Of congestion management system activities in states and metropolitan planning organizations -- Analytical procedures to support a congestion management review.
State and local governments must designate a metro. planning org. (MPO) in each urbanized area with a population of 50,000 or more to help plan surface transport. infrastructure and services. MPOs are subordinate to state departments of transport. in the planning and selecting of projects using fed. surface transport. funds. Contents of this report: (1) The Metro. Transport. Planning Process; (2) Issues for Congress: Decision-Making Authority of MPOs; Surface Transport. Assist. Act of 2009; Perspectives on MPO Authority; Representation and Participation in MPOs; MPO Funding and Tech. Capacity; MPOs and ¿Livability/Sustainability¿ Initiatives; Climate Change Mitigation, Compact Cities, and Transport.; Long-Range Planning; Freight Transport. Illustrations.
This publication is a guidebook designed to provide information on how to create an objectives-driven, performance-based congestion management process (CMP). This guidebook describes a flexible framework of 8 actions that should be included in the development of a CMP. It also highlights the role of the CMP in addressing multiple objectives, including livability, multimodal transportation, linkages with environmental review, collaboration with partners and stakeholders, demand management and operations strategies, and effective practices for documentation and visualization.
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 686: Road Pricing: Public Perceptions and Program Development explores road pricing concepts and their potential effectiveness and applicability. The report includes guidelines for project planning and integrating pricing into regional and state planning processes, and for communicating strategies and engaging affected parties.