Division of Traffic Engineering & Safety

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Bureau off Transportation
T t ti Data
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Roadway Systems Section

Functions and Contacts

 Straight
g Line Diagrams
g
Road inventory obtained by the Roadway Systems Section staff and our
hired consultants is portrayed in the Straight Line Diagrams (SLD) - the
most widely used medium for up to date geometric and system data
available within the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT).

The SLD dates back to the mid 1960

1960’s.
s. Until 1997, the SLDs were drawn
manually and limited to the State Highway System.

Today,
y, the SLDs are pproduced through g a specially
p y designed
g computer
p
program and include all public roads in New Jersey.
 Straight
g Line Diagrams
g
SLDs are now distributed to our customers on a CD-ROM. The CD-ROM is
a collection of static PDF files using a piece of software called Adobe (tm)
t access the
to th files.
fil Th user off the
The th CD-ROM
CD ROM can nott manipulate
i l t this
thi data
d t
in any way - basically, what they see is what they get.

Users of the SLD located on the NJDOT Headquarters are currently being
connected to a dynamic “on-line” SLD Program housed in our dedicated
server. This program allows the user to produce a customized SLD and
perform queries using geographic and attribute data stored in the SLD
database.

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questions:
1. Donald Perry
2
2. Michael G.
G Castaldo
 Standard Route Identifier (SRI)
The Standard Route Identifier (SRI) is a standard, consistent and
uniform way of identifying every state, county, municipal and authority
roadway
d within
ithi the
th State.
St t It is
i a ten
t b t alpha
byte alpha-
l h -numerici field
fi ld within
ithi allll
BTDD databases uniquely identifying the roadway and associated data
attributes. The SRI can be used to locate any linear and / or point
attributes
att butes a
along
o gaany
y roadway.
oad ay The eSSRI p
process
ocess is
s cu
currently
e t y used in tthe
e
Department’s Geographical Information System (GIS) and will
ultimately be adopted by all database developers within the NJDOT.

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questions::
questions
1. Donald Perry
2. Michael G. Castaldo
3
3. Anthony Varone
 Linear Referencing Systems (LRS)

The Linear Referencing System (LRS) is a major component of the

Highway
g y Performance Monitoring g System
y Program
g ((HPMS).
) The LRS
consists of a link data file and a node data file with a network covering
all National Highway System Routes (including connectors), Urban
Principal Arterials, Rural Principal Arterials and Rural Minor Arterials.

The LRS is maintained in the GIS environment which allows for

production of the final deliverable to the FHWA - individual county
maps displaying New Jersey
Jersey’ss LRS.

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questions
questions:
ti :
1. Donald Perry - (5) 2945
2. Michael G. Castaldo
Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)

The Highway
Th Hi h P f
Performance M it i
Monitoring S t
System (HPMS) provides
id
essential data on highway conditions, performance and usage as
well as analytical products to the entire transportation community.

The HPMS was developed in 1978 to serve highway transportation

data and analytical needs at the national level. It replaced numerous
uncoordinated annual State data reports as well as biennial special
studies conducted by each State, resulting in a reduction in annual
State data reporting.

Enhancements to the HPMS S made in 1993 focused

f on program
requirements mandated by the ISTEA (Intermodal Surface
Transportation and Efficiency Act) of 1991, the 1990 Clean Air Act
Amendments and expanded transportation community data needs.
Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)
The HPMS has two distinct elements - a field element and an office
element. In the field, technicians gather extensive road inventory
data (82 items) on sample sections. Sample sections are stratified in
many different groups/panels which are intended to represent the
different types of roadways throughout the state.

Data collected in the field is transferred (through

(thro gh specially
speciall designed
software) into the HPMS database maintained in the office. Several
edit routines are performed against the field data to verify accuracy.

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questions:
questions
quest o s
1. Anthony Varone
2. Shahid Haji
 Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Estimates
As with all states, New Jersey’s official estimate of vehicle miles traveled
(VMT) is a product of the HPMS Program. VMT is simply a measurement
of the amount of traffic on a given mile of roadway. Deriving New
Jersey’s VMT estimate involves multiplying the traffic volume in each
HPMS section, the section length and expansion factor, then summing the
product to yield the VMT for any desired aggregation level.

