complete the female passenger survey. In addition, 9 participants from
each segment will be invited to take the pilot surveys, for a total of
45 pilot participants.
Frequency: This survey is a one-time information collection, and
there will be no recurrence.
Estimated Total Burden Hours
Estimated Burden Hours for Participating States
The estimated time for States to send invitation letters to all
possible respondents is 10 minutes per person. Therefore, multiplying
the number of minutes per invitation by the number of invitations to
send per segment and rounding, there are 2 hours spent per segment in
the pilot (9 invitations x 10 min./60 = 1.5) and 1,667 hours per
segment for the full survey (10,000 invitations x 10 min./60 =
1,666.7). The total rounded burden hours for all segments that involve
sending an invitation (Segments 1, 2, 4, and 5) is 6,676 hours [8 hours
for the pilot (2 hours x 4) and 6,668 hours for the full survey (1,667
hours x 4)]. Each segment will be divided across two States with each
State sending surveys to no more than two segments. The total hours per
segment for participating States are detailed in Table 2.
Table 2--Estimated Total Burden Hours for Participating States
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Pilot survey Full survey All surveys (pilot & full)
Time to send -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Segment invitation Number of Number of Total burden
per letter invitation Burden hours invitation Burden hours hours per Total burden hours
(minutes) letters per segment letters per segment segment per state *
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1................................. 10 9 2 10,000 1,667 1,669 835
2................................. 10 9 2 10,000 1,667 1,669 835
3................................. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
4................................. 10 9 2 10,000 1,667 1,669 835
5................................. 10 9 2 10,000 1,667 1,669 835
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Total......................... .............. 36 8 40,000 6,668 6,676 Max hours per State--
1,670.
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* Each State will send survey invitations to half of the sample size of a segment for up to two segments (e.g., 5,000 participants in Segment 1 and
5,000 participants in Segment 2).
Estimated Total Labor Costs for Participating States
The labor cost associated with this collection of information for
participating States is derived by (1) applying the appropriate average
hourly labor rate published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, (2)
dividing by 0.619 (61.9%) \3\ for state and local government workers,
to obtain the total cost of compensation, and (3) multiplying by the
estimated burden hours for each segment. To arrive at the cost per
segment for each State, the total segment cost must be divided in half
since survey invitations for each segment will be divided across two
States, with each State sending surveys to no more than two segments.
Labor costs associated with States to send invitation letters are
estimated to be $28.09 per hour for ``Mail Clerks and Mail Machine
Operators, Except Postal Service,''
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Occupation Code 43-9051, ($17.39 \4\ per hour / 0.619). The estimated
labor cost for participating States for each segment for the pilot is
estimated to be $56.18 rounded to $56.00 ($28.09 x 2 hours) and the
estimated labor cost for each segment for the full survey is estimated
to be $46,826.03 rounded to $46,826 ($28.09 x 1,667 hours). Therefore,
the estimated total rounded labor costs for participating States for
all segments that involve sending an invitation (Segments 1, 2, 4, and
5) is $187,528 ($224 for the pilot ($56.00 x 4 = $224) and $187,304 for
the full survey ($46,826 x 4 = $187,304)). Each State will receive an
estimated $10,000 stipend from NHTSA for their assistance with mailing
the surveys. The stipend funding has been included in the contract for
conducting this survey and is not an additional cost for NHTSA.
Additional benefits for a State DMV participation other than the
stipend is it provides research that will inform future programs for
motorcycle safety. This could lead to programs, resources and product
development, and other items that promote motorcycle safety. The
maximum estimated labor costs for the burden hours per State is
$36,882, after the stipend provided by NHTSA. The burden costs for
participating States are detailed in Table 3 below:
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ownership (June 2020), available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm (accessed November 23, 2020).
\4\ See May 2019 National Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates by ownership, Federal, state, and local government
including the U.S. Postal Service, available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/999001.htm#43-0000 (accessed November 23, 2020).
Table 3--Estimated Total Labor Costs per Segment for Participating States
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Pilot survey Full survey All surveys (pilot & full)
Average -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Segment hourly labor Total labor
cost Burden hours Labor cost per Burden hours Labor cost per costs per Total labor cost
per segment segment per segment segment segment per state
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1................................. $28.09 2 $56.00 1,667 $46,826.00 $46,882.00 $23,441.00
2................................. 28.09 2 56.00 1,667 46,826.00 46,882.00 23,441.00
3................................. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
4................................. 28.09 2 56.00 1,667 46,826.00 46,882.00 23,441.00
5................................. 28.09 2 56.00 1,667 46,826.00 46,882.00 23,441.00
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Totals........................ .............. 8 224.00 6,668 187,304.00 187,528.00 Max Cost Per State--
$46,882 less
$10,000 NHTSA
stipend =
$36,882.00.
