The TPB undertakes a wide range of congestion management strategies. These strategies generally fall into two categories – demand management strategies and operational management strategies.
Demand Management aims at influencing travelers' behavior for the purpose of redistributing or reducing travel demand. Examples of TPB's demand management strategies include alternative commute programs, HOV facilities and value pricing, public transportation improvements, multimodal facility/bicycle/pedestrian improvements, and growth management.
Further demand management strategies and their impacts on the CMP are defined by coordinating with various subcommittees, including the Commuter Connections program, which provides information on alternative commute programs.
Operational management focuses on improvements made to the existing transportation system to keep it functioning effectively. Examples of TPB's operational management strategies include incident management/nonrecurring congestion strategies, ITS technologies and system management, and capacity increases (where necessary).
Further operational management strategies and their impacts on the CMP are defined by coordinating with various subcommittees, including Systems Performance, Operations and Technology Subcommittee (SPOTS), which provides information on incident management, ITS technologies, and system management.
TPB incorporates demand and operational management strategies into the CMP by:
- Compiling existing information and data.
- Considering how these strategies are important to congestion management.
- Analyzing this information to help define congested conditions and locations in the region.
- Considering the results strategies once implemented.