VMT estimates are a key component of the Federal-Aid Highway fund

apportionment formulae. They are central to estimating several of the
Department’s
p performance indicators such as vehicle crash and fatality
p y
rates. VMT are also used in tracking Clean Air Act requirements and are
critical in the analysis that support the Condition and Performance
Reports to Congress.
Order of contacts for customer
questions::
questions
1. Anthony Varone
2. Shahid Haji
 Public Roadway Mileage and Certification
Public roadway mileage figures are maintained by the BTDD through
road inventory efforts. A public road is any road or street owned and
maintained by a public authority and open to public travel. Each year in
response to the Federal Aid Policy Guide Transmittal 1, dated December
9, 1991, the BTDD acts as the designee of the Governor and provides the
FHWA with New Jersey’s Certification of Public Road Mileage. This
figure represents mileage as of the end of a calendar year.

New Jersey has approximately 38 38,,000 miles of public roadways. Certified

public mileage figures, both current and historical, are available on the
Department’s
p web site and can be dis-aggregated
gg g byy either functional
classification or jurisdiction.

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questions::
questions
1. Anthony Varone
2
2. Donald Perry
Large Truck Network (National Network and Reasonable
Access Routes)) & Truck Routing
g
New Jersey’s Large Truck Network is maintained by the BTDD and
portrays a roadway network of through routes (National Network)
and permissible access routes which large trucks (102
102”” wide,
wide 53
53’’
long and double bottom) are permitted to travel. Prohibited travel
routes are also shown on the network.

A description of the Large Truck Network is available on the

Department’s web site (http
(http:://www
//www..state. nj.us/transportation) and also in a
state.nj.
map format distributed by the BTDD. This network and associated
regulations
l ti are currently
tl under d review i f
for possible
ibl revisions.
i i At
times, calls from the trucking community are referred to the BTDD for
trucking routings. Routings should be given in accordance with the
most current Largeg Truck Network map. p
Order of contacts for customer
questions::
questions
1. Michael G. Castaldo
2. Donald Perry
Digital Roadway Imaging (Including Photolog and Videolog)
The BTDD performs Digital Roadway Imaging (DRI) activities along all
State Highway and Authority Routes in-house. This function provides a
driver’s perspective of road conditions (geometry and access points) and
serves as visual documentation to our road inventory activities. Prior to
the inception of the digital system, a photolog and videolog system was
used. Both of these systems are still maintained for historical
documentation and are used extensively by the legal community (both
NJDOT and others) in litigation cases involving the State Highway System
andd in
i condemnation
d ti cases.
The current videolog available to users at NJDOT, collected by
consultants, captures digital images while cruising at normal driving
speed the video van captures 4 photos at approximately every 40 feet
speed,
along with other information such as GPS readings and date/time.

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questions::
questions
1. Michael G. Castaldo
2
2. Bob Habel
 Functional Classification System
Development / maintenance of New Jersey’s Functional Classification
System is performed in accordance with procedures set forth in the ISTEA
of 1991 Section 1006 (c). Functional Classification is the process by which
all public roadways are grouped into categories based on the service they
are intended to provide. Smaller, less traveled roadways (local roads)
provide motorists with a high degree of access. On the other hand, larger
roadway (Interstates and freeways) provide motorists with a high degree of
mobility.

Another factor in the development of the Functional Classification System

is Census data. This data determines the development of the Urban
Boundary which delineates the Rural and Urban classifications.
classifications
Development of the Functional Classification System is performed in
cooperation with County and Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
officials. Functional Classification System statistics are available on the
Department’s web site.
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questions::
questions 1
1. Anthony Varone
2. Donald Perry
3. Michael G. Castaldo
 Federal Aid System (Including National Highway
System & Surface Transportation Program)
Functional Classification is the foundation for the Federal Aid System.
This Federal Aid System has three (3) major elements - National Highway
System (NHS) routes, Surface Transportation Program (STP) routes and
Non-Federal Aid routes.
routes Development and maintenance of the NHS is
performed in accordance with procedures set forth in the ISTEA of 1991
Section 1006 (a) and the NHS Designation Act of 1995.
New Jersey has approximately 2,100 miles of NHS designated roadways.
Roadways not designated as NHS and functionally classified higher than
Rural Minor Collector fall into the STP designation.
Roadways functionally classified as Local (both Rural and Urban) and
R ral Minor Collectors are designated as Non-Federal
Rural Non Federal Aid routes.
ro tes As with
ith
the Functional Classification System, the NHS is developed in cooperation
with County and MPO officials. Establishment of the NHS, along with the
Surface Transportation
p Program
g is the basis for funding
g transportation
p
projects.
Order of contacts for customer
questions::
questions 1.
1 Anthony Varone
2. Donald Perry
3. Michael G. Castaldo
 Route Mileposting
Mileposting of State Highways is performed to establish beginning, end
and intermediate points along each route. These measured distances and
points result in the installation of the small green placards along the
shoulder of State Highways.
Highways The location of these placards are based on
road inventory data and measurements obtained from Distance Measuring
Instruments (DMIs) installed in field vehicles.

