1. Welcome to FHWA’s TMAS version 2.0 Demonstration
Presented by FHWA
Office of Highway Policy Information
Traffic Monitoring and Surveys Division
Steven Jessberger – TMAS Program Manager

2. Plan for today’s webinar
Travel Monitoring Analysis System schedule
TMAS QC process and features
Reporting in TMAS 2.0
Live Demo
Questions and Answers
MAP 21 website:

3. Travel Monitoring Analysis System (TMAS) version 2.0
Schedule
Version 1.0 released August 2007
replaced Traffic Volume Trends
Version 1.5 released June 2009
Version 2.0 State beta tested April/May 2012
Version 2.0 planned release
September 2012
(TMAS 2.0 will replace VTRIS)

4. TMAS Background What is your TMAS background?
Have you ever used TMAS before?
Are you familiar with current TMAS
version 1.5 features?
Is there any specific issue or concern
you need answered?

5. TMAS 2.0 Webinar Training in August and September 2012
Volume Data QC Training – Danny Jenkins
Aug 27 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am (est)
Sept 5 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (est)
Sept 10 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (est)
Classification Data QC Training – Steven Jessberger
Aug 28 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (est)
Aug 30 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am (est)
Sept 7 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (est)
Weight Data QC Training – David Jones
Aug 30 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (est)
Sept 6 from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (est)
Sept 24 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (est)
Reports/Exporting/Deleting Training – Steven Jessberger
Sept 4 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am (est)
Sept 14 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (est)

6. TMAS 2.0 QC Process Overview
All data processed by site by month and not by state by month
Station records will need to be up to date (July)
All QC checks are settable by site or by using the national system values – only for your State
All data will be kept that follows the TMG format*
New – data deletion feature – only for your State
New – data export feature – open to all states
Site by month allows for easily adding the sites that may come in late
Station records – Classification system for Vehicle Classification is a required field. Year Established will be a required field, Lat / Long very important, # lanes for volume, class and weight required fields
No more purging data that is odd – all data will be kept if it is in the TMG format!!
* Except TMG weight data that exceeds 25 axles. Weight records with 13 to 24 axles is kept but not QC’s, is immediately put in a special super large vehicle database.

7. TMAS 2.0 QC Process Overview - continued
Reports open to all states – dynamic search
Upload only thru TMAS 2.0 – no more FTP sites, ed data, CD’s, or DVD’s
Some station fields go from optional to required – dynamic station QC
All Data open to all States – FHWA is promoting sharing of data, State-State
Volume by the 20th each month
Classification by the 25th each month
Weight data submitted Quarterly (min) with monthly preferred

8. TMAS QC Process Guiding Principles
Collect data once – process correctly and use it many times!!
TMAS is used to sort data into those
records that are suspect vs.
records that pass all QC checks

9. TMAS 2.0 Station Information
New Required Fields
Year Established
# Lanes for Volume, Class and/or Weight
If a class or higher site – field 16
Classification System for Vehicle Classification
HPMS Sample Type (Y/N)
National Highway System (Y/N)
Primary Sensor
Latitude and Longitude
Anything but 0 for # lanes then must have other criteria for data type filled in. Same for HPMS

10. TMAS QC Checks for Volume
Every DOW check (7 days required)
24 hours of data check (24 hours required)
7 consecutive zero’s check
Any zero check with boundary of 50 vehicles
Directional splits check (tightened)
MADT check (tightened)
Maximum number of vehicles per hour per lane check (new)

11. Volume Program Manager
Traffic Volume Trends
Danny Jenkins
Volume Program Manager

12. TMAS QC Checks for Classification (axle or length)
Maximum % Class by Direction for any day
Historical % Class vs. Input Class % check by day
(same DOW)
Example: Historical 8 weeks % for passenger cars is 64% with a tolerance of 8% would give you a range of 56% to 72%. If 61% was the daily passenger car % for the incoming data then the site passed for PC’s.
States will set this tolerance in the software

13. TMAS QC Checks for Weight
GVW vs sum of axle weights check
Any Axle weight range check
Any axle spacing range check
Sum of axle spacing’s by class range check
Minimum number of axles by class check
Steering Axle Weight Average (SAWA) check
SAWA extreme min/max range check
Average Tandem Spacing (ATS) check
ATS extreme min/max range check
All current QC checks in VTRIS have been incorporated into TMAS. Due to the need of good quality WIM data we have added some calibration checks to help us better know the quality of the data so the data can be used in more applications. (MEPDG as one such case)

14. Weight Records – special case
Vehicle with axles – no QC
Vehicles with 25 or more axles purged
Dummy (no vehicle -1) records kept but left as null entries

15. TMAS 2.0 SAWA Check

16. TMAS 2.0 SAWA Check

17. TMAS ATS Check

18. TMAS ATS Check

19. TMAS 2.0 Reports Volume VOL2 – State TVT Report VOL3 – Station by Hour
VOL4 – MADT by Month with AADT by Station/State (new)
VOL5 – Volume data upload by State and Month (new)

20. TMAS 2.0 Reports (continued)
Classification
CLS1 – Class by Day by Hour by Site (new)
CLS2 – Class by Station with no data in weight columns
CLS3 – Class by Station Monthly by Day (new)
CLS5 – Station multi-year by month (new)
CLS6 – Class by HPMS6 vehicle types by State (new)

21. https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/vtris-wp/
VTRIS Website Reports
David Jones
WIM Program Manager
VTRIS report website:

22. W-Tables (TWS) W1-Weigh Station Characteristics
W2-Comparison of Weighted vs. Counted
W3-Average Empty, Loaded, and Cargo Weights
W4-Equivalency Factors
W5-Gross Vehicle Weights
W6-Overweight Vehicle Report
W7-Distribution of Overweight Vehicles
VTRIS Reports:

23. TMAS 2.0 Reports (continued)
Other Weight and Analytical
WGT8 – Steering Axle Weight Analysis (SAWA) (new)
WGT13 – Average Tandem Spacing (ATS) (new)
ANA1 – Growth Factors (10% to 30%)
ANA5 – Peak Hourly (new)
ANA6 – Data Submittal Timeliness (new)
ANA7 – Historical Vehicle Miles Traveled

24. TMAS 2.0 Team Danny Jenkins . . . . . 202-366-1067 TVT Program Manager
Division Office Compliance Reviews
Steven Jessberger
Classification Program Manager
TMAS Project Manager
David Jones
Weigh-in-Motion Program Manager
TMG Project Manager

25. TMAS 2.0 Software Demo