1. Maryland’s Coordinated Highways Action Response Team Richard R. Dye, CHART Systems Administrator E-mail: rdye@sha.state.md.us “Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!”

2. 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 EngineeringAdministrationOperations 7 District Offices Office of Traffic & Safety Office of Maintenance Office of Materials Technology Office of Construction Office of CHART & ITS Development

3. CHART Focus Areas Incident Management Traffic and Roadway Monitoring Traveler Information Traffic Management Emergency and Weather Event Operations

4. 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 Ooperations (operating out of the SOC) CHART Operations Centers – Satellite Traffic Operations Centers

5. There are a lot of people who will be talking about the far future (which I admit is only 10 years or so in the world of technology.) I was asked to focus on what CHART has concrete plans to do in the future. A great American sent me an email back in 2006 which said: “The future of technology, or at least what people won't shut up about, is wireless. You know, things like walkmans, flashlights, and solar calculators”* I think we have done a little better than that… and there is more to come. *Do yourself a favor and look this quote up for a great presentation on “technology!”

6. To know where we are going… we have to look at the building blocks of the path that got us here CHART Advanced Traffic Management System Software Field Devices Software / Network Share-ability Artificial Intelligence 1996 2005 2014

7. From 1996 to 2005 the push was for more permanent Traffic Management Centers and more field devices CHART Advanced Traffic Management System Software 19962005 Field Devices DMS 25 73 CCTV 22165 HAR 4 34 Weather Stations046 TMCs442 Permanent (State,Local,Private, etc)

8. But more devices allowed more geographically diverse users so from 2005 to 2012 the push was to be able to share the information and control with other 1 st responders CHART Advanced Traffic Management System Software 2005 2012 Software / Network Share-ability Thick Client to Web Based Alerting and Escalation between TMCs NTCIP for DMS and CCTV Dedicated NTSC Video Viewing to MPEG Routable Video Travel Times and changeable Tolls External Events and Field Devices from DC and VA Auto Import of Weather Data into all traffic events Replace Racks of Servers with Virtual Server Farm Realtime export of Data and Video Transcoding of Video to Multiple Formats

9. Suggest DMS and HAR usage and message Auto Build of Video Tours for other 1 st Responders Auto Detect Responders on scene by AVL data Since 2012 we have been building in more systems intelligence Ensures more consistent response to the public Allows more junior operators to be allowed to use the system with less direct supervision CHART Advanced Traffic Management System Software 2012 2014 Artificial Intelligence Suggest CCTV to share with other 1 st responders Create Areas of Responsibility for Auto Event Notification and Device Response Suggest Notification groups and message

10. Field Devices The push for more users and devices continues CHART Advanced Traffic Management System Software NowThe Future (next 4 years) DMS 326 ?? (we are building more and getting access to even more from others!) CCTV 838?? (we are building more and getting access to even more from others!) HAR 34 Probably 0 Weather Stations 66?? (we are building more and getting access to even more from others!) TMCsCHART is now a statewide intranet and secure internet application and has over 381 users spread across 91 muli-jurisdictional sites with complete access to all of the CHART system information and capable of event and device control.

11. Software / Network Share-ability High Speed Connectivity to Real-time backup site Complete elimination of Copper Circuits Fewer physical devices and more mobile devices and services More Flexible Software modules and integrated networks are also necessary to continue the growth of users and subsystems CHART Advanced Traffic Management System Software The Future (next 4 years) Overlay Transport Virtualization equipment for realtime disaster failover Complete Integration of ATMS with Central Authentication More direct import and export from neighboring agencies

12. Decision Support for bi-directional events Blend State Data with probe-based services for better travel time information Better Real-time Queue Estimation And to keep up with more traffic and fewer experienced operators the systems will have to get smarter CHART Advanced Traffic Management System Software The Future (next 4 years) Artificial Intelligence More Complete Support for Full Matrix Displays Real-time Simulation of What will happen if Traffic Control Actions are Taken Automated Standard Operating procedures to direct operator actions

13. Coordinated Highways Action Response Team For more details please go to http://traffic.maryland.gov