ITS Element: MDSHA CHART Centers

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Description: Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART) Statewide Operation Center (SOC) is a Specific Element that represents the systems and personnel responsible for improving the real-time operations of Maryland's highway system through teamwork and technology. The CHART SOC is located in Hanover, MD. This center houses the backbone database for multiple transportation operations in Maryland, and provides a connection between the regional CHART Traffic Operations Centers (TOCs) located throughout the state, as well as various other transportation stakeholder agencies. Specific systems housed at the SOC include the CHART ITS operating system, the Emergency Operations Reporting System (EORS), the CHART Website, among others. CHART is responsible for operating ITS systems, traffic control, coordinating with other agencies during incidents, and performing other traffic engineering to improve highway operations.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: MDSHA - Maryland State Highway Administration
Mapping: Traffic Management
Other Traffic Management

Interfaces:

 CAPWIN System
DDOT PTSA
DDOT TMC
District Video Exchange Network
HSEMA Center
Local Transit or Rail Operators Systems
MATOC
Private Traveler Information Systems
Regional Electronic Toll Administration
Regional Emergency Coordination System
Regional Parking Management Systems
WMATA Bus Operations Control Center
WMATA Rail Operations Control Center
Market Packages: ATMS06 - Traffic Information Dissemination - DDOT (3 of 3)
ATMS07 - Regional Traffic Management - MATOC Regional Information Exchange Network
ATMS07 - Regional Traffic Management - District Video Exchange Network
ATMS07 - Regional Traffic Management - DDOT TMC
ATMS09 - Traffic Decision Support and Demand Management - Metropolitan Region
EM01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch - Regional Emergency Coordination System
EM06 - Wide-Area Alert - HSEMA to DDOT Traffic, Maintenance, and Transit
EM07 - Early Warning System - MATOC / DDOT Traffic, Maintenance, and Transit
MC10 - Maintenance and Construction Activity Coordination - DDOT TMC
Functional Requirements:

TMC Regional Traffic Management

  • The center shall exchange traffic information with other traffic management centers including incident information, congestion data, traffic data, signal timing plans, and real-time signal control information.
  • The center shall exchange video (CCTV images) with other centers, including the capability to allow other centers to pan, tilt, and zoom its CCTV cameras.

Last updated: 06-10-11