Congestion Management Process for the KYOVA / Huntington WV-KY-OH Urbanized Area Stakeholder Kickoff Meeting August 29, 2013
AGENDA 1. Introductions 2. Project Purpose 3. Federal Requirements for a Congestion Management Process 4. MAP-21 Requirements 5. Congestion Management Process Objectives 6. Performance Measures 7. Project Scope of Work and Schedule 8. Data Needs
Project Purpose To create a Congestion Management Process that: • Provides a picture of the state of congestion • Provides input to development of strategies to alleviate congestion • Helps decision makers plan for future system improvements • Provides feedback on effectiveness of projects and strategies • Provides knowledge base • Meets Federal requirements
What is a Congestion Management Process (CMP)? • Systematic process that provides accurate, up-to-date information on transportation system performance • Assesses alternative strategies for congestion management that meet state and local needs • Integrated into the metropolitan planning process • Intended to move these congestion management strategies into the funding and implementation stages
Why required? Why now? • Transportation Management Area (TMA) – 200,000 population or greater • 2010 Census – KYOVA/Huntington WV-KY-OH Urbanized Area designated as a TMA • Cabell County, WV • Wayne County, WV • Putnam County (portion), WV • Lawrence County, OH • Boyd County, KY • Greenup County, KY
TMA Boundary
MAP-21 • Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) • Funding and authorization bill to govern United States federal surface transportation spending • Signed July 6, 2012
7 National Goals and Performance Measures NATIONAL GOALS — It is in the interest of the United States to focus the Federal-aid highway program on the following national goals: 1. SAFETY — To achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. 2. INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION — To maintain the highway infrastructure asset system in a state of good repair. 3. CONGESTION REDUCTION — To achieve a significant reduction in congestion on the National Highway System. 4. SYSTEM RELIABILITY — To improve the efficiency of the surface transportation system. 5. FREIGHT MOVEMENT AND ECONOMIC VITALITY — To improve the national freight network … and support regional economic development. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY — To enhance the performance of the transportation system while protecting and enhancing the natural environment. 7. REDUCED PROJECT DELIVERY DELAYS — To reduce project costs … delays … and improve agencies’ work practices.
What this means to KYOVA • Public agencies will now have to evaluate transportation decisions and investments in relation to these goals and the performance measures/targets that will be forthcoming • National Highway System has been redefined by MAP-21 to include all streets classified as a principal arterial. This classification applies to all of the one- way pairs being studied except Short and Second streets
CMP Steps 1. Define Regional Objectives 2. Develop CMP Network 3. Develop Performance Measures 4. Collect Data/Monitor System Performance 5. Analyze Congestion Problems and Needs 6. Identify and Assess Strategies 7. Program and Implement Strategies 8. Evaluate Strategy Effectiveness
Four Major Dimensions of Congestion • Intensity (How bad?) • Duration (How long?) • Extent (How far?) • Variability (How does it change?) Source: Atlanta Regional Commission
Two types of congestion • Recurring – Demand exceeds capacity – System choke points – Predictable Reliability • Non-recurring – Incidents – Work zones – Weather – Can be predictable (to an extent)
Role of Congestion Management Objectives • Define what the region wants to achieve regarding congestion management • Serve as primary point of connection between CMP and Metropolitan Transportation Plan • Serve as basis for defining direction of CMP and its performance measures • Reflect priorities of the MPO • Serve as tool for MPO to assess how well actions and policies are helping to achieve goals
Questions that CMP Objectives should ask: 1) What do we want to achieve? 2) What is considered unacceptable congestion for the KYOVA/ Huntington WV-KY-OH Urbanized Area?
Understanding What the Public Wants • What does the public really care about with regard to congestion? • How high of a priority is traffic congestion? • What type of congestion is most problematic? For the public? For freight shippers? • What aspects of congestion are most important to support livability, safety and economic vitality?
