HAMPTON ROADS CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND MITIGATION REPORT PART I – INTRODUCTION AND SYSTEM MONITORING DRAFT PREPARED BY: MARCH 2020 T20-XX REPORT DOCUMENTATION ii TITLE: REPORT DATE: Hampton Roads Congestion Management Process: March 2020 System Performance and Mitigation Report Part I – Introduction and System Monitoring GRANT/SPONSORING AGENCY: FHWA/VDOT/LOCAL FUNDS AUTHORS: ORGANIZATION NAME, ADDRESS, & Samuel S. Belfield TELEPHONE Uros Jovanovic Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Keith M. Nichols, P.E. Organization 723 Woodlake Drive PROJECT MANAGER: Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 Keith M. Nichols, P.E. 757.420.8300 http://www.hrtpo.org ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & DISCLAIMERS As the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Organization (MPO) for the Hampton Roads region, Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Administration (FHWA), and Virginia Department of Organization (HRTPO) is required by federal Transportation (VDOT). The contents of this report legislation to develop and implement a Congestion reflect the views of the Hampton Roads Transportation Management Process (CMP) as an integrated part of Planning Organization (HRTPO). The HRTPO is the metropolitan transportation planning process. responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the data The Hampton Roads CMP is an on-going systematic presented herein. The contents do not necessarily process for managing congestion that provides reflect the official views or policies of the FHWA, information and analysis on multimodal VDOT or Hampton Roads Planning District transportation system performance and on strategies Commission. This report does not constitute a to alleviate congestion and enhance the mobility of standard, specification, or regulation. FHWA or persons and goods regionwide. During this process, VDOT acceptance of this report as evidence of HRTPO works with many stakeholders to develop fulfillment of the objectives of this planning study does these strategies and mobility options. not constitute endorsement/approval of the need for any recommended improvements nor does it This Congestion Management Process Report is constitute approval of their location and design or a being released in three parts. This report – Part I – commitment to fund any such improvements. includes the Introduction and information on System Additional project level environmental impact Monitoring. Part II of the studyDRAFT will highlight assessments and/or studies of alternatives may be System Performance, and Part III will detail necessary. Congestion Mitigation strategies. NON-DISCRIMINATION The HRTPO assures that no person shall, on the ground of race, color, national origin, handicap, sex, age, or income status as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent authorities, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subject to discrimination under any program or activity. The HRTPO Title VI Plan provides this assurance, information about HRTPO responsibilities, and a Discrimination Complaint Form. HAMPTON ROADS CONGESTION MANAGEMENT ii P ROCESS: PART I – INTRODUCTION AND SYSTEM MONITORING TABLE OF CONTENTS iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................................................1 Report Contents ..................................................................................................................................................................2 Performance-Based Planning and Programming ..........................................................................................................3 CMP Elements ....................................................................................................................................................................5 Integrating the CMP into the Planning Process .............................................................................................................6 CMP Goals and Objectives................................................................................................................................................7 CMP Study Area .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 System Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 State of Transportation .................................................................................................................................................... 11 HRTPO Annual Roadway Performance Report .......................................................................................................... 12 Regional Performance Measures and Targets .............................................................................................................. 13 Regional Roadway Travel and Trends .......................................................................................................................... 15 Regional Roadway Travel ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Truck Travel ............................................................................................................................................................... 17 Bridges and Tunnels ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Hampton Roads Harbor Crossings ........................................................................................................................ 19 Chesapeake Bay Crossing ........................................................................................................................................ 19 Elizabeth River Crossings ........................................................................................................................................ 20 York River Crossing .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Bridge/Tunnel Traffic Volumes ............................................................................................................................... 22 Recently Completed Roadway Improvements ............................................................................................................ 24 Benefits of Selected Completed Roadway Improvements .................................................................................. 26 DRAFT HAMPTON ROADS CONGESTION MANAGEMENT iii P ROCESS: PART I – INTRODUCTION AND SYSTEM MONITORING TABLE OF CONTENTS iv LIST OF MAPS Map 1 – Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Area ..................................................................................................... 10 Map 2 – Major Regional Bridges and Tunnels .................................................................................................................... 18 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 – Transportation Performance Management (TPM) Elements ............................................................................3 Figure 2 – Framework for Performance-Based Planning and Programming (PBPP) ......................................................4 Figure 3 – Elements of the Congestion Management Process .............................................................................................5 Figure 4 – Steps for Integrating the CMP into the Metropolitan Planning Process .........................................................6 Figure 5 – Goals and Objectives for the Hampton Roads 2045 LRTP ................................................................................9 Figure 6 – HRTPO Regional Performance Measure Targets (as of December 2019) ...................................................... 14 Figure 7 – Daily Vehicle-Miles of Travel in Hampton Roads, 2009-2018 ........................................................................ 15 Figure 8 – Change in Regional Roadway Travel Based on Continuous Count Stations, 2000-2018 ............................ 15 Figure 9 – Daily Vehicle-Miles of Travel per Capita in Large Metropolitan Areas, 2017.............................................. 16 Figure 10 – Number of Trucks Passing through Hampton Roads Gateways Each Weekday, 2009-2018 ................... 17 Figure 11 – Daily Truck Travel in Hampton Roads, 2009-2018 ........................................................................................ 17 Figure 12 – Annual Average Daily Traffic Volumes Crossing the Hampton Roads Harbor and Elizabeth River Southern Branch, 1990 - 2018 .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 13 – Major Roadway Projects Completed in Hampton Roads, 2010 – 2019 ........................................................ 25 Figure 14 – Pre- and Post-Widening Travel Times – I-64 Segment 1 ............................................................................... 28 Figure 15 – Pre- and Post-Widening Travel Times – Dominion Boulevard/Veterans Bridge......................................