On October 12, 2022, the CMAP Board approved an update to the ON TO 2050 long-range plan, including an updated indicators appendix. Unreliable travel times on these critical roads requires their users to budget extra time to ensure they arrive at their destinations on time. This increases commutes, limits movement of goods, and otherwise reduces quality of life and economic efficiency. The Level of Travel Time Reliability is defined as the ratio of the longer travel times (80th percentile) to a “normal” travel time (50th percentile). The measure is the percentage of person-miles traveled on the region’s Interstate system that meet this definition of reliability. Using person-miles rather than vehicle-miles gives equal weight to all individuals using the roads. This measure is also a federally required performance measure under Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). Targets Operations programs that, for example, improve incident management or implement advanced traffic management, could result in short term improvement despite the lack of new projects on the system. Regionally significant projects, travel demand management, and vehicle technology are expected to improve reliability over the long term, despite increasing population. This improvement could be limited by an increase of severe weather events. A 2050 target of 90 percent was set based on the results of CMAP’s own travel modeling analyses of strategies to improve reliability. Full reliability can never be achieved due to uncontrollable factors like weather. 2025: 70.8 percent or more of person-miles traveled on the Interstate system are reliable 2050: 90.0 percent or more of person-miles traveled on the Interstate system are reliable Indicator Annual interstate level of travel time reliability in CMAP region Key Actual Target Source Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning analysis of data from the Federal Highway Administration National Performance Measurement Research Data Set. See Indicators Appendix for methodology GO TO 2040 context This indicator is new to ON TO 2050. Sections TargetsGO TO 2040 context ON TO 2050 plan Download the executive summaryOpen Download the executive summary in a new tab Download the full reportOpen Download the full report in a new tab CMAP Update Newsletter sign-up Opens in a modal Related recommendations Click to read Harness technology to improve travel and anticipate future impacts Mobility