Hi everyone,
I received this in the context of the TRB public involvement committee
(where I am also a friend) and thought it might be of interest to T&H as
well as pedestrians and bicycles (which I will send to as well under
separate email). The deadline is pretty close, and our research subcommittee
may already be all over this, so pardon the duplication, but I didn't want
us to miss this opportunity.
Best,
Phyllis
***FORWARDED EMAIL ABOUT THE STEP PROGRAM REQUEST FOR INPUT****:*****
_____________________________________________________________________________
*From:* Shepherd, Gloria (FHWA)
*Sent:* Monday, August 15, 2011 9:14 AM
*Subject:* ACTION: To Share the Surface Transportation Environment and
Planning Cooperative Research Program (STEP) Federal Register Notice – Due
November 10
*DUE DATE*: November 10 at 4 PM Eastern Time
The purpose of this e-mail is to make you aware of, and to ask you to share
with your local partners, the August 12, 2011, Federal Register Notice
(Volume 76, Number 156) on the proposed FY 2012 STEP.
The Notice is available at:
Text version: *
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-12/html/2011-20506.htm*<http://w…
PDF version: *http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-12/pdf/2011-20506.pdf
* <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-12/pdf/2011-20506.pdf>
STEP is an FHWA-administered source of funding for research related to
planning, environment and realty. The FHWA anticipates that the STEP or a
similar program to provide resources for national research on issues related
to planning, environment, and realty will be included in future surface
transportation legislation. Stakeholder input is required to identify the
research topics that should receive priority consideration. Therefore, we
are seeking input from all of our partners on the FY 2012 STEP.
The FHWA will use STEP to fund research, field demonstrations, technology
transfer, conferences, and workshops, as well as portions of various pooled
fund research efforts. We anticipate that grants and cooperative agreements
will continue to require a 50 percent match and that research contracts will
not require a match. The Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has
developed STEP research emphasis areas and has identified contacts for each
(see below). The STEP contacts will continue to work with you and our
partners to identify priority research projects for FY 2012. We invite FHWA
staff to forward potential FY 2012 STEP research topics directly to the STEP
emphasis area contacts.
Please encourage your State and local partners to review the proposed FY
2012 STEP Implementation Strategy and submit research topics via the STEP
Web site at:
*https://knowledge.fhwa.dot.gov/cops/STEP.nsf/home/*<https://knowledge.fhwa.dot.gov/cops/STEP.nsf/home/>.
Feedback is requested by November 10, 2011.
For further information regarding STEP, you may also contact Patricia
Cazenas at *Patricia.Cazenas(a)dot.gov* <Patricia.Cazenas(a)dot.gov> or Deborah
R. Johnson at *DeborahR.Johnson(a)dot.gov* <DeborahR.Johnson(a)dot.gov> or Phil
Roke at *Phil.Roke(a)dot.gov* <Phil.Roke(a)dot.gov>ov>.
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Phyllis Orrick
Communications Director
Safe Transportation Research and Education
Center<http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu>(SafeTREC)
University of California Transportation Center <http://www.uctc.net> (UCTC)
Institute for Urban and Regional Development
<http://www.iurd.berkeley.edu>(IURD)
2614 Dwight Way
UC Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-7374
510-643-1779
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@IURDBerkeley <https://twitter.com/#!/IURDBerkeley>
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Phyllis Orrick
Communications Director
Safe Transportation Research and Education
Center<http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu>(SafeTREC)
University of California Transportation Center <http://www.uctc.net> (UCTC)
Institute for Urban and Regional Development
<http://www.iurd.berkeley.edu>(IURD)
2614 Dwight Way
UC Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-7374
510-643-1779
@transsafe <https://twitter.com/#!/transsafe>
@californiaUTC <https://twitter.com/#!/CaliforniaUTC>
@IURDBerkeley <https://twitter.com/#!/IURDBerkeley>