CMP Report - Chapter 7

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.

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

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

Corridor

Direction

From

TDM

Non-

motorized

Incident

Response

ITS

Operations

Transit

Expansion

Route 119

Pope Rd.

Route 2

Route 119

Route 2

Pope Rd.

Route 127

Essex TL

Route 128

Route 127

Route 128

Essex TL

Route 140

Maple St.

Foxborough TL

Route 140

Foxborough TL

Maple St.

Route 145

Boston TL

Revere TL

Route 145

Revere TL

Boston TL

Route 16

Concord St.

Capital St.

Route 16

Capital St.

Concord St.

Route 1A

Kingman St.

Market St.

Route 1A

Lynnway stop sign

Kingman St.

Route 1A

First signal

Hanson St.

Route 203

Harvard St.

I-93

Route 203

I-93

Harvard St.

Route 203/ Jamaicaway

Willow Pond Rd.

Forest Hills Rotary

Route 203/ Jamaicaway

Forest Hills Rotary

Willow Pond Rd.

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

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.

Strategy Implementation

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:

Programming of Strategies

Strategy Implementation