| Project Title: |
BALTIMORE REGIONAL ITS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN |
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| Project Status: | In Progress | |
| Project Type: |
Deployment/Integration |
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| Project Description: | This project is the FY 2002 ITS Integration Program earmark for the Baltimore, MD Metropolitan Region. Funding for the project was approved and obligated in September 2003 and includes some residual funds from the FY 2000 ITS Integration Program earmark for the region. This project's objective is to develop a coordinated transportation emergency preparedness plan for the Baltimore metropolitan region. The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) is coordinating the project which will integrate the region's existing and planned ITS communications systems into a regional evacuation plan. The Transportation Emergency Preparedness Plan will provide a template for the coordinated transportation response necessary in the event of a major regional incident. The plan will establish a baseline and goals for regional transportation emergency preparedness; identify regional transportation and emergency stakeholders; provide response and contingency plans for large-scale incidents (natural and man-made disasters, aid possible attacks; and assess the potential impacts of such events and the appropriate ensuing response by the regional transportation system. The plan will develop an architecture and the linkages between existing ITS deployments in the Baltimore region to include the CHART System which supports statewide traffic management and traveler information, the MD Transportation Authority's traffic management systems, toll systems and regional arterial traffic signal coordination activities. | |
| Project Location: | Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Project Partner(s): | FHWA, Maryland DOT, Maryland State Highway Administration-Office of CHART, Maryland Emergency Numbers Systems Board, Maryland State Police, Maryland Emergency Management Agency, Baltimore Regional Transportation Board-Transportation Emergency Preparedness Task Force | |
| Project Start Date: | September 2003 | |
| Project End Date: | May 2005 | |
| Estimated Total ITS Funds: | $112,000 | |
| Estimated Total Project Cost: | $226,320 |
| Project Contacts: | ||
Breck Jeffers |
FHWA Maryland Division, HPT-MD |
(410) 962-4342 |
Ext. 129 |
Hubert Clay |
Baltimore Metropolitan Council |
(410) 732-0500 |
Ext. 1024 |