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New York Metropolitan Transportation Council Congestion Management Process Report 2013 Status Report ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................... ES-1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1-1 2.0 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS .............................................. 2-1 3.0 THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS ................................................... 3-1 4.0 ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY .......................................................................... 4-1 4.1 ANALYSIS TOOLS ..................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 PERFORMANCE MEASURES ...................................................................................... 4-2 4.3 DATA COLLECTION................................................................................................... 4-3 4.4 CONGESTION ANALYSIS ........................................................................................... 4-4 5.0 REGIONAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................. 5-1 5.1 COMPARISON OF CONGESTION IN THE NYMTC REGION AGAINST OTHER REGIONS .... 5-1 5.2 PERFORMANCE MEASURES ...................................................................................... 5-5 5.3 REGIONAL CONGESTED CORRIDOR ANALYSIS ........................................................... 5-16 5.4 ACCESS TO REGIONAL AIRPORTS ............................................................................. 5-18 6.0 COUNTY/BOROUGH CONGESTION ANALYSIS ................................................. 6-1 6.1 BRONX .................................................................................................................... 6-2 6.2 BROOKLYN .............................................................................................................. 6-8 6.3 MANHATTAN ............................................................................................................ 6-15 6.4 NASSAU .................................................................................................................. 6-22 6.5 PUTNAM .................................................................................................................. 6-29 6.6 QUEENS .................................................................................................................. 6-35 6.7 ROCKLAND .............................................................................................................. 6-42 6.8 STATEN ISLAND ....................................................................................................... 6-48 6.9 SUFFOLK ................................................................................................................. 6-54 6.10 WESTCHESTER ........................................................................................................ 6-60 7.0 CONGESTION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ......................................... 7-1 A. CMP TOOLBOX STRATEGIES ...................................................................... A-1 B. CONGESTED CORRIDOR SCREENING WORKSHEET ........................................... B-1 i FIGURES 1.1 Map of NYMTC Region .................................................................................................... 1-1 3.1 Actions Commonly Part of a Congestion Management Process ..................................... 3-3 3.2 Integration of CMP with NYMTC’s Planning Process ...................................................... 3-6 5.1 Travel Volumes in New York and Comparable Metro Areas ........................................... 5-2 5.2 Measures of Systemwide Congestion .............................................................................. 5-3 5.3 Per Capita Levels of Congestion ...................................................................................... 5-4 5.4 Comparison of Travel Time and Planning Time Indices Across U.S. Cities .................... 5-4 5.5 NYMTC Planning Area Daily Vehicle Hours of Delay by County ..................................... 5-9 5.6 NYMTC Planning Area Daily Person Hours of Delay by County ..................................... 5-9 5.7 NYMTC Planning Area Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled by County ..................................... 5-10 5.8 Reliability on Select Highway Corridors in the NYMTC Region ....................................... 5-12 5.9 2014 Jobs Accessible Within a 45 Minute Drive During a Morning Peak Commute ....... 5-14 5.10 2040 Jobs Accessible Within a 45 Minute Drive During a Morning Peak Commute ....... 5-15 5.11 Top Congested Corridors; New York City ........................................................................ 5-16 5.12 Top Congested Corridors; Long Island ............................................................................ 5-17 5.13 Top Congested Corridors; Lower Hudson Valley ............................................................. 5-17 5.14 Airports in the NYMTC Region ......................................................................................... 5-18 iii TABLES 5.1 Comparison of Daily VMT per Capita and Travel Time Index in Other Regions ............. 5-1 5.2 2014 Regional Performance Measures ............................................................................ 5-6 5.3 2040 Regional Performance Measures ............................................................................ 5-7 5.4 Percentage Difference between 2040 and 2014 Regional Performance Measures ........ 5-8 5.5 Estimated 2014 Travel Times to Six Regional Airports; AM Peak Period........................ 5-21 5.6 Estimated 2040 Travel Times to Six Regional Airports; AM Peak Period........................ 5-22 5.7 Estimated 2014 Travel Times to Six Regional Airports; PM Peak Period........................ 5-22 5.8 Estimated 2040 Travel Times to Six Regional Airports; PM Peak Period........................ 5-23 5.9 Percentage Change in Travel Times to Six Regional Airports; AM Peak Period ............. 5-23 5.10 Percentage Change in Travel Times to Six Regional Airports; PM Peak Period ............. 5-24 A.1 Transportation Demand Management Strategies ............................................................ A-2 A.2 Transportation System Management and Operations Strategies .................................... A-3 A.3 Transit Strategies ............................................................................................................. A-6 A.4 Bicycle and Pedestrian Strategies.................................................................................... A-8 A.5 Access Management Strategies ....................................................................................... A-10 A.6 Land Use Strategies ......................................................................................................... A-11 A.7 Parking Strategies ............................................................................................................ A-12 A.8 Regulatory Strategies ....................................................................................................... A-13 A.9 Road Capacity Strategies ................................................................................................. A-14 A.10 Major Transportation Systems Management Projects/Operations in the NYMTC Planning Area ................................................................................................................... A-15 A.11 Major Transportation Demand Management Projects and Operations in the NYMTC Planning Area ................................................................................................................... A-20 A.12 System Enhancement Projects ........................................................................................ A-23 B.1 Congested Corridors by County; Final Screening ............................................................ B-2 v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), a bill that governed funding of surface transportation spending, metropolitan areas with populations of greater than 200,000 were required to engage in a Congestion Management Process (CMP) in order to provide for “safe and effective integrated management and operation of the transportation system” (Sections 23 CFR 450.320 and 23 CFR 500.105). The process is required to include 1) methods to monitor and evaluate performance, 2) definition of congestion management objectives, 3) establishment of data collection and system performance monitoring programs, 4) identification and evaluation of performance and benefits of management strategies, 5) identification of an implementation schedule and responsibilities, and 6) a process for periodic assessment of the effectiveness of implemented strategies. The CMP requirement was recently carried into the current Federal transportation authorization act – Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). MAP-21 also includes “Congestion Reduction” and “System Reliability” as two of seven national transportation goals As an urbanized area with a population over 200,000, the planning area of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council’s (NYMTC) meets the federal definition of a Transportation Management Area (TMA). As a TMA, NYMTC must systematically forecast traffic congestion in its planning area,