CMP strategies are implemented through the following methods:
The congested corridors listed in Tables 7-1 and 7-2 have previously been studied by CTPS staff. Tables 7-3 and 7-4 (below) show the recommended strategies, which are based on a sample of past studies that, when implemented, could help relieve congestion for these corridors. The checklist displays the seven possible types of strategies that could be considered for each corridor. An X indicates that a strategy has already been studied.
The corridors displayed in Tables 7-3 and 7-4 have not been previously analyzed by MPO staff. Therefore, a quick analysis was conducted to see which of the seven strategies might be suitable for relieving congestion within those corridors. This was a preliminary analysis, and the suitable strategies may be subject to change depending on corridor conditions.
Table 7-1
Congestion Management Strategies Previously Analyzed for Congested Corridors: Arterial Roadways
Corridor |
Direction |
From |
To |
TDM |
Non- motorized |
Incident Response* |
ITS |
Operations |
Transit |
Expansion |
Alewife Brook Pkwy. |
NB |
Soldiers Field Rd. on-ramp |
Route 2 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||
Alewife Brook Pkwy. |
SB |
Route 2 |
Soldiers Field Rd. on-ramp |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||
Route 107 |
NB |
Route 16 |
Albert J. Brown Circle |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 107 |
SB |
Albert J. Brown Circle |
Route 16 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 114 |
EB |
Palmer Ave. |
Marblehead TL |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 114 |
WB |
Marblehead TL |
Palmer Ave. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 129 |
EB |
Route 1A |
Ocean Ave. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||
Route 129 |
WB |
Ocean Ave. |
Route 1A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||
Route 1A |
NB |
Bell Circle |
Oak Island Rd. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 1A |
SB |
Oak Island Rd. |
Bell Circle |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 1A |
SB |
Rotary |
1st Bell Circle signal |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 28 |
NB |
Highland Ave. |
Assembly Sq. Mall |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 28 |
SB |
Assembly Sq. Mall |
Highland Ave. |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 3A |
NB |
Hingham TL |
I-93 Interchange |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 3A |
SB |
I-93 Interchange |
Hingham TL |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 60 |
EB |
Newton St. |
Trapelo Rd. |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 60 |
WB |
Trapelo Rd. |
Newton St. |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 3/3A |
NB |
Country Club Rd. |
Billerica TL |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 3/3A |
SB |
Billerica TL |
Country Club Rd. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Route 138 |
NB |
Park Ave. |
I-93 |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
Route 138 |
SB |
I-93 |
Park Ave. |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
Route 4 |
NB |
Route 2 |
Billerica TL |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
Route 4 |
SB |
Billerica TL |
Route 2 |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
Route 109 |
EB |
I-495 |
Birch St. |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
|
Route 109 |
WB |
Birch St. |
I-495 |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
|
*Incident responses were not addressed for these corridors as of February 2012.
TABLE 7-2
Congestion Management Strategies Previously Analyzed for Congested Corridors:
Limited-Access Roadways and Expressway
Corridor |
Direction |
From |
To |
TDM |
Non- motorized |
Incident Response* |
ITS |
Operations |
Transit |
Expansion |
I-90 |
EB |
Market St. overpass |
Center St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
I-90 |
WB |
Center St. |
Weston Border |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||
I-93 |
SB |
Braintree Split |
Government Center |
X |
X |
X |
||||
I-93 |
NB |
I-95 |
Braintree Split |
X |
X |
X |
||||
I-93 |
SB |
Braintree Split |
I-95 |
X |
X |
X |
||||
I-95 |
NB |
Winter St. |
Route 3 |
X |
X |
X |
||||
I-95 |
NB |
I-93 |
Route 30 |
X |
X |
|||||
I-95 |
SB |
Route 30 |
I-93 |
X |
X |
|||||
Route 2 |
NB |
Newtown Rd. |
I-95 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 2 |
SB |
I-95 |
Newtown Rd. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 24 |
NB |
Mazzeo Dr. |
I-93 |
X |
X |
|||||
Route 24 |
SB |
I-93 |
Mazzeo Dr. |
X |
X |
|||||
Route 3 |
SB |
Braintree Split |
Exit 14 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 3 |
NB |
Exit 14 |
Braintree Split |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 9 |
EB |
Southborough |
Brookline Ave. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||
Route 9 |
WB |
Brookline Ave. |
Southborough |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||
Route 1/VFW Pkwy |
NB |
I-95 |
Centre St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Route 1/VFW Pkwy |
SB |
Centre St. |
I-95 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
I-95 |
NB |
I-95/I-93 Split |
Dedham St. overpass |
X |
X |
X |
||||
I-95 |
SB |
Dedham St. overpass |
Braintree Split |
X |
X |
X |
*Incident responses were not addressed for these corridors as of October 2012.
