Notice2025-18220
NHTSA Safety Research Portfolio Public Meeting: Fall 2025 and Public Workshop on Automated Driving Systems
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September 19, 2025
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Transportation DepartmentNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will hold a public meeting on October 21-22, 2025, jointly organized by the NHTSA's Vehicle Safety Research and Behavioral Safety Research offices. The event will provide updates and insights into ongoing activities across NHTSA's research programs. The meeting will be held in-person and will feature panel presentations by representatives from both research offices. Each panel will conclude with an opportunity for the audience to ask technical questions related to the presented materials. Visual slides used in presentations will be made available in the public docket following the public meeting. The event will not be live streamed; however, panel presentations will be recorded and made available on the NHTSA website after the event. At the conclusion of the research presentations on October 22, 2025, the Agency will also host a special workshop on selected topics of interest related to Automated Driving Systems (ADS). The ADS workshop will not be livestreamed or recorded.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 180 (Friday, September 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45307-45308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18220]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2025-0325]
NHTSA Safety Research Portfolio Public Meeting: Fall 2025 and
Public Workshop on Automated Driving Systems
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
will hold a public meeting on October 21-22, 2025, jointly organized by
the NHTSA's Vehicle Safety Research and Behavioral Safety Research
offices. The event will provide updates and insights into ongoing
activities across NHTSA's research programs. The meeting will be held
in-person and will feature panel presentations by representatives from
both research offices. Each panel will conclude with an opportunity for
the audience to ask technical questions related to the presented
materials. Visual slides used in presentations will be made available
in the public docket following the public meeting. The event will not
be live streamed; however, panel presentations will be recorded and
made available on the NHTSA website after the event. At the conclusion
of the research presentations on October 22, 2025, the Agency will also
host a special workshop on selected topics of interest related to
Automated Driving Systems (ADS). The ADS workshop will not be
livestreamed or recorded.
DATES: NHTSA will hold the Safety Research Portfolio public meeting on
October 21-22, 2025. The ADS workshop will be held on October 22, 2025.
Attendees must register no later than October 17, 2025. The public
docket will remain open for comments for 90 days following the public
meeting, until January 23, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The Research public meeting and the ADS workshop will both
be held in-person at the DOT Headquarters: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
West Building Atrium, Washington, DC 20590.
Registration: Attendees must register at <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2025">https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2025</a>. Please
follow the registration instructions presented on the registration
site.
Comments: You may submit comments about either the public
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meeting or the workshop by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
To be sure someone is there to help you, please call 202-366-9826
before coming.
<bullet> Fax: 202-366-1767.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. Note that all comments received will be posted without
change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act discussion below.
Docket: For access to the docket go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>
at any time or to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Telephone: 202-366-
9826.
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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/privacy.html">http://www.regulations.gov/privacy.html</a>.
Confidential Business Information: If you wish to submit any
information under a claim of confidentiality, you must submit your
request directly to NHTSA's Office of the Chief Counsel. Requests for
confidentiality are governed by part 512. NHTSA is currently treating
electronic submission as an acceptable method for submitting
confidential business information to the agency under part 512. If you
would like to submit a request for confidential treatment, you may
email your submission to Dan Rabinovitz in the Office of the Chief
Counsel at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f4b0959a9d9198daa695969d9a9b829d808eb4909b80da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="571336393e323b790536353e3938213e232d1733382379303821">[email protected]</span></a> or you may contact him for a
secure file transfer link. At this time, you should not send a
duplicate hardcopy of your electronic CBI submissions to DOT
headquarters. If you claim that any of the information or documents
provided to the agency constitute confidential business information
within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4), or are protected from
disclosure pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1905, you must submit supporting
information together with the materials that are the subject of the
confidentiality request, in accordance with part 512, to the Office of
the Chief Counsel. Your request must include a cover letter setting
forth the information specified in our confidential business
information regulation (49 CFR 512.8) and a certificate, pursuant to
Sec. 512.4(b) and part 512, appendix A. In addition, you should submit
a copy, from which you have deleted the claimed confidential business
information, to the Docket at the address given above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the
research portion of the public meeting, please contact Jennifer Oxenham
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fe949b909097989b8cd091869b90969f93be9a918ad0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e08a858e8e89868592ce8f98858e88818da0848f94ce878f96">[email protected]</span></a> or Sierra Espeland at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#790a101c0b0b18571c0a091c1518171d391d160d571e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c5b6aca0b7b7a4eba0b6b5a0a9a4aba185a1aab1eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a> or 202-366-7409. If you have questions about
the ADS workshop, please contact Debbie Sweet at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fc98999e9e9599d28f8b999988bc989388d29b938a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e2a2b2c2c272b603d392b2b3a0e2a213a60292138">[email protected]</span></a>
or 202-366-7409.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year, NHTSA executes a broad array of
research programs in support of Administration, DOT, and agency
priorities. The Agency's research portfolio covers a diverse range of
program areas pertaining to vehicle safety, including automotive
technologies that help drivers avoid crashes; ADS; vehicle
cybersecurity; crashworthiness, including occupant protection and
advanced crash test dummies; and behavioral safety, which includes
safety countermeasures that pertain to the behavior and actions of
drivers, occupants, and other road users.
This year, NHTSA is holding its Safety Research Portfolio public
meeting on October 21-22. This meeting is intended to inform the public
and NHTSA stakeholders about the agency's ongoing research activities
in both vehicle and behavioral safety. NHTSA's technical research staff
will present recently concluded projects, ongoing work, and may also
highlight early-stage research activities. As time permits, there will
be an opportunity for session attendees to participate in Q&A sessions
following each panel. Presentations utilized during the Research public
meeting will be posted to the docket (identified in the heading of this
document) after the meeting. Instructions for accessing the docket are
found under the ADDRESSES heading. Updates on this event will be
available at <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2025">https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2025</a> and NHTSA recommends checking back
periodically for updates or potential schedule changes.
NHTSA seeks public comments on the information presented, as well
as input on the agency's research priorities, research goals, and
additional research gaps and needs the public may believe NHTSA should
address.
NHTSA is also holding a special workshop in the afternoon of
October 22, 2025, following the conclusion of the Research public
meeting. The ADS workshop will include an overview of the Department's
Automated Vehicle Framework followed by a technical working session to
allow NHTSA to hear from stakeholders on a variety of ADS topics.
Anyone may attend the session, and NHTSA encourages attendees to
prepare to provide input on ADS operations and safety. Updates and
further details on the workshop will also be available at <a href="https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2025">https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2025</a>.
Registration is required for anyone planning to attend either or
both the public meeting and the ADS workshop. Instructions for
registration are found under the ADDRESSES heading and participants
will be able to register for one or both days.
NHTSA is committed to providing equal access to this event for all
participants and accommodation requests may be sent to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97d9dfc3c4d6b9d4f8fafae2f9fef4f6e3fef8f9d7f3f8e3b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c48a8c909785ea87aba9a9b1aaada7a5b0adabaa84a0abb0eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a> by October 14, 2025.
Should it be necessary to cancel or reschedule the meeting or
workshop due to an unforeseen circumstance, NHTSA will take all
available measures to notify registered participants as soon as
possible. The Safety Research Portfolio public meeting will not be live
streamed but will be recorded, and a recording will be made available
after the event. The ADS workshop will not be recorded.
Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2025-18220 Filed 9-18-25; 8:45 am]
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