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CMP Overview
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Mobility Monitoring – Overview
OVERVIEW • REGIONAL TRENDS • ROADWAYS • INTERSECTIONS • TRANSIT BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN • HOV LANES • TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT • PARK-AND-RIDE The Boston Region MPO´s Congestion Management Process (CMP) monitors the performance of transportation facilities in the MPO area, including freeways, arterial roadways, intersections, transit, park-and-ride lots, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, and bicycle and pedestrian transportation. This monitoring provides the MPO with the most recent performance information, and, for the areas and facilities where congestion, mobility, and safety deficiencies are found, it leads to recommendations for studies and implementation in the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), and the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). To view how the duration of freeway congestion has changed during the peak periods between the late 1980´s and 2008, click the following links:
According to the metropolitan planning provisions of the more recent Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), adopted in 2005, the development of a CMP continues to be a requirement for the Boston Region. In addition, SAFETEA-LU emphasizes several areas that all CMPs should focus on. A CMP should:
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