Traffic congestion impacts the mobility of people and goods in Northern Colorado, which affects quality of life and economic growth in the region. The NFRMPO maintains the federally required Congestion Management Process (CMP) to improve transportation system reliability, safety, and performance.
2023 CMP
The 2023 CMP identifies an objectives-driven, performance-based process to manage regional transportation congestion. The CMP includes congestion-related goals, objectives, and performance measures. In 2018, congestion cost Americans $87 Billion and an average of 97 hours. Congestion also wastes billions of gallons of fuel, releasing billions of pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, annually. The CMP seeks to manage congestion on the Regionally Significant Corridors (RSCs) through a variety of region- and corridor-specific strategies.
Full Document: 2023 CMP
Summary: 2023 CMP Fact Sheet
CMP Performance Report
In 2025, the performance of the CMP was assessed to identify effective strategies for congestion management in the North Front Range region. This is a performance report for the 2023 CMP. This performance report supplements the 2023 CMP by monitoring the implemented congestion strategies in terms of the CMP’s performance measures. The purpose of the performance report is to identify effective strategies for congestion management to enable the region to strategically improve system performance. This report fulfills the federal requirement for a periodic assessment of the effectiveness of implemented congestion strategies.
The report demonstrates the region is making progress on five of nine performance measures as seen in the table below. This performance report also identifies the implemented and programmed projects funded through the NFRMPO that include one or more congestion management strategies in their project scope.
Status of the 2023 CMP Performance Measures as of the 2025 CMP Performance Report
| CMP Performance Measure | Baseline Value | Current Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Time Index (TTI) - Percent Congested | 0.6% | 1.0% | Worsening |
| Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) per Capita | 21.6 | 20.2 | Improving |
| Travel Time Reliability (TTR) - Percent Unreliable | 1.1% | 3.7% | Worsening |
| Truck Travel Time Reliability (TTTR) - Percent Unreliable | 52.1% | 7.8% | Improving |
| Total Number of Crashes | 7,564 | 8,888 | Worsening |
| Transit Ridership per Capita | 5.3 | 7.7 | Improving |
| Percent of Non-Single Occupancy Vehicle (SOV) Commute Trips | 25.0% | 29.5% | Improving |
| Percent of Devices Connected by Fiber on RSCs | 87.0% | 84.3% | Worsening |
| Peak Hour Excessive Delay on NHS in Fort Collins Urban Area | 3.4 | 2.9 | Improving |
Performance Report: Performance Report for the 2023 CMP (2025)
Staff Contact
If you have any questions, please contact Mykayla Graalum at mgraalum@nfrmpo.org or (970) 818-9497.