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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.

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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 – in other words, any county required to have a metropolitan planning organization under federal law – 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, [1] [2] and made the CMP voluntary for counties with fewer than 200,000 residents. [3] San Diego County at one point opted out of the CMP in favor of a regional fee applied to new developments. [1]

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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  2. 1 2 "Congestion Management". Orange County Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Commonly Used Acronyms and Terms" (PDF). San Luis Obispo Council of Governments, San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority. August 2010. p. 4. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "County Transportation Agencies". San Francisco: Metropolitan Transportation Commission. March 19, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Fresno Council of Governments (Fresno COG)". California Association of Councils of Governments. November 5, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG)". California Association of Councils of Governments. January 19, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC)". California Association of Councils of Governments. November 19, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA)". California Association of Councils of Governments. January 19, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC)". California Association of Councils of Governments. January 19, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)". California Association of Councils of Governments. January 19, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  11. ↑ "About SBCTA". San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. February 23, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  12. ↑ Cal. Public Utilities Code § 132351.3
  13. ↑ "San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG)". California Association of Councils of Governments. January 19, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Congestion Management Program". City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County. 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG)". California Association of Councils of Governments. January 19, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (SCCRTC)". California Association of Councils of Governments. November 5, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  17. ↑ Chapter 8.18 - Vehicle congestion management . Retrieved June 8, 2021.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  18. ↑ "Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG)". California Association of Councils of Governments. November 18, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG)". California Association of Councils of Governments. November 18, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Ventura County Congestion Management Program, 2009 Update" (PDF). Ventura County Transportation Commission. January 23, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Did You Know?". Yolo County Transportation District. 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

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