Congestion in metropolitan areas is bad for Texas. Travel delays related to congestion result in loss of productivity, reduced air quality, reduced quality of life and increased costs for services and goods. Metropolitan areas across the state have experienced tremendous growth in the past decades without adequate funding to increase transportation system capacity.
The Texas Metropolitan Mobility Plan (TMMP) is a significant step in increasing local control of metropolitan transportation planning and funding to reduce urban congestion and improving quality of life. The planning process that drove the development of each of the regional mobility plans that comprise the TMMP was developed through a joint coordinated effort between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) representing the eight Transportation Management Areas (Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley), and the Texas Transportation Institute.
While the federally required long range transportation plan (Metropolitan Transportation Plan, "Mobility 2030") is financially constrained, identifying only what can be afforded given anticipated funding streams, the TMMP goes one step further and is a needs-based plan, which quantifies transportation needs beyond the fiscal constraint barrier. Each area's regional mobility plan focuses on the magnitude of unmet needs and provides decision-makers with a better idea of the total transportation needs for each region and shows that current mobility needs are not being adequately met and that additional funding is needed.
Each regional mobility plan includes strategies to reduce congestion and improve system mobility by using all modes of transportation. The TMMP allows each of the metropolitan areas flexibility to develop plans unique to their needs, anticipate realistic baseline allocation of funds, arrange for gap funding and use new and improved methods for streamlined project delivery
Texas Metropolitan Mobility Plan (TMMP)
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