The Office of Highway Policy Information

1. The Office of Highway Policy Information Highway Information Seminar October 2012

2. Who We Are FHWA Office of Highway Policy InformationDavid Winter, PE About the Office Travel Monitoring and Surveys Tianjia Tang, PE Adella Santos Steven Jessberger Danny Jenkins, PE Patrick Zhang, PE David Jones Brad Gudzinas Danielle Gray3 • Highway Finance and Recovery Act • Chris Allen • Clarissa Smith • Ron Vaughn1 • Mike Slattery • Tychelle Staten2 • Monique Snow2 • Maria Bonilla2 • Paolo Angulo3 • Chris Lehner3 Motor Fuel and Tax Evasion Ralph Davis Mike Dougherty Bryant Gross Dawn Edwards Patrick Zhang, PE1 Brad Gudzinas1 Highway System Performance Ralph Gillmann Rob Rozycki Tom Roff Joe Hausman Ron Erickson Ron Vaughn Justin Clarke 1 –Individual providing long term assistance to different Division. 2 – Student. 3 – Contractor.

3. Our Mission • To serve as the national source of surface transportation data. • Provide the U.S. DOT, Congress, and transportation community with accurate information products in a timely manner to inform the development and implementation of, and serve as the foundation for decisions, policies, legislation, programs, and performance goals. • Constantly strive to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of highway data collection and analysis on travelers and the physical, operational and financial condition of our transportation system. About the Office

4. Our Programs • Driver Licensing • Highway Finance • Highway Performance Monitoring System • Motor Fuel • Motor Vehicle Registration • National Household Travel Survey • Recovery Act • Tax Evasion • Toll Facilities • Traffic Monitoring • Weigh-in-Motion About the Office

5. Our Data Systems • Fuels and Financial Analysis System-Highways (Fuels and FASH) • Travel Monitoring and Analysis System (TMAS) • Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) • National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) • Vehicle Travel Information System (VTRIS) • Recovery Act Data System (RADS) About the Office

6. How Do We Succeed • See the big picture • Understand our role • Be proficient with technology • Have a can do attitude • Practice and promote team work • Working closely with our partners and stakeholders: • State DOT’s • Divisions and other Offices • Other Operating Administrations and Fed Agencies • AASHTO and TRB About the Office

7. Key FHWA Business Uses • Apportionment of Federal-aid Funds • Performance Measurement • FHWA Reports on the Nation’s Highways • Development of new programs and initiatives • Help assess and quantify the impact, condition, and performance of the nation’s highways: • Know what happened in the past • Understand what is going on now • Foresee what is needed in the future Uses of Our Data

8. Apportionment • Process for Distributing Highway Trust Fund (HTF) dollars to States • Legislated by formula • Driven by data submitted by State s, specifically: • Lane-miles • Annual VMT • Payments into the Highway Trust Fund based on: • Motor fuel • Registered motor vehicles • … Uses of Our Data

9. Your Programs Apportioned Using Data • Railway-Highway Crossings • National Highway Performance Program • Surface Transportation Program • Highway Safety Improvement Program Uses of Our Data

10. Performance Measures • FHWA program offices are the “goal champions” responsible for determining performance measures • OHPI role is to help determine availability, quality, and suitability of existing data for use • For some measures OHPI analyzes the data • Want to avoid multiple data collections of same data • Our emphasis is “collect once, use often” Uses of Our Data

11. Agency Performance Measures • Highway-Related Fatalities per 100 Million VMT • Highway-Related Injuries per 100 Million VMT • % of VMT on NHS with IRI < 170 • % of STRAHNET Miles with IRI < 170 • Annual Hours of Delay • Congested Travel Uses of Our Data

12. FHWA Reports • To Congress • To U.S. DOT • Office publications • Highway Statistics • Selected Highway Statistics • Our Nation’s Highways • Toll Facilities in the United States • Monthly trend reports • Traffic Volume Trends • Motor Fuel • Recovery Act reports • Special reports, briefs, and analysis Uses of Our Data

13. Reports to Congress Conditions & Performance Report • Extent of System • Roadway Condition • System Performance • Funding Sources • Federal, State, Local, Other • Expenditures by: • Improvement Type & Funding Source Uses of Our Data

14. Reports to U.S. DOT • Typically short-notice special reports on a wide variety of topics • Used to inform program and policy discussions • Present ideas • Study impacts • Respond to special requests • Information usually presented as a chart or map Uses of Our Data

15. Office Publications Uses of Our Data

16. Monthly Reports Uses of Our Data

17. Recovery Act Reports • Weekly list of projects • Statutory reports • Quarterly 1512 • Periodic 1201(c) • Quarterly 1609 NEPA • Special reports • Jobs • Accomplishments • Milestones • etc Uses of Our Data

18. Special Reports, Briefs and Analysis Uses of Our Data

19. Enhanced NHS components STRAHNET: 62,253 Principal Arterials: 218,360 58,892 11 Uses of Our Data 117 60,970 NHS+: 221,044 97,475 13 1125 893 17 1531 NHS Intermodal Connectors: 2,454 Not in NHS+ 2071 NHS Mainline: 161,641 Route Miles from 2008 HPMS NHS: 164,095

20. Understanding Urban Travel Uses of Our Data

21. Know the Past, Understand the Present, and Foresee the Future Uses of Our Data

22. Know the Past, Understand the Present, and Foresee the Future Uses of Our Data

23. Know the Past, Understand the Present, and Foresee the Future Uses of Our Data

24. Know the Past, Understand the Present, and Foresee the Future Uses of Our Data

25. More Maps… Principal Arterial System Licensed drivers per capita Uses of Our Data Long haul truck AADT

26. Quality Data Characteristics of Quality Data: • Accurate • Timely • Complete • Meets expectations • Consistent across States Focus Areas

27. How do we improve data quality? • Provide reporting guidance • Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics • Traffic Monitoring Guide • HPMS Field Manual • RADS Guidance • Provide training and technical support • Onsite • Regional workshops • Remote • New analytic tools and techniques Focus Areas

28. New Tools – RADS Viewer Focus Areas Data Source: 2010 National Bridge Inventory (NBI)

29. New Tools – RADS Viewer Focus Areas Data Source: 2010 National Bridge Inventory (NBI)

30. New Tools – Traffic Data QA/QC Focus Areas Data Source: 2011 Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)

31. New Tools – NHTS Data Visualization Focus Areas Data Source: 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)

32. Major Initiatives • Census considering using HPMS networks for TIGER Maps • Data Governance Council • Data Integration Project • Developing a Pavement Monitoring Guide • Development of Data Portal • Functional Classification Guidance • Long distance multimodal passenger travel origin destination data development • New network requirements for HPMS • Preparing for reassessment of finance data • RADS Viewer rollout • Updating the Traffic Monitoring Guide Focus Areas

33. Office Websitehttp://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/ Focus Areas

34. Community of Practicehttps://www.transportationresearch.gov/dot/fhwa/hcx/default.aspx Focus Areas

35. Summary • Role and functions of the Office of Highway Policy Information • Provide surface transportation data and information products to a broad set of customers • In close cooperation with our partners and stakeholders • Types of Data Programs • System extent, use, condition and performance • Transportation demographics • Vehicles, drivers, fuel, and finance • Monthly motor fuel and travel • Initiatives and Programs We Support • Data quality, visualization, integration, and analysis • Corporate governance of FHWA data programs • Modeling and forecasting

36. Thank You!