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Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC)

Definition:

The Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC) Program is a consortium of major transportation agencies focused on interjurisdictional coordination of transportation management activities. Member agencies include the District Department of Transportation, the Maryland Department of Transportation, the Virginia Department of Transportation, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. MATOC activities are undertaken collectively by the staffs of and within the locations of the existing member agencies' traffic operations centers and other operations facilities; MATOC does not have any independent center or staff. The MATOC program also addresses interjurisdictional incident notification practices, interagency procedures and protocols, and regional public traveler information.

Stakeholder Group Members:

• Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA)
• VDOT NOVA District Office

Inventory Elements:

• MATOC Center
• RITIS

Roles and Responsibilities:

Archived Data Systems for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• None defined

Commercial Vehicle Operations for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• None defined

Electronic Toll Collection for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.

Emergency Management for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan and coordinate evacuation and reentry of a population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses a risk to public safety.
• Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
• Distribute emergency information to the traveling public, including evacuation information and wide-area alerts.
• Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.

Freeway Management for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.

Incident Management for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.

Maintenance and Construction for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.
• Share information with other public safety agencies via the Emergency Operations Centers to support large-scale incidents and disasters.
• Plan strategically for emergency response.

Traveler Information for Virginia Statewide Architecture
• Distribute traveler information and wide-area alerts to traveler telephone information systems such as 511, based on voice-based traveler requests.
• Disseminate traffic, transit, maintenance and construction, event, and weather information to travelers.
• Collect traveler information from other centers, consolidate and refine the collected data, and make it available to travelers.