The Congestion Management Process (CMP) is a federal requirement.  One of the main results of the process is to identify and rank the most congested roadways in Metro-Atlanta.  The latest 2010 Congestion Rankings are now available in the July 2010 Regional Snapshot.

The CMP Fact Sheet (available at www.atlantaregional.com/plan2040) is also available to help explain all of the federal CMP requirements. Below are links to the most recent CMP reports:

• New 2008-2009 Final CMP Documentation:
  • Regional Data Collection Results Report
  • Regional Data Inventory, Collection Standards, Clearinghouse Framework Report
  • Incorporating IT3 into CMP White Paper 
• 2006-2007 CMP Report (PDF) 

How to Avoid Congestion

Several strategies are available to reduce travel times or make trips more reliable.  Each of the strategy types below can individually improve congestion for a particular trip.  However, if ALL approaches are effectively used in tandem, then congestion can improve for the entire region.  Click to find out more about each strategy:

• Transit use:
  • MARTA
  • GRTA X-Press Bus Service
  • Cobb County Transit
  • Gwinnett County Transit 
• Ridesharing (carpooling and vanpooling), teleworking, and flexible work scheduling
• Managed Lanes: High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes (HOV) & High Occupancy Toll Lanes (HOT)
• Traffic surveillance, incident management, and traveler information systems
• Growth Management, livable communities, in-fill development (e.g., Atlantic Station)
• Advanced technologies: traffic signal synchronization, volume detection
• Intersection improvements: over/underpasses, addition of turn lanes, safer crosswalks
• Roadway capacity addition (i.e. new roadways, additional lanes)
• Access Management (minimizing driveways and other entry points, implementing frontage roads, and shared driveways)

If you would like to know more about the CMP or congestion in general, please email or call at 404.463.3173.