Highway Performance Monitoring System
Field Manual
Office of Highway Policy Information
September 2010
Table of Contents
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Scope of The HPMS
- 1.3 Uses of HPMS Data
- 1.4 HPMS Staff Roles and Responsibilities
- 1.5 Reporting Requirements
Chapter 2 HPMS CORE COMPONENTS
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Full Extent Data
- 2.3 Sample Panel Data
- 2.4 Data Items Required for the Full Extent and/or Sample Panel Sections
- 2.5 Summary Data
- 2.6 Estimates Data
- Estimates
- 2.7 Metadata
- Metadata
Chapter 3 DATA MODEL and REQUIRED DATASETS
- 3.1 Overview
- 3.2 Geospatial Component
- 3.3 Catalogs and Associated Datasets
Chapter 4 DATA REQUIREMENTS and SPECIFICATION
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Section Data Reporting Requirements
- 4.3 Data Items to be Collected
- 4.4 Data Item Requirements
- 4.5 Sample Panel Identification Data Reporting Requirements
- 4.6 FHWA Coded Items
- 4.7 Software Calculated Items
Chapter 5 GUIDANCE ON SPECIAL TOPICS
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 Functional Classification System Descriptions and Groupings
- 5.3 Traffic Monitoring Procedures
- 5.4 Pavement Data Guidance
- 6.1 Overview
- 6.2 Sampling Framework
- 6.3 AADT Volume Group Ranges and Precision Levels
- 6.4 Sample Size Estimation Procedures
- 6.5 Sample Adequacy and Maintenance
- Sampling Rural and Small Urban Areas
- Sampling Individual Urbanized Areas
- Sample Maintenance
- Need for Sample Panel Adjustments
- Making Sample Panel Adjustments
- Advantages of Using Geospatial Data for Sample Selection Purposes
- Selecting Additional Samples
- Sample Permanence
- Deleting Samples
- Eliminating Excessively Short and Long Sample Sections
- Updating Expansion Factors
- A Tabular Summary
- 7.1 Overview
- 7.2 Submittal Process Overview
- 7.3 Linear Referencing System (LRS) Network Requirements
- 7.4 Software Validations
- 7.5 Post-Submittal Expectations
Appendices
- A Acronyms
- B Glossary
- C Table of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Codes for States (FIPS PUB 5-2)
- D Toll-ID Table
- E HPMS Data Used for Apportionment
- F Metric-to-English Soft Conversion Procedures
- G Sample View Export and Calculations
- H HPMS Crosswalk Table
- I Urbanized Area Codes
- J County Code Reference Tables (AK, DC, and PR)
- K NAAQS Pollutant Standards
Tables
- 1.1 Minimum Data Reporting for Selected HPMS Products
- 2.1 Data Items Required for the Full Extent and/or Sample Panel Sections
- 3.1 State Boundaries
- 3.2 County Boundaries
- 3.3 Climate Zone Boundaries
- 3.4 Soil Type Boundarie
- 3.5 Routes
- 3.6 Urban Area Boundaries
- 3.7 NAAQS Area Boundaries
- 3.8 Sections
- 3.9 Data Items
- 3.10 Sample Panel Identification
- 3.11 Statewide Summaries
- 3.12 Vehicle Summaries
- 3.13 Urban Area Summaries
- 3.14 County Summaries
- 3.15 NAAQS Summaries
- 3.16 Line References
- 3.17 Data Items and Valid Values for Line References
- 3.18 Point References
- 3.19 Estimates
- 3.20 Estimate Types and Valid Values
- 3.21 Metadata
- 3.22 Metadata Types and Valid Values
- 4.1 HPMS Sections File Structure
- 4.2 Data Items
- 4.3 Calculation Method by Data Item
- 4.4 Present Serviceability Rating
- 4.5 Data item Requirements by Surface Type
- 4.6 HPMS Sample Panel Identification File Structure
- 4.7 FHWA Coded Items
- 4.8 Software Calculated Items
- 6.1 Volume Group/AADT Ranges
- 6.2 Precision Levels
- 6.3 Confidence Level
- 6.4 Sample Panel Change Cause/Recommendation
Figures
- 1.1 State HPMS Processing Cycle
- 3.1 HPMS Data Model Structure
- 3.2 Example Routes File
- 4.1 Sections/Routes (LRS) Data Linkage
- 4.2 At-Grade Intersection Reference Points
- 4.3A Grade-Separated Interchange (Gore Points
- 4.3B Grade-Separated Interchange (Taper Points)
- 4.3C Begin Taper Point
- 4.3D End Taper Point
- 4.4 One-Way Roadway (Code "1") Example
- 4.5 Two-Way Roadway (Code "2") Example
- 4.6 Couplet (Code "3") Example
- 4.7 Ramp (Code "4") Example
- 4.8 Non-Mainline (Code "5") Example
- 4.9 Non-Inventory Direction (Code "6") Example
- 4.10 Bridge (Code "1") Example
- 4.11 Tunnel (Code "2") Example
- 4.12 Causeway (Code "3") Example
- 4.13 Full control (Code "1"); all access via grade-separated interchanges
- 4.14 Partial Control (Code "2"); access via grade-separated interchanges and direct access rdwys
- 4.15 No Access Control (Code "3")
- 4.16 No Access Control (Code "3")
- 4.17 A Roadway with Four Through-Lanes
- 4.18 HOV Signage
- 4.19 Peak-Lane Example (Peak Lanes=2)
- 4.20 Roundabout Configuration Example
- 4.21 Painted Island Example
- 4.22 Multiple Turn Lanes (Code "2") Example
- 4.23 Continuous Turn Lane (Code "3") Example
- 4.24 Single Turn Lane (Code "4") Example
- 4.25 No Exclusive Turn Lane (Code "5"
- 4.26 No Right Turn Permitted (Code "6") Example
- 4.27 Jug Handle Configuration Example
- 4.28 Multiple Turn Lanes (Code "2") Example
- 4.29 Multiple Turn Lanes (Code "2") Example.
