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NYSMPO Shared Cost Initiative Program

Congestion Management Systems: Innovative Practices

Overview

The New York State Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (NYSMPO) has sponsored a Shared Cost Initiative (SCI) project concerning the implementation of Congestion Management Systems (CMS) in our state’s many and diverse metropolitan areas. The main goal of the SCI project is to identify innovative practices that MPOs can use to maximize the value of fulfilling the federal CMS requirements. Especially for those metro areas without significant congestion, the hope is to build stronger ties between the CMS and other parts of the planning process, such as data collection, project selection and public involvement.

On Friday, September 16^th in Syracuse, New York, representatives of most MPOs in the state as well as representatives from New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) convened for a one-day workshop. The meeting offered participants an opportunity to hear about innovative practices from around the county and to work in small groups on how to bring those practices to bear locally.

The project was completed in February 2006. The final product is a “menu of options” style report that discusses a variety of ways for MPOs to be innovative with respect to the CMS (now CMP) requirement. The report is available for download as a PDF. An interactive, online version of the report will be posted soon.

This page provides access to the proceedings of the workshop as well as the research and analysis that has been provided by the association’s consultant on the project, ICF Consulting. If you have additional questions or comments, please feel free to contact NYSMPO’s project manager, Jon Makler.

Available Documents

Congestion Management Systems: Innovative Practices (Task 1 Report, ICF Consulting)