Congestion Management: Strategies
(Evaluating Congestion Management Mitigation Strategies)

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Each of the 25 strategies in SPC’s Congestion Management Toolbox is evaluated for suitability and potential benefit within each of the region’s CMP corridors. Suitability ratings qualitatively account for the environmental, financial, right-of-way, manpower, and other requirements that would be necessary to implement a given congestion management strategy.

The suitability of each congestion management strategy is given a letter rating as follows:

A – Techniques that are feasible and would be relatively easy to implement
B – Techniques that are feasible and could be implemented with a moderate amount of effort
C – Techniques that are feasible but would be very difficult to implement
D – Techniques that would not be appropriate for a particular corridor

The potential benefit of strategy implementation is rated as follows:

1 – Techniques that are expected to have a significant impact on reducing congestion
2 – Techniques that are expected to have a moderate impact on reducing congestion
3 – Techniques that are expected to have little impact on reducing congestion

Note that certain techniques may have benefits beyond just reducing congestion, but for CMP purposes the strategies are rated strictly on their potential benefit for congestion relief. This rating of suitability and potential benefit results in a matrix that helps determine which strategies should be high, medium and low priorities.

To rate a corridor, please follow this link!

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For more information about our Congestion Management program, contact Doug Smith at (412) 391-5590 x327 or e-mail dsmith@spcregion.org.

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