Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG)
2024 Congestion Management Process (CMP)
Project
A Congestion Management Process (CMP) is an important Federal requirement in the metropolitan transportation planning process, as it employs an objectives-driven, performance-based approach to planning for congestion management that ensures that investment decisions are made with a clear focus on desired outcomes. ETG assisted the Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG) with its 2024 congestion management process (CMP).
Our Work
To monitor the CMP network, we analyzed several performance measures including speed-based level of service (LOS), planning time index (PTI), truck travel time reliability (TTTR), andlevel of travel time reliability (LOTTR).
Transit performance was analyzed using annual transit ridership, which measures utilization, and transit-to-auto speed ratio, which reflects the transit competitiveness via travel times as compared to the expected travel times via auto mode. Bus position and speed data were collected through the automated vehicle location (AVL) systems installed on the local transit agencies transit vehicles.
Based on the analysis of these performance measures, A set of congestion management strategies and a deficiency plan were developed. The CMP identified strategies that accounts for planned, programmed, ongoing, and recently completed projects in the RTP/SCS, as well as new strategies. CMP corridors with congestion issues were linked to RTP Tier 1 projects.
StanCOG’s Transportation Plan builds on the Congestion Management Process by integrating and prioritizing infrastructure strategies identified in the CMP to address system deficiencies.