The Guide to Reporting Highway
Statistics describes polices and procedure for assembling
statistical information from State agencies. The FHWA collects and
publishes motor vehicle registration and licensed driver
information obtained from the States and the District of Columbia.
This information is collected from State departments of
transportation pursuant to 23 CFR 420.105 and is published in
Highway Statistics. The information is used in preparing
legislatively required reports to Congress, in evaluating highway
safety programs, and, in general, as an aid to highway planning,
programming, budgeting, forecasting, and fiscal management. In
recent years, FHWA has implemented several re-assessment efforts to
assure that Highway Statistics data remains up-to-date and relevant
for current purposes. On January 6, 2006, the FHWA published a
notice in the Federal Register at 71 FR 969 to solicit public
comments on the quality, timeliness, comprehensiveness, and other
characteristics of the driver license data. Based on the public
comments received, the FHWA has determined to make a change to the
data definition of teen-age driver to reflect more accurately the
actual number of teens driving, and to update the software used to
collect the motor vehicle registration and licensed driver
information from the States. In addition, FHWA has determined that
the data collected on page four of the FHWA Form 562 data
concerning the number of Commercial Drivers Licenses disqualified
- is no longer necessary. FHWA collected this data for the Bureau
of Motor Carrier Safety, but now that organization collects this
data in their business procedures. Hence, it is redundant for FHWA
to also collect the data. Data Quality Under the mandates of
E-Government initiatives, the FHWA is developing enhanced software
to receive and process motor vehicle registration and licensed
driver data more efficiently. The questions asked will remain the
same, but the software used to collect the information will ease
data submittal and will result in more accurate reporting. This
enhanced software, once developed, will enable State data providers
to take advantage of more advanced submittal and editing features
that can significantly reduce reporting time and errors. With
respect to enhanced software, FHWA is in the process of making
software improvements to the features in the following form
templates: FHWA Form 561 State Motor Vehicle Registrations,
Registration Fees and Miscellaneous Receipts; FHWA Form 562
State Driver Licenses and Fees; FHWA Form 566 State Motor
Vehicle Registration and Other Receipts; FHWA Form 571 Receipts
from State Taxation of Motor Vehicles Operated for Hire and Other
Motor Carriers. The FHWA anticipates that the enhanced software
containing these revised form templates will be released and
distributed to the States mid-2007, allowing sufficient time for
the FHWA to train States in preparation for the 2008 release of
Highway Statistics 2007. The FHWA notes that any revisions to the
software will result in template and format changes only, and with
the exception of the elimination of page four of the FHWA Form 562,
will not change the type or quantity of data collected. Revision of
the forms will involve some additional paperwork burden on the data
providers in transition to the new forms and learning how the new
forms function, but will also reduce the paperwork burden over time
as the automated forms will take less time to complete.
US Code:
23
USC 420 Name of Law: Highways (PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION)
After the agencies programmatic
review we reexamined hour estimate burden hours and adjusted them
accordingly. The burden has decreased by 9,757 hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form FHWA-534 A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics
Guide_to_Reporting_Supporting_Statement[1].docx
12s0463.pdf
23 CFR 420.105b.doc
A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics