Coordinated Highways Action Response Team PANEL 3: “EVENT RESPONSE – TOOLS YOU CAN USE AT YOUR AGENCY” Richard R. Dye CHART Systems Administrator Maryland State Highway Administration I-95 CORRIDOR COALITION SIGNIFICANT EVENTS RESPONSE CONFERENCE May 12, 2015
Organization Maryland Department of Transportation - Maryland Aviation Administration - Mass Transit Administration - Maryland Port Administration - Motor Vehicle Administration - State Highway Administration State Highway Administration Planning and Engineering Operations Administration 7 District Offices Office of Materials Technology Office of Traffic & Safety Office of Maintenance Office of CHART & ITS Development Office of Construction
CHART Focus Areas • Incident Management • Traffic and Roadway Monitoring • Traveler Information • Traffic Management • Emergency and Weather Event Operations
Incident Management • “Clear the Road Policy” • Close Coordination with State Police • Emergency Traffic Patrols (ETP’s) • Emergency Response Units (ERU’s) • Approximately 6 - 18 units 24 hours per day • CHART Operations Centers
CHART Operations Centers – The Statewide Operations Center (SOC) • 24 hours-a-day • 365 days-a-year • CHART Staff: 70 • SOC Staff: 20 • Maryland State Police (MSP) Liaison: 1 • MSP Officer (peak hours): 1 • Communications • Emergency Operations Opened August 30, 1995
CHART Operations Centers – Satellite Traffic Operations Centers • Washington DC: College Park State Police Barracks • Baltimore: Golden Ring State Police Barracks • Frederick: The Frederick Law Enforcement Center (Co-located with MSP and County Sheriff’s Office) • Mountain Region: La Vale SHA District 6 Office • Seasonal: Eastern Shore Traffic Operations (operating out of the SOC)
Traffic and Roadway Monitoring • Cellular Telephone - #77 • Maryland State Police Reports • SHA Patrol Units • 100+ speed detection stations statewide • 700+ Closed Circuit Television Cameras (State and Local) • Traffic Probe Data
Traveler Information • 350+ Dynamic Message Signs • 45+ Traveler’s Advisory Radio Stations • Internet: http://www.traffic.md.gov • Automated Travel Times • 511
Traffic Management Special Events Work Zone Management Emergency / Weather Event Operations • Redundant Communications • Generator / Battery Back-up • Decentralized System / Back-up Operations Centers • 50+ Roadway Weather Stations • GPS Fleet Management • Resource Tracking System
CHART Advanced Traffic Management System Software Current Users of CHART (Over 36 agencies in over 91 operations centers) Partners Transportation Management Highway Maintenance Law Enforcement CHART Statewide Operations Center CHART DC Region Traffic Center Dayton Shop CHART Baltimore Region Traffic Ctr Baltimore County Police Owings Mills Shop CHART Annapolis Region Traffic Ctr Maryland State Police Barracks - Annapolis Laurel Shop Bay Bridge Traffic Operations Center Maryland State Police Barracks - Rockville Fairland Shop Authority Operations Center Maryland State Police Barracks - Forestville Annapolis Shop Montgomery County Traffic Center Maryland State Police Barracks - Golden Ring Gaithersburg Shop Prince George's County Traffic Center Maryland State Police Barracks - College Park Golden Ring Shop Anne Arundel County Traffic Maryland State Police Barracks – Waterloo Upper Marlborough Shop BWI Airport Operations Maryland State Police Barracks – Glen Burnie Harford Shop Northern Virginia DOT Traffic Center US Park Police (Greenbelt) Washington DC Traffic Mgt Center Maryland Transportation Authority Police Ravens Traffic Operations Center Baltimore City Police Department Redskins Traffic Operations Center Baltimore City DOT
CHART Advanced Traffic Management System Software Current Users of CHART (Over 36 agencies in over 91 operations centers) Partners (Continued) Emergency Operations Information Share / Lab Device Maintenance SHA Wash DC Region Emergency Operations Center Network Operations Center SHA Baltimore Region Emergency Operations Center Traffic Signal Repair Shop SHA Annapolis Region Emergency Operations Center Radio and Camera Repair Shop Maryland Emergency Management Agency Dynamic Message Sign Repair Shop Maryland Emergency Medical Services (Ambulance) Harford County EOC / 911 University of Maryland Center for Howard County EOC / 911 Advanced Transportation Technology Anne Arundel County Fire Dispatch (Soon EOC) Lab Baltimore County EOC (Soon PD/Fire/911)
CHART Performance Evaluation • Since 1990, CHART has provided over 500,000 assists • In the same period, CHART has responded to over 250,000 incidents • In 2012, CHART responded over 45,000 times saving approximately $960 Million in delay and fuel costs
How does an Operator Use the Software for an Incident? When the Operator 1 st logs in he sees all incidents active in his area of responsibility
Clicking on an Incident brings up the details What happened? Where did this happen? Who notified us?)
What types of vehicles? What are the roadway conditions? What lanes are closed?
What permanent cameras, message signs and radio stations are nearby? Within 3 miles? Within 5 miles?
Who should be looking at the video from the scene? What messages should be on the message signs?
The public receive a “realtime” map showing the incidents and streaming video from nearby cameras
Which groups of responders and managers should be notified? What should they be told?
Who is nearby? Have they been dispatched to the Incident? Have they arrived? Do they have dash camera capability?
Problem with the dash cams • Often the thing you wanted to see was not where your ETP / ERU is pointed!
MV-2101 helped fix that • Approximately $15K per camera • Available on State Contract • Full Pan –Tilt – Zoom camera controlled by central software at TOC/TMC • Video rides “secure” APN across AT&T 3G Network
Even when you think you have enough permanent CCTVs…
Coordinated Highways Action Response Team
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