The Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO), the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the Hampton Roads metropolitan planning area, has completed the DRAFT Hampton Roads Congestion Management Process: Part I – Introduction, System Monitoring and System Performance report.
The Hampton Roads CMP is an on-going systematic process for managing congestion that provides information and analysis on multimodal transportation system performance and on strategies to alleviate congestion and enhance the mobility of persons and goods regionwide. During this process, HRTPO staff works with state and local agencies to develop these strategies and mobility options. All Transportation Management Areas (TMAs), which are urban areas over 200,000 in population, are required by Federal regulations to prepare a CMP. The Hampton Roads Congestion Management Process is updated on a five-year cycle to assist with the development of the Long-Range Transportation Plan.
HRTPO staff is currently preparing an update to the CMP report. This update will include:
- A thorough assessment of the roadway system in Hampton Roads
- An analysis of changes in travel times in critical corridors
- An assessment of the impacts of a number of recently completed roadway projects
- A regional roadway network congestion analysis
- A ranking of the most congested corridors
- A list of congestion mitigation strategies
- Recommend improvements for congested corridors
The 2025 version of the Hampton Roads CMP Report will be released in two parts. This Part I of the study includes the Introduction, System Monitoring and System Performance sections. Part II, which will be released in 2026, will highlight Congestion Mitigation strategies and recommendations.
The Introduction section of the CMP report includes information on Performance Management and Performance-Based Planning and Programming, the elements of a CMP, CMP goals and objectives, and how the CMP is incorporated into the regional transportation planning process.
The System Monitoring section details HRTPO’s system monitoring efforts including the State of Transportation report, Annual Roadway Performance report, and regional performance measures and target setting. This section also includes information on regional roadway travel and trends, traffic volumes and characteristics at major bridges and tunnels, recently completed roadway projects, and the benefits of selected projects.
The System Performance section of the CMP report provides a thorough assessment of the current operating conditions of the Hampton Roads roadway system, particularly during peak periods of travel. The performance of roadway segments throughout the region are analyzed using travel time and speed data and through a planning level analysis for roadways without this data. Numerous congestion measures are reported such as average travel speeds, congestion levels, congestion duration, total delay, and travel time reliability.
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All interested parties are encouraged to review the draft report and send comments to Mr. Keith Nichols at knichols@hrtpo.org or by mail to 723 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320. The deadline for comments on this draft report is June 16, 2025.