REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

This website contains the most recent performance-monitoring information on the regional transportation system. These are also documented in the 2004 Congestion Management System Report.

The information and general analysis of it provide the basis for the Boston-Region MPO’s Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS) to set forth recommendations for congestion-reducing and mobility-enhancing actions to be considered in the MPO planning and programming processes.

The website is a product of the Congestion Management System (CMS), an ongoing program of the MPO. The purpose of the CMS is to provide decision-makers (primarily the MPO’s Transportation Planning and Programming Committee) and transportation planners with timely information about transportation system performance and make recommendations in the areas where congestion and other mobility deficiencies are found.

The website contains performance information on the following components of the region’s transportation system:

• Roadways (limited-access highways and arterial roadways), where performance is measured in terms of travel speeds and delays, which are complemented by additional measures, such as average daily traffic and crashes.

• Public transit, where performance is measured in terms of schedule adherence and in-vehicle passenger crowding, with a special on MBTA bus routes.

• Park-and-ride lots, where performance is measured in terms of capacity, use, and the time of day at which lots fill up.

• High-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lanes, where performance is measured in terms of the travel time saved compared to general-purpose-lane travel.

• Travel demand management (TDM), which includes services provided by MassRIDES and various transportation management associations (TMAs) in the region. Performance measures include the number of vanpools, TMA shuttle ridership, and ridematching assistance.

• Bicycle and pedestrian mobility, where performance is measured in terms of bicycle and pedestrian accessibility to transit stations and the suitability of the CMS-monitored arterial roadways for on-street bicycle use.

For background information on the CMS program, click on the links below.
CMS PROGRAM: BACKGROUND
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS

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