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congestion management agency

In the U.S. state of California, a congestion management agency (CMA) is a county-level government agency responsible for a comprehensive transportation improvement program that reduces traffic congestion and reduces transportation-related air pollution through local land-use planning.

Under the California State Legislature to implement Proposition 111 (also known as the Traffic Congestion Relief and Spending Limitation Act of 1990), each county with 50,000 or more residents{{snd}} in other words, any county required to have a metropolitan planning organization under federal law{{snd}} must also designate a local government agency to develop a congestion management program (CMP) or forfeit its share of state gasoline tax revenues. In 1996, Assembly Bill 2419 allowed counties to opt out of the CMP requirement by implementing an alternative mechanism for congestion management,{{cite magazine|title=Is California's Congestion Management Program at the End of the Road?|magazine=The Planning Report|location=Los Angeles|date=February 12, 2014|issn=1057-1442|accessdate=June 8, 2021|url=https://www.planningreport.com/2014/02/12/california-s-congestion-management-program-end-road}}{{cite web|title=Congestion Management|publisher=Orange County Transportation Authority|accessdate=June 8, 2021|url=https://www.octa.net/Projects-and-Programs/Plans-and-Studies/Congestion-Management-Program/Overview/}} and made the CMP voluntary for counties with fewer than 200,000 residents.{{cite web|title=Commonly Used Acronyms and Terms|publisher=San Luis Obispo Council of Governments, San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority|date=August 2010|page=4|accessdate=June 8, 2021|url=https://slocog.org/sites/default/files/ACRONYMSTERMS2010.PDF#page=4|format=PDF}} San Diego County at one point opted out of the CMP in favor of a regional fee applied to new developments.

List of congestion management agencies

Each county designates a local government agency as its CMA. The designated agencies are a variety of public transportation districts, joint powers authorities, and councils of governments.

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal|title=California's Congestion Management Program|first=A.|last=Nash|journal=ITE Journal|publisher=Institute of Transportation Engineers|location=Washington, D.C.|volume=62|issue=2|date=February 1992|issn=0162-8178|url=https://trid.trb.org/view/364405}}

Category:County government agencies in California

Category:Special districts of California

Category:Urban planning organizations

Category:Transportation planning