Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590

Refer to: HOTO-1

Mr. Amit Kothari
Transportation Services Manager
City of Oakland
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 4344
Oakland, CA 94612-2033

Dear Mr. Kothari:

Thank you for your August 6 letter regarding your request to experiment with pedestrian countdown signals. Before we can approve this experiment we need more details on your experimentation. Please submit a revised request based on the information from Section 1A.10 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the attached checklist of items typically omitted from Pedestrian Countdown Signal experimentation requests. We are also attaching sample motorist and pedestrian behavior data collection forms for your use.

We suggest you contact Mr. Matthew Schmitz, FHWA’s California Division Office Safety Engineer, Ph: 916-498-5850. He can provide you with an electronic copy of the attachments and answer any additional questions you might have. For future reference purposes, we have assigned the following official experimentation number and title to your request:IV-232(Ex)--"Pedestrian Countdown Signals-City of Oakland." Please refer to this number in future correspondence.

Sincerely yours,

Shelley J. Row, P.E.
Director, Office of Transportation
Operations