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 • I-64 through capacity • I-64 interchanges • Other major regional routes

Enhance System Connectivity • Ohio River bridges • Connectivity among major

routes Improve Arterial Operations

• Traffic signals/signal systems

• Access management

Congestion Types • Recurring • Non-recurring

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

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

Photo Credits: Flickr – amslerPIX; Flickr – Boston Public Library; Wikimedia Commons - Nyttend

How important is preserving/expanding the I-64 Through Capacity?

I-64 Interchanges Preserve/Expand Capacity

Photo Credits: ArcGlobe

Is preserving/expanding the I-64 Interchanges important as part of this process?

Other Regional Routes Preserve/Expand Capacity

Photo Credits: ArcGlobe

How do you rate preserving/expanding other regional routes (US 60, US 52, WV Route 2, OH Route 7, etc.) in terms of importance?

Enhance System Connectivity

• Ohio River Bridges • Connectivity Among Major Routes

Ohio River Bridges Enhance System Connectivity

Photo Credits: Flickr – amslerPIX; Flickr – Boston Public Library; Wikimedia Commons - Nyttend

How important are additional bridge crossings to you? Expanding capacity of existing crossings?

Connectivity Among Major Routes

Is connectivity among major routes a priority for this process?

Enhance System Connectivity

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

Is improving traffic signals and signal systems important as part of this process?

Improve Arterial Performance

Photo Credits: http://transportation.ky.gov/Congestion-Toolbox/Pages/Traffic-Signals.aspx; http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirgious/

Access Management

How important is it to address access management as part of this project?

Improve Arterial Performance

Congestion Types

• Recurring • Non-Recurring

Recurring Congestion

Is it very important for the plan to address recurring congestion?

Congestion Types

Photo Credits: Flickr – Jforth

Non-Recurring Congestion

How important is addressing non-recurring congestion as part of this process?

Congestion Types

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

How important is incident management within the region?

Enhance System Efficiency/Safety

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

Should improving traveler information be an important part of this process?

Enhance System Efficiency/Safety

Photo Credits: http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=20048; http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/transporter/05sep/index.cfm

Work Zone Activity

Is work zone activity an important area that needs improvement?

Enhance System Efficiency/Safety

Photo Credits: http://transportation.ky.gov/highway-safety/Pages/Work-Zone-Safety.aspx

Transportation Systems Management

How important is Transportation Systems Management to you?

Enhance System Efficiency/Safety

Photo Credits: https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,4616,7-151-9615_44489_44992-119729--,00.html

Travel Demand Management

How important is Travel Demand Management for this process?

Enhance System Efficiency/Safety

Photo Credits: www.pedbikeimage.org / Dan Burden; Flickr - nicpic

Alternative Transportation Modes (Bus, Bicycle, Pedestrian)

Rate the importance of accommodating walkers, bicyclists, and transit riders.

Enhance System Efficiency/Safety

Photo Credits: www.pedbikeimages.org / Nina Walfoort; www.pedbikeimages.org / Dave Morse; www.pedbikeimages.com / Dan Burden

Accommodation of Freight Movement

How do you rate freight movement as a priority for the Congestion Management Process?

Enhance System Efficiency/Safety

Photo Credits: Flickr – Rachael Moore; Flickr – Carelinamia; Flickr - Cromely

Performance Measures

• Used to characterize existing and projected conditions on the regional system and individual facilities

• Track progress toward meeting objectives • Identify specific congested locations • Assess congestion mitigation strategies, programs and

projects • Communicate system performance to decision-makers,

the public, and MPO member agencies

Performance Measures (cont.)

Two Levels • Regional (i.e. system-wide) • Local (Corridor, Segment, Intersection) Level

Desirable Characteristics • Quantifiable • Easily understood • Practical • Based on available data • Cost effective to develop

MAP-21 emphasis on Performance Measures

What are the right/best performance measures for the KYOVA/ Huntington WV-KY-OH Urbanized Area CMP?

Performance Measures Being Considered

Congestion Measures − Level of Service (LOS) − Demand-to-Capacity (D/C) − Travel Speed − Delay − Commute Time − Hours of Travel at LOS E or

worse

Reliability Measures − Travel Time Index (TTI) − Planning Time Index (PTI) − Crash Rate − Number of Incidents − Incident Duration − Incident Response Time

Others − Freight − Transit − Bicycle − Pedestrian

Final Determination of Performance Measures

• Objectives ranking exercise • Availability of data • Resources to compute

Travel Time Reliability

• Consistency or dependability in travel time • Drivers less tolerant of unexpected delays because they have

larger consequences than drivers face with everyday congestion – Late for work – Missed appointment – Late trucking shipment

• Averages don’t tell the full story

Source: Federal Highway Administration

Factors That Affect Travel Time Reliability

• Recurring variations in demand, by hour of day, day of week, and month of year

• Severe weather • Incidents • Work zones • Special events

Travel Time Reliability Measures

• Travel Time Index (TTI) – Additional time that a trip will take under average congested

conditions when compared to uncongested, free-flowing conditions – Ratio of average travel time to free-flow travel time – TTI = 1.3 means that a trip will take 30 percent longer

• 90th or 95th percentile travel time – Estimate of how bad delay will be on the heaviest days

• Buffer Time – Extra time (or time cushion) that travelers must add to their average

travel time when planning trips to ensure on-time arrival • Planning Time Index (PTI)

– Ratio of 95th percentile travel time to free-flow travel time – Useful when compared to TTI

Travel Time Reliability Measures (cont.)

Application of Travel Time Reliability Data

Computed using Planning Time Index (PTI)

CMP Network

• MPOs have some discretion • MAP-21 requirements to include National Highway System • Typical elements

– Freeways/interstate highways – Arterial roadways – Transit service (bus routes) – Bicycle networks – Pedestrian networks

CMP Network Map

Project Schedule

Activity

1. Develop Congestion Management Objectives

2. Define CMP Network

3. Select Performance Measures

4. Identify Evaluation Methods and Data Needs

5. Identify ITS Capacibilities

6. Data Collection

7. System Evaluation and Monitoring

8. Stakeholder Involvement

Stakeholder Meeting #1

Stakeholder Meeting #2

KYOVA Policy Board Meeting #1

KYOVA Policy Board Meeting #2

9. Integrate Into Transportation Plan

10. DSS Recommendations

11. TDM Review/Recommendations

12. Documentation

12.1 Prepare Draft Report

12.2 Prepapre Final Report

12.3 Submit Final Report

Feb 2014Aug 2013 Sep 2013 Oct 2013 Nov 2013 Dec 2013 Jan 2014

What will the CMP look like at the end?

• A defined process that: – Provides a snapshot of the current state of congestion – Peek into the future indicating where we can expect congestion to

worsen – Identification of strategies and projects to mitigate or reduce existing

and/or anticipated congestion – Prioritization of recommended strategies/projects for implementation

through metropolitan planning process – Evaluation of effectiveness of previously implemented strategies and

projects • Final report documenting development and results of CMP • Collection of data upon which the CMP was developed

Thank you!