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HPMS Field Manual
Table of Contents
Chapters
Introduction
Background
Contents of the HPMS Field Manual
Uses of HPMS Data
Scope of the HPMS
Overview of HPMS Reporting Requirement
Definitions
Summary Data Requirement
Introduction
Travel and Demographic Data
Pavement Data
Travel Data by Vehicle Type
Temporal Distribution of Travel Activity by Vehicle
U.S. Territory Information
Universe and Sample Data Requirements
Universe Data
Standard Sample Data
Donut Area Sample Data
Coding Nonuniform Roadway
Structure Treatment
General Reporting Requirement
Data Item Summary
General Coding Instructions
Data Coding Instructions
Linear Referencing System Requirement
General LRS Rules
Summary of LRS Data Requirements
Node Data File Coding Instructions
Data Item Details
Inventory Route Link Data File Coding Instructions
Data Item Details
Updating HPMS Data
Introduction
General
Updating Universe and Sample Data
Updating Summary Data
Updating LRS Data
Sample Selection and Maintenance
Introduction
Sample Panel Considerations
Sample Stratification and Precision Levels
Preparation for Sample Selection
Calculation of Expansion Factors
Sampling Rural and Small Urban Areas
Sampling Individual Urbanized
Sample Maintenance
Appendices
Table of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Codes for States
Urbanized Area Codes
Volume Groups and Precision Levels
Sample Size Estimation Procedures
Measuring Pavement Roughness
Introduction
HPMS Roughness Measurement Procedure
Additional Recommendations for Collection of Roughness Data
Coordination with Other Activities
AASHTO PP 37-04, Standard Practice for Determining Roughness of Pavements
Traffic Monitoring Procedures for the HPMS
Introduction
General
Volume Group Assignments
Traffic Monitoring Guide
Application of Traffic Count Procedures to HPMS
Reporting Travel Data in Air Quality Nonattainment and Maintenance Areas
Introduction
NAAQS Nonattainment and Maintenance Area Codes
Donut Area Sampling Procedures
General
Donut Area Boundary
Standard Sample Review
Donut Area Sampling Universe
Donut Area Universe Stratification
Preparing the Donut Area Universe Sampling Frame
Precision Level Specification
Donut Area Sample Selection Process
General
Determining Stratum Variability
Determining Stratum Sample Size
Random Sample Selection Process
Judging the Validity of the Sample
Computation of Donut Expansion Factors
Estimating Total Travel in the Donut Area
Maintaining the Sample
LRS Data File Template Procedures
General Guidelines
Specific Options
Climate Zone Definitions
Description of HPMS Submittal Software
Sample Adequacy Assessment Software
Metric/English Conversion Procedures
Introduction
Hard Conversion
Soft Conversion
Procedures for Estimating Weighted Design Speed
Procedures for Estimating Highway Capacity
Tables
I-1 Sources of Selected HPMS Data
I-2 HPMS Data Used for Apportionment
IV-1 Universe Data Summary
IV-2 Sample Data Summary
IV-3 Roughness Reporting Requirements
IV-4 Pavement Condition Rating
IV-5 Coding Guide for Curves & Grade by Class
C-1 Standard Sample Volume Groups and Precision Levels (Rural Areas)
C-2 Standard Sample Volume Groups and Precision Levels (Small Urban Areas)
C-3 Standard Sample Volume Groups and Precision Levels (For Urbanized Areas <200,000 Population that are NOT in NAAQS Nonattainment Areas)
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-5 Donut Area Sample Volume Groups and Precision Levels
L-1 Hard Conversion for Speed (English to Metric)
L-2 Hard Conversion for Speed (Metric to English)
L-3 Hard Conversion for Length (English to Metric)
L-4 Hard Conversion for Length (Metric to English)
Figures
III-1. HPMS Software Summary Screen
III-2. HPMS Pavement Type Screen
IV-1 Two-Way At-Grade Intersections
IV-2 Freeway Tee Intersection
IV-3 Lane Width
IV-4 Median Measurement
IV-5A Shoulder Type/Width
IV-5B Shoulder Type/Width
IV-5C Shoulder Type/Width
IV-6 Left Turn Bays
IV-7 Exclusive Right Turn Lane
IV-8 Count Items
V-1 Duplicate Milepoint Equation
V-2 Re-Entering a County; Equation Created
V-3 Route Stops and Restarts at a Different Location; Milepoint Stays the Same
V-4 Nonduplicate Milepoint Equation
V-5 Re-Entering a County; No Duplicate Milepoints
V-6 Route that Stops and Restarts at Different Locations; Milepoint Increases
V-7 HPMS Section Near a Duplicate Milepoint Equation
V-8 HPMS Section Crossing a Duplicate Milepoint Equation
V-9 HPMS Section Crossing a Nonduplicate Milepoint Equation
V-10 An HPMS Section that Runs Through Overlapping Routes
V-11 Nodes and Political Boundaries
G-1 Houston NAAQS Nonattainment Area
M-1 Worksheet for Calculating Weighted Design Speed
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