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Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)
2009 West Virginia HPMS Data Profile
2008 West Virginia HPMS Data Profile
2007 West Virginia HPMS Data Profile
2006 West Virginia HPMS Data Profile
2005 West Virginia HPMS Data Profile
2004 West Virginia HPMS Data Profile
2003 West Virginia HPMS Data Profile
The HPMS is a national level highway information system that includes data on the
extent, condition, performance, use, and operating characteristics of the Nation's
highways. In general, the HPMS contains administrative and extent of system information
on all public roads, while information on other characteristics is represented in
HPMS as a mix of universe and sample data for arterial and collector functional
systems. Limited information on travel and paved miles is included in summary form
for the lowest functional systems. The HPMS was originally developed in 1978 as
a continuing database to replace special biennial condition studies that had been
conducted by the States since 1965. The HPMS has been modified several times since
its inception, most recently in 1998; changes in coverage and detail have been made
since 1978 to reflect changes in highway systems, legislation, and national priorities,
to reflect new technology, and to consolidate or streamline reporting requirements.
The major purpose of the HPMS is to support a data driven decision process within
FHWA, the DOT, and the Congress. The HPMS data are used extensively in the analysis
of highway system condition, performance, and investment needs that make up the
biennial Condition and Performance Reports to Congress. These Reports are used by
the Congress in establishing both authorization and appropriation legislation, activities
that ultimately determine the scope and size of the Federal-aid Highway Program,
and determine the level of Federal highway taxation. These data are also used for
assessing changes in highway system performance brought about by implementing funded
highway system improvement programs under the GPRA, and for apportioning Federal-aid
Highway Funds to individual States under TEA-21. HPMS is a nationally unique source
of highway system information that is made available to those in the transportation
community for highway and transportation planning and other purposes through the
annual Highway Statistics and other data dissemination media.
West Virginia is currently one of 4 states that own all the roadways in the state
excluding municipal and federal roadways. The three other states having similar
systems to West Virginia are Delaware, North Carolina and Virginia. Regardless of
ownership, it is the responsibility of the DOT to submit all public roadway mileage
that is consistent with each state’s Certified Public Mileage to the FHWA by June
15 of each year. FHWA supplies the detailed guidelines for this process in their
publication “Highway Performance Monitoring System – Field Manual”. To achieve a
quality program it is vital that systems be established to accurately collect and
maintain internal data in accordance with these guidelines as well as establish
communications and mechanisms with municipal and federal agencies to properly maintain
and report their data.
The HPMS data is divided into two parts, “Standard Sample” roadway sections and
“Universe Data” roadway sections. Standard Sample sections contain a mixture of
state owned roads as well as municipal roads in both rural and urban areas. Standard
Samples sections are unique because they contain 98 data items while the Universe
sections only contain 46 data items. Expansion factors are then applied to the Standard
Sample sections by FHWA to effectively create a representation of the entire state
highway system performance.
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