TABLE 7-3
Possible Solutions for Congested Corridors: Arterial Roadways
Corridor |
Direction |
From |
To |
TDM |
Non- motorized |
Incident Response |
ITS |
Operations |
Transit |
Expansion |
|||||
Route 119 |
NB |
Pope Rd. |
Route 2 |
X |
X |
||||||||||
Route 119 |
SB |
Route 2 |
Pope Rd. |
X |
X |
||||||||||
Route 127 |
EB |
Essex TL |
Route 128 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 127 |
WB |
Route 128 |
Essex TL |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 140 |
NB |
Maple St. |
Foxborough TL |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 140 |
SB |
Foxborough TL |
Maple St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 145 |
EB |
Boston TL |
Revere TL |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||||
Route 145 |
WB |
Revere TL |
Boston TL |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||||
Route 16 |
EB |
Concord St. |
Capital St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 16 |
WB |
Capital St. |
Concord St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 1A |
NB |
Kingman St. |
Market St. |
X |
X |
X |
|||||||||
Route 1A |
SB |
Lynnway stop sign |
Kingman St. |
X |
X |
X |
|||||||||
Route 1A |
NB |
First signal |
Hanson St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 203 |
EB |
Harvard St. |
I-93 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 203 |
WB |
I-93 |
Harvard St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 203/ Jamaicaway |
EB |
Willow Pond Rd. |
Forest Hills Rotary |
X |
X |
X |
X |
||||||||
Route 203/ Jamaicaway |
WB |
Forest Hills Rotary |
Willow Pond Rd. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Corridor |
Direction |
From |
To |
TDM |
Non- motorized |
Incident Response |
ITS |
Operations |
Transit |
Expansion |
Route 27 |
NB |
Depot St. |
Canton St. |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 27 |
SB |
Canton St. |
Depot St. |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 28 |
NB |
Presidents Dr. |
Riverside Ave. |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
Route 28 |
SB |
Riverside Ave. |
Presidents Dr. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 28 |
NB |
Third St. |
Twin City Mall |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 28 |
SB |
Twin City Mall |
Third St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 30 |
EB |
I-90 |
Route 9 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 37 |
NB |
Route 139 |
I-93 |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 37 |
SB |
I-93 |
Route 139 |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 62 |
EB |
Bedford-Concord TL |
Burlington TL |
X |
X |
|||||
Route 62 |
WB |
Burlington TL |
Bedford-Concord TL |
X |
X |
|||||
Route 99 |
NB |
Dexter St. |
Shute St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Route 99 |
SB |
Shute St. |
Dexter St. |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||
Memorial Dr. |
EB |
Soldiers Field Rd. |
Longfellow Bridge |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Memorial Dr. |
WB |
Longfellow Bridge |
Soldiers Field Rd. |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Mystic Valley Pkwy. |
EB |
Auburn St. |
Main St. |
X |
X |
|||||
Mystic Valley Pkwy. |
WB |
Main St. |
Auburn St. |
X |
X |
|||||
Storrow Dr. |
EB |
Memorial Dr. |
Leverett Circle |
X |
X |
|||||
Storrow Dr. |
WB |
Leverett Circle |
Memorial Dr. |
X |
X |
TABLE 7-4
Possible Solutions for Congested Corridors: Limited-Access Roadways and Expressways
Corridor |
Direction |
From |
To |
TDM |
Non- motorized* |
Incident Response* |
ITS |
Operations |
Transit |
Expansion |
I-90 |
EB |
Cambridge St. Overpass |
Toll plaza |
X |
X |
X |
||||
I-90 |
WB |
Toll plaza |
Exit 17 (Newton/Watertown) |
X |
X |
X |
||||
I-93 |
NB |
Leverett Circle |
I-95 |
X |
X |
|||||
I-93 |
SB |
I-95 |
Leverett Circle |
X |
X |
|||||
I-93 |
NB |
Government Center |
Braintree Split |
X |
X |
X |
||||
I-95 |
SB |
Route 3 |
Winter St. |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 1A/ Route 60 |
NB |
Logan on-ramp |
U-turn |
X |
X |
|||||
Route 1A/ Route 60 |
SB |
U-Turn |
Logan on-ramp |
X |
X |
|||||
Route 2 |
EB |
Lake St. |
Alewife signal |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 2 |
WB |
Alewife signal |
Lake St. |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 1 |
NB |
City Square |
Chelsea off-ramp |
X |
X |
|||||
Route 1 |
SB |
Chelsea off-ramp |
City Square |
X |
X |
|||||
Route 1 |
NB |
I-93 |
Route 99 on-ramp |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Route 1 |
SB |
Lowell St. |
I-93 |
X |
X |
X |
||||
Storrow Dr. |
WB |
Leverett Circle |
Memorial Dr. |
X |
X |
*Nonmotorized responses and incident responses were not addressed for these corridors as of October 2012.
Currently, the Boston Region MPO has no dedicated funding for the design and construction of recommendations that result from CMP-recommended studies funded through the UPWP. Instead, many elements of the CMP-defined UPWP studies have been implemented or progressed to design and construction by implementing agencies that have that authority. Typically, recommendations are of the management and operations type for arterial corridors, intersections, and freeway bottlenecks, many of them multimodal according to MassDOT’s highway design manual, including principles of “complete streets” and livability. Short-term recommendations are often implemented through municipal or agency maintenance funds. Long-term recommendations are considered by implementing agencies for design and construction according to their priorities and in combination with other considerations.
A good way to promote the implementation of CMP recommendations is to “educate” the stakeholders, the decision makers, and members of the public about this process. The basis of the implementation of the Boston Region MPO’s Congestion Management Process is the newly-formed CMP Committee in which stakeholders and staff have begun to collaborate and critique each other’s recommendations about what solutions are best for the region. Once a consensus is reached, it will be easier to advocate for these projects to decision makers in the MPO and across the region.
In 2012, the Boston Region MPO Congestion Management Committee was formed. It consists of the following MPO members: