[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: 23CFR500.202]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 500--MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Traffic Monitoring System
 
Sec. 500.202  TMS definitions.

    Unless otherwise specified in this part, the definitions in 23 
U.S.C. 101(a) and Sec. 500.103 are applicable to this subpart. As used 
in this part:
    Highway traffic data means data used to develop estimates of the 
amount of person or vehicular travel, vehicle usage, or vehicle 
characteristics associated with a system of highways or with a 
particular location on a highway. These types of data support the 
estimation of the number of vehicles traversing a section of highway or 
system of highways during a prescribed time period (traffic volume), the 
portion of such vehicles that may be of a particular type (vehicle 
classification), the weights of such vehicles including the weight of 
each axle and associated distances between axles on a vehicle (vehicle 
weight), or the average number of persons being transported in a vehicle 
(vehicle occupancy).
    Traffic monitoring system means a systematic process for the 
collection, analysis, summary, and retention of highway and transit 
related person and vehicular traffic data.
    Transit traffic data means person and vehicular data for public 
transportation on public highways and streets and the number of vehicles 
and ridership for dedicated transit rights-of-way (e.g., rail and 
busways), at the maximum load points for the peak period in the peak 
direction and for the daily time period.

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