Federal regulations required that a Congestion Management Process (CMP) be in place in all Transportation Management Areas with a population over 200,000. To meet this mandate, the HRPDC established a CMP for the region. The goal of the CMP is to reduce roadway congestion and improve traffic safety in our communities through improving technology, expanding roadways and increasing vehicle occupancy. The CMP program identifies, develops, evaluates, and implements transportation strategies to reduce traffic congestion and enhance mobility. The Congestion Management Process includes all highways and roads. (Read our Special Report 2006.)

The HRPDC completed extensive capacity and congestion analyses for the existing and future transportation network in the region. These analyses resulted in production of the1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2007 reports, Congestion Management System for Hampton Roads, identifying congested corridors for both existing and future years. In addition, the report includes an analysis of potential CMP strategies that could be used in congested corridors.  The 2005 Congestion Management System for Hampton Roads (Part 1, Part II, and Part II Appendix) includes an analysis of 2003, 2008 and 2026 transportation network in Hampton Roads.

The HRPDC completed an update of the State of Transportation in Hampton Roads in 2007. This report was first produced in 2004 as part of the Congestion Management Process update. It examined the Region’s recent transportation data and historical trends, and compares Hampton Roads with similar metropolitan areas in the United States. Air travel, marine activity, rail traffic, roadway travel, transportation financing and funding, and the regional Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) are included to provide a more complete picture of transportation in Hampton Roads. Additionally, roadway travel is further distilled to include information regarding roadway usage, mobility, commuting data, safety, truck, and other transportation alternatives such as public transit, bicycling, and pedestrian facilities.

Safety Planning

The HRPDC has also initiated a regional safety study.  This study is the first step for the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to incorporate safety information into the transportation planning process. The most recent Regional Safety Study are: Hampton Roads Regional Safety Study: General Crash Data and Trends- 2007 Update and Hampton Roads Rural Safety Study.

As part of the CMP Program, the HRPDC is carrying out the following activities:

• Gathering and updating the CMP database with the latest traffic counts

• Updating future traffic projections with the latest forecast

• Updating the current level of service and determining future conditions

• Developing and incorporating crash data into the CMP database

• Performing additional detailed analysis of congested corridors

• Identifying impacts of the most congested locations on other corridors, intersections, or the transportation system

• Analyzing crash data and depicting high crash locations for the interstate systems and intersections along the CMP roadway network

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