UPDATED 2/22/2019
The draft of the Housatonic Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (HVMPO) and South Western Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (SWRMPO) 2019-2045 Long-Range Transportation Plans are being updated, and will be considered for endorsement at the HVMPO and SWRMPO meeting on April 18, 2019.
Continue reading Public Comment Requested for 2019-2045 LRTP →
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum announces its 2018 Annual Meeting on December 6, 2018 at 10:30 am in Newark, New Jersey. For security purposes, please RSVP via Eventbrite at https://mapforum2018.eventbrite.com. The meeting agenda appears below.
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PUBLIC NOTICE — The Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum announces the third meeting of its Multi-State Freight Working Group on October 11, 2018 at 1:30 pm.
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PUBLIC NOTICE — The Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum announces its Spring 2018 Meeting on June 4, 2018 at 10:30 am in Bridgeport, CT. Continue reading MAP Forum Spring 2018 Meeting →
SWRMPO Certification Review 2018
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will review of the South Western Region Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (SWRMPO) Transportation Planning Program for compliance with federal planning regulations. Continue reading SWRMPO Certification Review 2018 →
PUBLIC NOTICE; MULTI-STATE FREIGHT WORKING GROUP
The Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum announces the second meeting of its Multi-State Freight Working Group on April 3, 2018 at 10:30 am. Continue reading MAP Forum Multi-State Freight Working Group →
DANBURY – To better inform the greater Danbury region on status of area state transportation issues, State Representatives Mitch Bolinsky (R-106), Michael Ferguson (R-138), Will Duff (R-2), David Arconti (D- 109), Fred Wilms (R-142) Gail Lavielle (R-143), Stephen Harding (R-107) and Sen. Michael McLachlan (R-24) will be holding a State Transportation Forum on March 5th in Danbury with the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner James P. Redeker. Continue reading Legislators Hosting Greater Danbury Transportation Forum →
Congestion Management Process
Per Federal regulation §450.322, the transportation planning process must address congestion management in all Transportation Management Areas (TMA). SWRMPO meets the criteria of a TMA with a population over 200,000. Since the formation of WestCOG, which now hosts both SWRMPO and HVMPO, highly congested roadways on the national highway system in the HVMPO have also been monitored and reported on.
Specifically, the Congestion Management Process (CMP) includes the following steps:
- Determine the highway and transit CMP network;
- Define congestion, including parameters to be measured and associated thresholds;
- Identify congested links, including review of CTDOT’s Annual Congestion Management System (CMS) report;
- Develop strategies to address congested links;
- Implement short- and long-term strategies;
- Monitor the network, including improvements.
A detailed version of the 2014 Congestion Management Process report can be found here.
The three major arterial roadways in the region are Interstate 95, Interstate 84 and the Merritt Parkway (Route 15). Updated briefings for each specific corridor were created in 2016 and can be accessed here: