23 CFR § 490.707 - National performance management measures for traffic congestion.

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title: "23 CFR § 490.707 - National performance management measures for traffic congestion."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "490.707"
section_name: "National performance management measures for traffic congestion."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PLANNING AND RESEARCH"
part_number: "490"
part_name: "NATIONAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT MEASURES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "23 U.S.C. 134, 135, 148(i) and 150; 49 CFR 1.85."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 13913, Mar. 15, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 490.707 National performance management measures for traffic congestion.

There are two performance measures to assess traffic congestion for the purpose of carrying out the CMAQ program (referred to collectively as the CMAQ Traffic Congestion measures. They are:

(a) Annual Hours of Peak Hour Excessive Delay (PHED) Per Capita (referred to as the PHED measure); and

(b) Percent of Non-SOV Travel.