The study is broken down into five tasks, as follows:

1. Identify New Congested Corridors.
2. Define Congestion Mitigation Strategies.
3. Development of Congestion Related Performance
4. Measures Data Collection and Monitoring.
5. Summary of Findings and Recommendations.

A Congestion Management Process (CMP) is a continuous cycle of transportation planning activities designed to provide decision-makers with better information about transportation system performance and the effectiveness of alternative strategies to deal with congestion. A Congestion Management Process may be considered as consisting of four main components:

1. Measurement and identification of congestion;
2. Matrix of congestion mitigation strategies;
3. Monitoring of effectiveness after implementation;
4. An orderly evaluation process.

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Act a Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) requires that congestion relief be considered in the selection of transportation improvement projects, and that all urbanized areas with populations in excess of 200,000 (termed Transportation Management Areas [TMAs]) develop and implement a Congestion Management Process.