[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR500.101]

[Page 131]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 500--MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--Management Systems
 
Sec. 500.101  Purpose.


    The purpose of this part is to implement the requirements of 23 
U.S.C. 303(a) which directs the Secretary of Transportation (the 
Secretary) to issue regulations for State development, establishment, 
and implementation of systems for managing highway pavement of Federal-
aid highways (PMS), bridges on and off Federal-aid highways (BMS), 
highway safety (SMS), traffic congestion (CMS), public transportation 
facilities and equipment (PTMS), and intermodal transportation 
facilities and systems (IMS). This regulation also implements 23 U.S.C. 
303(b) which directs the Secretary to issue guidelines and requirements 
for State development, establishment, and implementation of a traffic 
monitoring system for highways and public transportation facilities and 
equipment (TMS).