Transportation
Traffic Management Plan (TMP)
The goal of the Traffic Management Plan is to provide a comprehensive transportation network that the city can use to better manage the existing, interim, and projected transportation related issues that can arise as the city continues to develop through the year 2025. The TMP will be a useful tool that would allow the City of Missouri City to plan for the projects that are necessary to enable the transportation network to function properly and at a desired and measurable level of performance. As a means to achieve this objective, the existing roadways and intersections in Missouri City shall be analyzed to identify deficiencies in the existing transportation network. Based on traffic growth projections and estimates obtained from the City of Missouri City and Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC), a travel demand model, selected by the city, will be utilized to initially calibrate the roadway network and simulate existing travel conditions in and around Missouri City. The calibrated network will then be used as a basis for analyzing proposed roadway improvements – both widening as well as new roadway connections for the interim year (year 2015) and the horizon year (year 2025). Prioritization of various infrastructure improvements based on evaluation criteria to determine the implementation sequence will be developed. No alternative modes of transportation such as mass transit, bicycles or pedestrians were considered as part of this study.
As part of this study, the Master Thoroughfare Plan has been updated and revised based on projected growth, future economic development and aims at maintaining high level of mobility in around Missouri City. The proposed Thoroughfare plan in addition to the TMP will assist the City of Missouri City ensure that
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) means electronics, communications, or information processing used singly or in combination to improve the efficiency or safety of a surface transportation system. ITS project means any project that in whole or in part funds the acquisition of technologies that provide or significantly contribute to the provision of one or more ITS user services as defined in the National ITS Architecture.
ITS encompasses a broad range of wireless and wire-line communications-based information, control and electronics technologies. When integrated into the transportation system infrastructure, and in vehicles themselves, these technologies help monitor and manage traffic flow, reduce congestion, provide alternate routes to travelers, enhance productivity, and save lives, time and money.
The Goals and Objectives for the ITS 5-year Operations Plan are to develop an organized approach to implementing ITS that is in line with the Houston Regional ITS Architecture and the Houston Regional ITS Strategic Plan.