[H+T--Friends] FW: NHTSA Strategic Plan Listening Session

Hi all, This National Highway Traffic Safety Administration listening session/public comment opportunity may be of interest to you. Eloisa The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is currently finalizing its 2014-2018 strategic plan, and will hold a public listening session to solicit public comment on emerging or potential traffic safety problems and solutions. Date: Monday, February 24 Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Location: U. S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 Public feedback will assist the agency in preparing to meet the challenges it faces in the next 5 years on improving motor vehicle and traffic safety in the United States. This notice invites comments, suggestions and recommendations from all individuals and organizations that have an interest in motor vehicle and highway safety, and consumer programs (e.g., fuel economy, vehicle theft, odometer fraud, tire performance) administered by the agency, and/or other NHTSA activities. NHTSA will give a brief overview of the plan, and then interested organizations will be provided 10 minutes to present comments to the agency. Alternately, organizations and individuals may provide comments to the docket. Pre-registration is required for in-person participation. If interested in attending in person, you may register by emailing your name, organization and contact information to nhtsa_strategic_plan@dot.gov<mailto:nhtsa_strategic_plan@dot.gov> by February 19, 2014. In-person participants need to bring photo identification and should plan to arrive 45 minutes before the session starts to allow time to clear building security. To provide comments to the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments. The docket number is NHTSA-2014-0014. For more information, please see the Federal Register Notice at: (http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NHTSA-2014-0014).