KYOVA/Huntington WV-KY-OH Urbanized Area CMP Candidate Objectives Preserve/Expand Capacity Congestion Types • I-64 through capacity • Recurring • I-64 interchanges • Non-recurring • Other major regional routes Enhance System Efficiency/Safety Enhance System Connectivity • Incident response • Ohio River bridges • Traveler information • Connectivity among major • Work zone activity routes • Transportation Systems Management Improve Arterial Operations • Travel Demand Management • Traffic signals/signal systems • Alternative transportation modes (bus transit, bicycle, pedestrian) • Access management • Accommodation of freight movement
Group Exercise • Rank each of these potential objectives – How important is it to you with respect to reducing/managing congestion in the KYOVA/Huntington WV- KY-OH Urbanized Area? • Are there any others that should be added and ranked? • Outcome will be recommended set of objectives for inclusion in the CMP
Preserve/Expand Capacity • I-64 Through Capacity • I-64 Interchanges • Other Regional Routes (US 60, US 52, US 23, State Routes 2, 7, 10, 93, 141,152, 243, 775 etc….)
I-64 Through Capacity Preserve/Expand Capacity How important is preserving/expanding the I-64 Through Capacity? Photo Credits: Flickr – amslerPIX; Flickr – Boston Public Library; Wikimedia Commons - Nyttend
I-64 Interchanges Preserve/Expand Capacity Is preserving/expanding the I-64 Interchanges important as part of this process? Photo Credits: ArcGlobe
Other Regional Routes Preserve/Expand Capacity How do you rate preserving/expanding other regional routes (US 60, US 52, WV Route 2, OH Route 7, etc.) in terms of importance? Photo Credits: ArcGlobe
Enhance System Connectivity • Ohio River Bridges • Connectivity Among Major Routes
Ohio River Bridges Enhance System Connectivity How important are additional bridge crossings to you? Expanding capacity of existing crossings? Photo Credits: Flickr – amslerPIX; Flickr – Boston Public Library; Wikimedia Commons - Nyttend
Connectivity Among Major Routes Enhance System Connectivity Is connectivity among major routes a priority for this process? Photo Credits: ITOworld.com; http://www.wvs.state.wv.us/kyova/KYOVA.pdf
Improve Arterial Performance • Traffic Signals/Signal Systems • Access Management – protecting what we have
Traffic Signals/Signal Systems Improve Arterial Performance Is improving traffic signals and signal systems important as part of this process? Photo Credits: http://transportation.ky.gov/Congestion-Toolbox/Pages/Traffic-Signals.aspx; http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirgious/
Access Management Improve Arterial Performance How important is it to address access management as part of this project?
Congestion Types • Recurring • Non-Recurring
Recurring Congestion Congestion Types Is it very important for the plan to address recurring congestion? Photo Credits: Flickr – Jforth
Non-Recurring Congestion Congestion Types How important is addressing non-recurring congestion as part of this process? Photo Credits: http://newsroom.aaa.com/2011/11/aaa-study-finds-costs-associated-with-traffic-crashes-are-more-than-three-times-greater-than-congestion-costs/
Enhance System Efficiency/Safety • Incident Response • Traveler Information • Work Zone Activity • Transportation Systems Management • Travel Demand Management • Alternative Transportation Modes (bus transit, bicycle, pedestrian) • Accommodation of Freight Movement
Incident Management Enhance System Efficiency/Safety How important is incident management within the region? Photo Credits: http://acogblog.wordpress.com/author/schroederb/; http://www.826-836.com/project-overview/incident-management; http://transportation.ky.gov/Incident-Management/Pages/Safe-Patrol.aspx
Traveler Information Enhance System Efficiency/Safety Should improving traveler information be an important part of this process? Photo Credits: http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=20048; http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/transporter/05sep/index.cfm
Work Zone Activity Enhance System Efficiency/Safety Is work zone activity an important area that needs improvement? Photo Credits: http://transportation.ky.gov/highway-safety/Pages/Work-Zone-Safety.aspx
Transportation Systems Management Enhance System Efficiency/Safety How important is Transportation Systems Management to you? Photo Credits: https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,4616,7-151-9615_44489_44992-119729--,00.html
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