Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for an Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for an extension of an existing information collection that ...
Notice of request for extension of currently approved information collection.
SUMMARY:
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for an extension of an existing information collection that is summarized below under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
. We are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES:
Please submit comments by December 8, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 1090 by any of the following methods:
Website:
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax:
1-202-493-2251.
Mail:
Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier:
U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
WANG, Shuqing, Office of Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title:
Travel Monitoring Analysis System (TMAS).
OMB Control:
2125-0587.
Background:
23 U.S. Code § 150 National Goals and Performance Management Measures requires the U.S. D.O.T. to establish a performance management system for its Federal-aid highway program. The Federal Highway Administration, U.S. D.O.T. promulgated the performance management via 23 CFR 490: National Performance Management Measures. Traffic data, including volume (of vehicles and travelers), classification (types of vehicles), weight (weight of vehicles), and travel time (speed), are parameters the performance management program relies upon.
The FHWA is planning to continue collecting these traffic data under the TMAS process. The information will continue to be used by the FHWA and other D.O.T. agencies to manage its Federal-aid highway program through the performance management mechanism, evaluate changes in vehicular and nonmotorized travel in order to assess impacts on highway safety, analyze the role of travel in economic development and productivity, assess impacts and demands from truck travel, and maintain and improve our Nation's mobility while protecting the human and natural environment. To carry out the data collection, the FHWA will be requesting that State Departments of Transportations (SDOTs) continue to provide traffic volume, vehicle classification, vehicle speed, vehicle weight data, and nonmotorized data, which SDOTs collect as part of states' traffic monitoring programs.
States and local governments collect nonmotorized volume data and motorized traffic volume, vehicle classification, vehicle speed, and vehicle weight data throughout the year using various detection devices. These data allow transportation professionals at the Federal, State, and local levels to make informed decisions on projects, programs, plans, and policies.
Respondents:
52 D.O.T.s, including all States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Frequency:
Monthly.
Estimated Average Burden per Response:
Under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, all SDOTs have established their statewide traffic monitoring system (T.M.S.). This T.M.S. system enables the collection of traffic data in a continuous manner. The burden for the data to be submitted to the TMAS rests with data transmission and data quality checks. The estimated average monthly burden for the States and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico is 4.16 hours for an annual burden of 50 hours per agency. In addition, to further reduce the burden for data submittal to TMAS due to data file size issues and transmission issues, the TMAS system can accept data submitted in a weekly or biweekly manner (reduced file size) at each SDOT's choice. To further reduce the reporting burden, there is no size limit to the monthly data submittals in TMAS.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
2,600.
Public Comments Invited:
You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized, including the use of electronic technology, without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information collection.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 64735
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for an Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection,” thefederalregister.org (October 9, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-20718/agency-information-collection-activities-notice-of-request-for-an-extension-of-currently-approved-information-collection.
www.regulations.gov
23 CFR 490
44 U.S.C. chapter 35