Overview
This report discusses future actions and the role of The Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART). This is Maryland’s highway operations element for the state’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program - whose focus is on mitigation of non-recurring congestion that occurs due to events such as crashes, breakdowns, construction, and weather. The report identifies priorities, cost estimates, and approaches to provide a long-term course of action to reach the CHART program’s potential.
Source Organization Location
Hanover
MD
Operations Area of Practice
Active Traffic Management (ATM)
Travel Demand Management
Freeway Management
Real Time Traveler Information
Systems engineering
Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
ITS System architecture
Organizational Models
System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
Planning for Operations
Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
Traffic Incident Management
Planned Special Events Traffic Management
Emergency Transportation Operations
Organizational Capability Element
Programming/Budget/Funding
System Architecture / Engineering
Freeway Operations
Traveler Information
Traffic Incident Management
Emergency Transportation Operations
Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
Content Type
Informational Product
Role in Organization
Transportation Planner
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Engineer
Operator
Senior Manager
Publishing Organization
State DOTs
Maturity Level of Program
Monitoring (L4)
Deployment (L3)
Assessment (L1)
Development (L2)