2010 Annual Report - Maryland State Highway Administration
2010 Annual Report - Maryland State Highway Administration
2010 Annual Report - Maryland State Highway Administration
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Mobility and Congestion Relief<br />
IV<br />
Mobility and Congestion Relief<br />
Goal: Improve mobility for our customers<br />
Highlights of SHA’s Accomplishments<br />
Implemented real-time travel time information on overhead digital signs<br />
along major interstate highways in the Baltimore-Washington, DC region.<br />
Enhanced capabilities to relay real-time traffic information to the public on<br />
the Internet via increased availability of traffic camera images and a new<br />
Coordinated <strong>Highway</strong>s Action Response Team (CHART) Web mobile<br />
application for viewing traffic information on smart phones and other<br />
mobile devices; these enhancements led to a more than 70 percent<br />
increase in web usage by our customers.<br />
Contract A of the ICC (seven miles between I-370 and MD 97) reached more<br />
than 75 percent of construction completed.<br />
100 percent of all capital projects met ADA requirements at time of bid<br />
opening.<br />
CHART geographic information system (GIS) mapping application is now<br />
accessible to SHA’s <strong>Highway</strong> Information Services Division, <strong>Maryland</strong><br />
Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the GIS divisions of Frederick<br />
and Howard counties.<br />
Overview<br />
During CY 2009, the amount of travel on state highways decreased for the<br />
second year in a row. This was a relatively unusual occurrence that appeared to<br />
follow the continued economic slowdown of the year.<br />
CHART Program – Incident Response and Driver Assistance<br />
The CHART incident management program continues to provide safety and<br />
economic benefits to motorists and commerce in <strong>Maryland</strong>. During FY <strong>2010</strong>,<br />
CHART responded to and cleared more than 17,000 incidents and assisted more<br />
than 18,000 stranded motorists. In addition, CHART deployed and integrated 30<br />
new closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras statewide, making a total of 140<br />
cameras and 619 intelligent transportation system (ITS) devices deployed<br />
throughout the state. Camera video feed interoperability with other regional<br />
agencies allows for access to more than 300 additional camera sites in<br />
<strong>Maryland</strong>. Currently, there are 24 full-time and six part-time emergency traffic<br />
patrols in the Baltimore-Washington, DC metropolitan area as well as<br />
operations in Frederick.<br />
STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION | FY <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 25
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