[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 10736-10737] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-5447] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Highway Administration [FHWA Docket No. FHWA-1997-2301; 97-10] Highway Performance Monitoring System--Strategic Reassessment; Final Report
Agency
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
Action
Notice and closing of docket.
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Summary
FHWA has completed its strategic reassessment of the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS). The work has been carried out over the past two years with the assistance of HPMS stakeholders, partners, customers and our HPMS Steering Committee. The participation of many individuals and organizations in response to our outreach process has provided valued perspectives to the reassessment process. The ``Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) Reassessment Final Report'' and a companion informational brochure, ``Re-engineering HPMS,'' have been issued.
Dates
The docket is closed as of March 5, 1999.
For Further Information Contact
Mr. James Getzewich, Highway Systems Performance Division, Office of Highway Information, (202) 366-0175, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Supplementary Information
Electronic Access
Internet users can access all comments received by the U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, by using the universal resource locator (URL): dms.dot.gov. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. Please follow the instructions online for more information and help. An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded using a modem and suitable communications software from the Government Printing Office's Electronic Bulletin Board Service at (202) 512-1661. The FHWA report and brochure are available through the Internet at https:// www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim under the heading ``Products and Publications.'' A very limited number of copies are available by writing or faxing your request to Federal Highway Administration (HPM-20), 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590; fax: (202) 366-7742.
dms.dot.govOn December 23, 1996, the FHWA published a notice (61 FR 67590) requesting comments on issues related to a strategic reassessment of the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS). The HPMS was developed in 1978 as a national highway transportation system data base. A major purpose of the HPMS has been to provide data that reflects the extent, condition, performance, use, and operating characteristics of the Nation's highways. In 1988, the HPMS was enhanced with the addition of more detailed pavement data. In 1993, the HPMS was again revised to meet needs brought about by changes in the FHWA analysis and simulation models, including the shift to a geographic information system (GIS) environment; the effects of the 1990 Census; the Intermodal Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), Pub. L. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914; the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Pub. L. 101-549, 104 Stat. 2399; and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements concerning vehicle miles of travel (VMT) tracking data in air quality non-attainment areas. The final report documents the results of FHWA's review of the HPMS. The purpose of this review was to assist FHWA in determining an appropriate future form and direction for this major FHWA data system as we move into the 21st Century. This report represents the culmination of several serial activities including: --The identification and assessment of the impacts of the HPMS on FHWA, its State and other governmental partners, and the many and varied HPMS customers; --The results of an extensive outreach program that included a national HPMS workshop held in June 1997; and --The subsequent assimilation of inputs from these activities into a revised HPMS. As a result of the reassessment, the FHWA will change the HPMS. Over 15 percent of the data items will be eliminated and another 15 percent will be changed to significantly reduce the number of detail lines. The HPMS sample size reductions are proposed and the summary of crash data by functional system is being eliminated. The FHWA will provide States with PC-based data submittal software and will develop Internet access to the HPMS data. Overall, the changes will reduce the burden for data providers while still meeting the stated HPMS goals and objectives, FHWA's future business needs, and our partners' and customers' information needs.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on February 24, 1999. Kenneth R. Wykle, Federal Highway Administrator. [FR Doc. 99-5447 Filed 3-4-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-22-P