HPMS Manual Table of Content

Table of Contents HPMS Field Manual

May 2005

Table of Contents

Chapters Page

I Introduction I-1

Background I-1

Contents of the HPMS Field Manual I-1

Uses of HPMS Data I-1

Scope of the HPMS I-3

Overview of HPMS Reporting Requirements I-3

II Definitions II-1

III Summary Data Requirements III-1

Introduction III-1

Travel and Demographic Data III-1

Pavement Data III-3

Travel Data by Vehicle Type III-3

Temporal Distribution of Travel Activity by Vehicle Type III-6

U.S. Territory Information III-7

IV Universe and Sample Data Requirements IV-1

Universe Data IV-1

Standard Sample Data IV-1

Donut Area Sample Data IV-1

Coding Nonuniform Roadways IV-1

Structure Treatment IV-2

General Reporting Requirements IV-3

Data Item Summary Table IV-3

General Coding Instructions IV-6

Data Coding Instructions IV-7

V Linear Referencing System Requirements V-1

General LRS Rules V-2

Summary of LRS Data Requirements V-10

Node Data File Coding Instructions V-12

Data Item Details V-13

Inventory Route Link Data File Coding Instructions V-16

Data Item Details V-17

VI Updating HPMS Data VI-1

Introduction VI-1

General VI-1

Updating Universe and Sample Data VI-1

Updating Summary Data VI-4

Updating LRS Data VI-4

VII Sample Selection and Maintenance VII-1

Introduction VII-1

Sample Panel Considerations VII-1

Sample Stratification and Precision Levels VII-2

Preparation for Sample Selection VII-3

Calculation of Expansion Factors VII-4

Sampling Rural and Small Urban Areas VII-4

Sampling Individual Urbanized Areas VII-4

Sample Maintenance VII-5 VII-5

Appendices

A Table of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Codes for States A-1

B Urbanized Area Codes B-1

C Volume Groups and Precision Levels C-1

D Sample Size Estimation Procedures D-1

E Measuring Pavement Roughness E-1

Introduction E-1

Equipment E-1

HPMS Roughness Measurement Procedure E-2

Additional Recommendations for Collection of Roughness Data E-2

Coordination with Other Activities E-3

AASHTO PP37-99, Standard Practice for Determining Roughness of Pavements E-4

F Traffic Monitoring Procedures for the HPMS F-1

Introduction F-1

General F-1

Volume Group Assignments F-2

Traffic Monitoring Guide F-2

Application of Traffic Count Procedures to HPMS F-3

G Reporting Travel Data in Air Quality Nonattainment and Maintenance Areas G-1

Introduction G-1

NAAQS Nonattainment and Maintenance Area Codes G-2

Donut Area Sampling Procedures G-3

General G-3

Donut Area Boundary G-4

Standard Sample Review G-4

Donut Area Sampling Universe G-4

Donut Area Universe Stratification G-5

Preparing the Donut Area Universe Sampling Frame G-5

Precision Level Specification G-6

Donut Area Sample Selection Process G-6

General G-6

Determining Stratum Variability G-6

Determining Stratum Sample Size G-7

Random Sample Selection Process G-7

Judging the Validity of the Sample G-8

Computation of Donut Expansion Factors G-8

Estimating Total Travel in the Donut Area G-9

Maintaining the Sample G-9

H LRS Data File Template Procedures H-1

General Guidelines H-1

Specific Options H-1

I Climate Zone Definitions I-1

J Description of HPMS Submittal Software J-1

K Sample Adequacy Assessment Software K-1

L Metric/English Conversion Procedures L-1

Introduction L-1

Hard Conversion L-1

Soft Conversion L-2

M Procedures for Estimating Weighted Design Speed M-1

N Procedures for Estimating Highway Capacity N-1

Tables

I-1 Sources of Selected HPMS Data I-2

I-2 HPMS Data Used for Apportionment I-3

IV-1 Universe Data Summary IV-4

IV-2 Sample Data Summary IV-5

IV-3 Roughness Reporting Requirements IV-20

IV-4 Pavement Condition Rating IV-21

IV-5 Coding Guide for Curves & Grade by Class IV-29

C-1 Standard Sample Volume Groups and Precision Levels (Rural Areas) C-1

C-2 Standard Sample Volume Groups and Precision Levels (Small Urban Areas) C-1

C-3 Standard Sample Volume Groups and Precision Levels (For Urbanized Areas <200,000

Population that are NOT in NAAQS Nonattainment Areas) C-2

C-4 Standard Sample Volume Groups and Precision Levels (For Urbanized Areas 200,000

Population and Smaller Urbanized Areas that ARE in NAAQS Nonattainment Areas) C-3

C-5 Donut Area Sample Volume Groups and Precision Levels C-3

L-1 Hard Conversion for Speed (English to Metric) L-3

L-2 Hard Conversion for Speed (Metric to English) L-4

L-3 Hard Conversion for Length (English to Metric) L-5

L-4 Hard Conversion for Length (Metric to English) L-6

Figures

IV-1 Two-Way At-Grade Intersections IV-17

IV-2 Freeway Tee Intersection IV-18

IV-3 Lane Width IV-24

IV-4 Median Measurement IV-25

IV-5A Shoulder Type/Width IV-27

IV-5B Shoulder Type/Width IV-27

IV-5C Shoulder Type/Width IV-28

IV-6 Left Turn Bays IV-34

IV-7 Exclusive Right Turn Lane IV-35

IV-8 Count Items IV-37

V-1 Duplicate Milepoint Equation V-3

V-2 Re-Entering a County; Equation Created V-4

V-3 Route Stops and Restarts at a Different Location; Milepoint Stays the Same V-5

V-4 Nonduplicate Milepoint Equation V-5

V-5 Re-Entering a County; No Duplicate Milepoints V-6

V-6 Route that Stops and Restarts at Different Locations; Milepoint Increases V-7

V-7 HPMS Section Near a Duplicate Milepoint Equation V-8

V-8 HPMS Section Crossing a Duplicate Milepoint Equation V-8

V-9 HPMS Section Crossing a Nonduplicate Milepoint Equation V-9

V-10 An HPMS Section that Runs Through Overlapping Routes V-9

V-11 Nodes and Political Boundaries V-13

G-1 Houston NAAQS Nonattainment Area G-3

M-1 Worksheet for Calculating Weighted Design Speed M-3

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