- 4.30 Continuous Turn Lane (Code "3") Example
- 4.31 Exclusive Turn Lane (Code "4") Example
- 4.32 No Exclusive Left Turn Lane (Code "5") Example
- 4.33 No Left Turn Permitted (Code "6") Example
- 4.34 Toll-Road Signage
- 4.35 Business Route (Code "3") Example
- 4.36 Proposed Route (Code "7") Example
- 4.37 Temporary Route (Code "8") Example
- 4.38 Uncoordinated Fixed Time (Code "1") Example
- 4.39 Unccordianted Traffic Actuated (Code "2") Example
- 4.40 Coordinated Progressive (Code "3") Example
- 4.41 Signal Inventory
- 4.42 Stop Sign Controlled Intersection
- 4.43 At-Grade Other Example
- 4.44 Intersection Count Example
- 4.45 An Example for Measuring Lane Width
- 4.46 An Example of Median Type = 2, Unprotected
- 4.47 An Example for Measauring Median Width
- 4.48 Median Width Measurement
- 4.49 Bituminous (Code "2")
- 4.50 Stabilized (Code "4")
- 4.51 Combination (Code "5")
- 4-69 4.52 Earth (Code "6")
- 4-69 4.53 Earth Shoulder Measurement
- 4.54 Bituminous Shoulder Measurement
- 4.55 Measuring Shoulders with Guardrails
- 4.56 Measuring Shoulders with Parking/Bike Lanes
- 4.57 Measuring Shoulders with Parking and Bike Lanes
- 4.58 Measuring Shoulders with Combined Parking/Bike Lanes
- 4.59 Parking on One Side (Code "1") Example
- 4.60 Parking on Both Sides (Code "2") Example
- 4.61 No Parking Allowed (Code "3") Example
- 4.62 Cemetery (Code "E") Obstacle Example
- 4.63 Major Rail Line (Code "B") Obstacle Example
- 4.64 Widening Potential of 9 lanes (Max)
- 4.65 Widening Potential of 0 lanes
- 4.66 Curve Classification Example
- 4.67 Level Terrain (Code "1") Example
- 4.68 Rolling Terrain (Code "2") Example
- 4.69 Mountainous Terrain (Code "3") Example
- 4.70 Grade Classification Example
- 4.71 Rutting
- 4.72 Rutting Example
- 4.73 Faulting
- 4.74 Faulting Example
- 4.75 AC Fatigue Type Cracking
- 4.76 AC Longitudinal Cracking (Inside and Outside of Wheel path)
- 4.77 AC High Severity Longitudinal Cracking (Non-wheel path)
- 4.78 AC Moderate Severity Longitudinal Cracking (Wheel path)
- 4.79 AC Chicken Wire/Alligator Fatigue Type Cracking in Wheel path
- 4.80 AC Low Severity Fatigue Type Cracking
- 4.81 AC Moderate Severity Fatigue Type Cracking
- 4.82 AC High Severity Fatigue Type Cracking
- 4.83 CRCP Fatigue Type Cracking (Punchouts)
- 4.84 Low Severity CRCP Punchout Cracking
- 4.85 Moderate Severity CRCP Punchout Cracking
- 4.86 High Severity CRCP Punchout Cracking
- 4.87 JCP Longitudinal Cracking
- 4.88 JCP Low Severity Longitudinal Cracking
- 4.89 JCP Moderate Severity Longitudinal Cracking
- 4.90 JCP High Severity Longitudinal Cracking
- 4.91 AC/Composite Cracking Length
- 4.92 High Severity AC/Composite Reflection Cracking
- 4.93 Low Severity AC Transverse Cracking
- 4.94 Moderate Severity AC Transverse Cracking
- 4.95 High Severity AC Transverse Cracking
- 4.96 JCP Transverse Cracking
- 4.97 JCP Moderate Severity Transverse Cracking
- 4.98 JCP High Severity Transverse Cracking
- 4.99 Resurfaced Roadway
- 4.100 LTPP Climate Zone Map
- 6.1 TOPS Development Process
- 6.2 AADT Volume Groups
- 6.3 Expansion Factor
- 7.1 Attribute/LRS Network Linkage
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