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MDSHA CHART SOC

Status:

Existing

Definition:

This element represents Maryland State Highway Administration Traffic Operation Centers including the Statewide Operations Center and Regional Traffic Operation Centers. For this architecture this represents only the MDSHA CHART Statewide Operations Center. MDSHA is responsible for a large number of the major highways and associated bridges, traffic signals, signage, and other infrastructure in the State of Maryland, including Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties and local jurisdictions in the Washington metropolitan area. MDSHA operates the Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART) and its Traffic Operations Centers (TOCs) statewide, including the main hub - the Statewide Operations Center (SOC) located in Hanover, Maryland, near BWI Airport. The CHART SOC and TOC staff provide primary support for transportation emergency preparedness and response in Maryland.

Stakeholder:

Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA)

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include MDSHA CHART SOC:

• MDSHA CHART SOC VSP Center
• MDSHA CHART SOC VSP Mobile Unified Command Center

Architecture Flows
to/from the MDSHA CHART SOC:

MDSHA CHART SOC VSP Center

• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident response coordination

MDSHA CHART SOC VSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident command information coordination


• incident response coordination

VSP CenterMDSHA CHART SOC

• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident response coordination

VSP Mobile Unified Command CenterMDSHA CHART SOC

• emergency plan coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident response coordination

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the MDSHA CHART SOC:

• Emergency Management Subsystem
• Information Service Provider Subsystem
• Traffic Management Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with MDSHA CHART SOC:

• ATIS01 - Broadcast Traveler Information -- Graphic 1 2
• ATIS02 - Interactive Traveler Information -- Graphic 1 2
• ATMS08 - Traffic Incident Management System -- Graphic 1 2
• ATMS21 - Roadway Closure Management -- (Graphic)
• EM06 - Wide-Area Alert -- (Graphic)
• EM07 - Early Warning System -- Graphic 1 2
• EM08 - Disaster Response and Recovery -- Graphic 1 2
• EM09 - Evacuation and Reentry Management -- Graphic 1 2
• EM10 - Disaster Traveler Information -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with MDSHA CHART SOC:

none