"Florida's Mobility Management Process"
Chapter 339.177, Florida Statutes, requires a traffic congestion management process.
In Florida, we named this process the Florida Mobility Management Process (MMP) to better reflect the intent of ISTEA and to emphasize the positive aspects of providing transportation mobility.
According to the Federal Register (December 19, 1996), an effective congestion management system is:
"a systematic process for managing congestion that provides information on transportation system performance and on alternative strategies for alleviating congestion and enhancing the mobility of persons and goods..."
All of Florida's twenty-five Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) currently operate MMPs. Typically a Florida MPO's MMP:
- Identifies the location of congestion by measuring the system's performance
- Identifies the causes of congestion
- Reflects the collaboration a multi-disciplinary local steering committee with FDOT representation
- Recommends strategies to alleviate congestion which can be implemented quickly, inexpensively and can avoid the addition of general purpose lanes of roadway
- Is corridor-based
- Provides a link between the short-range transportation improvement program (TIP) and the long-range planning process (LRTP)