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Estimated Burden Hours for Survey Participants and Nonrespondents
The total burden hours for potential survey participants are
derived by estimating the number of minutes each potential participant
would spend on reading the survey invitation and multiplying by the
number of potential participants. Approximately 40,000 potential
participants will receive an invitation to take one of the four rider-
segment surveys and approximately 2,000 potential participants will be
recruited to take the female passenger intercept survey. NHTSA
estimates that each potential participant will spend up to 2 minutes
reading and reviewing the invitation; therefore, the total burden hours
for recruiting participants is estimated to be 1,400 hours ((40,000 x
2/60) + (2,000 x 2/60)), as shown in Table 4.
Table 4--Estimated Recruitment Burden Hours
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Time to read Number of Total time
Segment invitation potential per segment
(minutes) participants (hours)
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Riders.......................................................... 2 40,000 1,333
Passengers...................................................... 2 2,000 67
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Total Est. Recruitment Burden Hours......................... .............. .............. 1,400
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For participants who decide to take the survey, each survey
includes approximately 5 minutes for screening questions and between 30
and 50 minutes to take the survey. The estimated time for the pilot
participants who take the survey is 36 hours and the estimated time for
the full survey participants is 3,542 hours. Therefore, the total
burden hours for the full survey for all segments is 3,578 hours (3,281
hours for riders and 297 hours for passengers). The burden hours for
respondents are detailed in Table 5. Burden hours were estimated using
1 minute to read the introduction, 30 seconds per multiple choice
question, and 1 minute per multiple answer question.
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Table 5--Estimated Burden Hours for Respondents
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Estimated Pilot survey Full survey
time to ---------------------------------------------------------------- Total est.
Segment complete Number of Burden hours Number of Burden hours burden hours
survey respondents per segment respondents per segment per segment
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1....................................................... 40 9 6 1,000 667 673
2....................................................... 50 9 8 1,000 833 841
3....................................................... 35 9 5 500 292 297
4....................................................... 55 9 9 1,000 917 926
5....................................................... 50 9 8 1,000 833 841
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Total............................................... 230 45 36 4,500 3,542 3,578
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Therefore, the total burden hours for survey participants and
nonrespondents for the pilot and full survey for all segments is 4,978
hours (1,400 hours for recruitment and 3,578 hours for respondents).
Estimated Total Burden Hour Opportunity Costs for Survey Participants
The burden hour cost associated with this collection of information
for respondents is derived by multiplying the appropriate average
American wage published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the
estimated burden hours for participants for each segment. The average
American wage is estimated to be $29.81 per hour for ``all employees on
private nonfarm payrolls.\5\'' The estimated opportunity cost for
participants for each segment for the pilot and full survey is
$106,660.00, detailed in Table 6.
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\5\ See Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all
employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally
adjusted, available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm (accessed January 28, 2021).
Table 6--Estimated Opportunity Costs for Respondents
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Pilot survey Full survey All surveys
---------------------------------------------------------------- (pilot & full)
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Average Opportunity Opportunity Total
Segment hourly wage Burden hours cost per Burden hours cost per opportunity
per segment segment per segment segment cost per
(rounded) (rounded) segment
(rounded)
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1....................................................... $29.81 6 $179.00 667 $19,883.00 $20,062.00
2....................................................... 29.81 8 238.00 833 24,832.00 25,070.00
3....................................................... 29.81 5 149.00 292 8,705.00 8,854.00
4....................................................... 29.81 9 268.00 917 27,336.00 27,604.00
5....................................................... 29.81 8 238.00 833 24,832.00 25,070.00
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Totals.............................................. .............. 36 1,072.00 3,542 105,588.00 106,660.00
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: The total estimated burden for
recruiting participants by the States (6,676 hours), for reading of the
invitation by potential participants (1,400 hours), for pilot testing
of all surveys (36 hours) and for 4,500 participants to complete the
survey (3,542 hours) is 11,654 total hours.
Total Estimated Burden Cost: Participation in this study is
voluntary, and there are no actual costs to respondents beyond the time
spent completing the questionnaires.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspects of
this information collection, including (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate
of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-04777 Filed 3-5-21; 8:45 am]
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