BPAC

2040 Long Range Transportation Plan

for River to Sea Transportation Planning OrganizationMay 13, 2015

Congestion Management Process

What is Congestion Management?

“Congestion management is the application of strategies to improve transportation system performance and reliability by reducing the

adverse impacts of congestion on the

movement of people and goods”

FHWA Guidebook (2011)

Causes of Road Congestion

The CMP…• Is a systematic process that provides for safe and

effective integrated management and operation of the multimodal transportation system.

• Should result in multimodal system performance measures and strategies reflected in the Long Range Transportation Plan and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

What is the Congestion Management Process?

Federal Law – CMP

• Required by Federal law in Transportation Management Areas (TMAs)

• Developed as part of the transportation planning process

• Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP 21)

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR (Section 450.320) — Statewide Transportation Planning; Metropolitan Transportation Planning; Final Rule)

State Requirements – CMP

• Maintenance of a CMP is a requirement for all MPOs under Florida Law

• For MPOs in TMAs, also required under federal law

• Consistent with the Final Rule on the CMP for TMAs (Section 450.320):

“address congestion management through a process that provides for safe and effective integrated management and operation of the multi-modal transportation system.”

FDOT Strategic Plan for Transportation Systems Management

and Operations (TSM&O)

• TSM&O vision – “To operate our transportation system at the highest level of cost effective performance.”

Performance Measurement Active management of the multi-modal network Safety and Mobility

• TSMO includes the entire transportation system

• CMP focuses on areas that are congested

TSM&O Strategies in the Strategic Plan

• Ramp Signals• Advanced Traffic Management

Systems (ATMS)• Severe Incident Response

Vehicles• Managed Lanes• Incident Management• Rapid Incident Scene Clearance• Traveler Information• Arterial Management• Work Zone Traffic Management• Weather Information• Variable Speed Limits

Federal Eight-Step Congestion Management

Process

Define the CMP Network

• The CMP is applied throughout the TMA

• Addresses roadway, transit, bicycle, pedestrian and freight networks

• All functionally classified roads in the adopted LRTP and/or E+C network

Develop Multimodal Performance Measures

Four Dimensions of Mobility

• Quantity ‐ How much freight is moved and how many people are served

• Quality – How good or bad is the travel experience

• Accessibility – Ease in engaging in activities

• Utilization – How much of the transportation system is used/ available

Quantity of Travel• Vehicle Miles Traveled• Person Miles Traveled• Passenger Miles Traveled• Passenger Trips• Aviation, Rail, and Seaport

Passengers• Combination Truck Miles

Traveled

• Truck Miles Traveled• Combination Truck Tonnage• Combination Truck Ton Miles

Traveled• Aviation, Rail, and Seaport

Tonnage• Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units

Quality of Travel• Travel Meeting LOS Criteria• % Miles Meeting LOS Criteria• Travel Time Reliability• Travel Time Variability• Vehicle Hours of Delay• Person Hours of Delay• Average Travel Speed• Average Headway

• Pedestrian and Bicycle LOS• Aviation and Rail Departure

Reliability• Combination Truck Hours of

Delay• Combination Truck Average

Travel Speed

Accessibility• % Sidewalk Coverage• % Bike Lane/Shoulder

Coverage

• Aviation, Rail, and Seaport Highway Adequacy

• Active Rail Access

Utilization• % Miles Severely Congested• % Travel Severely Congested• Hours Severely Congested• Vehicles Per Lane Mile

• Aviation Demand to Capacity Ratios

• Combination Truck Backhaul Tonnage

Next Steps

• Identify Performance Measures

• Identify Available Data Sources and System Performance

• Analysis of congestion issues and needs (congested corridor selection)

• Identification of congestion mitigation strategies (Toolbox)

Modeling Status Update

OVERVIEW

The Central Florida Regional Planning Model (CFRPM) serves as the travel demand forecasting tool

Preliminary projected Year 2040 deficiencies presented to the LRTP Subcommittee on March 27, 2015

Based on the model and a review of general growth trends

Two alternative scenarios to be modeled and analyzed

Highway Only

Transit Alternative

Approved by LRTP Subcommittee

Highway Only Alternative

aka Transportation Trend Scenario

Roadway Improvements Only

Roadway Widenings

New Extensions

Input utilized to develop improvement list:

Strategic Intermodal System (SIS), Other Arterial Projects and Projects per Stakeholders Input

Volusia County’s Public Works Strategic Roadway Plan (unfunded priority corridor improvements) projects list

Farmton DRI developer funded projects list

Transit Alternative

aka Alternative Land Use Scenario

All roadways included in the Highway Only Alternative

Existing route service enhancements and new transit routes

Input utilized to transit enhancements:

2035 LRTP Mass Transit project list

Votran’s adopted Transit Development Plan (TDP) projects list

Sustainable Development Corridors as identified in the adopted Alternative Land Use Scenario (Characterization Framework Map)

Transit service added along SR A1A and US 1 to provide connections between Flagler and Volusia counties

Next Steps

Present results of model alternatives to the LRTP Subcommittee for review and discussion

April 27, 2015

Present results to TPO committees

Develop Draft Projects lists for 2040 LRTP Cost Feasible Plan model run

Thank You