Federal guidelines require BTDD to establish the location of 1/10 milepost

placards on all Interstate Highways and 1/2 milepost placards on all other
State Highways.

We also milepost new routes, emergency evacuation routes and

emergency service patrol (ESP) routes.
Order of contacts for customer
questions:
questions
1. Michael G. Castaldo
2. Donald Perry
 Project Management
Project management is performed by several members within the
Roadway Systems Section. Currently, we have contracts with
consultants to produce the Straight Line Diagrams (SLD), support
Hi h
Highway P f
Performance M it i
Monitoring S t
System (HPMS) and d Functional
F ti l
Classification Programs and collect and process traffic count and other
transportation related data .
During calendar year 2011
2011, we will have a contract executed to assist
with Data warehouse and maintenance functions. This contract will be
a continuation of the current Data warehouse and Maintenance project.
Most of these contracts are multi-year contracts. Included in our
Project management tasks are the development of a project Scope of
Work (SOW), solicitation and review of Expressions of Interest (EOI),
consultant selection, work assignment and review, monitoring and
approval of invoices.
Order of contacts for customer
questions::
questions
1. Michael G. Castaldo
2. Donald Perry
 Highway
g y Type
yp Designations
g
A Highway Type designations is an element used in project design and
is typically shown on the keysheet of the project’s plan. A request for
a roadway’s
d ’ highway
hi h t
type i usually
is ll sentt to
t the
th BTDD from
f one off the
th
Department’s Design Units.

Development of Highway Type designations considers two (2) factors -

the functional classification of the roadway and whether the roadway is
divided or undivided.
undivided. A set of codes, established by the FHWA, is used
to define the Highway Type of any given roadway.

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questions::
questions
1. Michael G. Castaldo
2. Donald Perry
3
3. A th
Anthony V
Varone
Highway Maintenance Management System (HMMS)

The Highway Maintenance Management System is used by NJDOT

NJDOT’s
s
Maintenance forces to develop estimates for budgets, schedules,
maintenance crew work assignments and various asset management
reporting.
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questions::
questions
1.
1 Michael G.
G Castaldo
2. Donald Perry
 Road Inventory
Road
R d Inventory
I t i performed
is f d routinely
ti l on all
ll public
bli roadways
d i New
in N J
Jersey i
in
accordance with procedures set forth in the Bureau of Transportation Data
Development’s (BTDD) Roadway Inventory Field Manual.
Manual Primarily, it is carried
out to provide input to the Annual Mileage Certification.

Years ago, this function was performed entirely by our staff.

Today, road inventory is performed on the State Highway System by staff in

the Roadway System Section
Section. A consultant contract covers road inventory on
other roadway - i.e.: County and Municipal Routes.

Typical road inventory data collected includes number of lanes, pavement

width, presence / width of shoulder, presence / type / width of median, names
of intersecting streets, speed limit and length of road.

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questions::
questions
1.
1 Michael G.
G Castaldo - (5) 4526
2. Donald Perry
 Data Warehouse and Maintenance

MAINTAIN A CONTINUED EFFORT IN MANAGING, UPDATING AND

MAINTAINING BTDD’S ROADWAY INVENTORY DATABASE.
(INCLUDING ASSET MANAGEMENT DATA) THROUGH:

1. YEARLY INVENTORY PROGRAMS

2. CONSULTANT CONTRACTS
3. UPDATES RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES

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questions::
questions
1.
1 Michael G.
G Castaldo
2. Donald Perry
3. Anthony Varone
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2007
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 Standard SLD Attributes:
  number of lanes
  pavement width
  shoulder width
  median type
  median width
  traffic signal locations
  interchange locations
  intersecting roadways
  railroad crossings
  stream crossings
  milepost start/end
  highway types (divided, undivided, etc.)
  posted speed limit  street name
 HMMS Features:
 Inlet
 Manhole
 Highway Lighting (on wooden utility poles only)
 Attenuator
 Curb (including vertical,
vertical barrier wall)
 Delineator
 Guide Rail
 Island Pavement
 Raised Pavement Markings (RPM)
 Roadside Noise Wall
 Retaining Wall
 Longitudinal Rumble Striping
 Shoulder Type
 Roadside Sidewalk
 NJDOT Jurisdiction Roadway Signs
 Sign Mounts
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Roadway Systems
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Functions and Contacts
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