Transcript MTOS Plenary Session 2 RICHARD DYE

Maryland State Highway Administration
This Session is about
• Focus on how agencies are effectively
using or planning to use technologies to
improve operations (approach is to
determine what is needed for better
operations, then determine the optimum
technologies; also using technologies as a
“bridge” between agencies)
• Practice and technology in operation (…
more innovative ways to address
increasing travel
demand)
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Technologies to improve operations
• Too often we operate based upon the
technology that we buy or build
• If you ask a geek or a salesman to solve
your problems…he will!
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Different Viewpoints...
The user view:
The programmer
view: I know all
about trees!
I want a Tree!!
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... with Bad Results!
History shows…at the
end of the
development effort,
the user’s view
seldom is the winner!
If you want to know
what is needed for
better operations, ASK
OPERATIONS!!
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Technologies to improve operations
• Accept that non-highway agencies need
to know what you are doing
• Allow them to see what you are doing
and have some say in how you do it
• Allow them (gasp) to share your tools
that you use
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Technologies to improve operations
• There are multiple types of events available in
the CHART system:
– Action Event
• Often used by Maryland Aviation Administration for parking messages
around BWI
– Congestion Event, Disabled Vehicle Event, Incident Event
• Used by State Highway and Transportation Authority for roadway events
– Planned Roadway Closure Event
• Auto-populated by district offices through permitting system
– Safety Message Event
• Often instigated by public affairs
– Special Event
• Often used by Law Enforcement and Emergency Services
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Technologies to improve operations
Available to Multiple Partners
Transportation Management
Highway Maintenance
Law Enforcement
CHART Statewide Operations Center
CHART DC Region Traffic Center
CHART Baltimore Region Traffic Ctr
CHART Annapolis Region Traffic Ctr
Bay Bridge Traffic Operations Center
Authority Operations Center
Montgomery County Traffic Center
Prince George's County Traffic Center
Anne Arundel County Traffic
BWI Airport Operations
Northern Virginia DOT Traffic Center
Washington DC Traffic Mgt Center
Ravens Traffic Operations Center
Redskins Traffic Operations Center
Baltimore City DOT
Baltimore County Police
Maryland State Police Barracks - Annapolis
Maryland State Police Barracks - Rockville
Maryland State Police Barracks - Forestville
Maryland State Police Barracks - Golden Ring
Maryland State Police Barracks - College Park
Maryland State Police Barracks – Waterloo
Maryland State Police Barracks – Glen Burnie
US Park Police (Greenbelt)
Maryland Transportation Authority Police
Dayton Shop
Owings Mills Shop
Laurel Shop
Fairland Shop
Annapolis Shop
Gaithersburg Shop
Golden Ring Shop
Upper Marlborough Shop
Harford Shop
Current Users of CHART
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Technologies to improve operations
Partners (Continued)
Emergency Operations
SHA Wash DC Region Emergency Operations Center
SHA Baltimore Region Emergency Operations Center
SHA Annapolis Region Emergency Operations Center
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
Maryland Emergency Medical Services (Ambulance)
Harford County EOC / 911
Howard County EOC / 911
Anne Arundel County Fire Dispatch (Soon EOC)
Baltimore County EOC (Soon PD/Fire/911)
Information Share / Lab
Device Maintenance
Network Operations Center
Traffic Signal Repair Shop
Radio and Camera Repair Shop
Dynamic Message Sign Repair Shop
University of Maryland Center for
Advanced Transportation Technology
Lab
Current Users of CHART
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Technologies to improve operations
Future Partners
Baltimore City Police / 911
Baltimore County Fire / Police / 911
Eastern Shore EOCs
Eastern Shore MSP
* Currently funding their own workstation and circuit
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This Session is also about
• Focus on how agencies are effectively
using or planning to use technologies to
improve operations (approach is to
determine what is needed for better
operations, then determine the optimum
technologies; also using technologies as a
“bridge” between agencies)
• Practice and technology in operation (…
more innovative ways to address
increasing travel
demand)
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Innovative ways to address increasing travel demand
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CAPWIN
RITIS
Travel Times on DMS
511
Expand CHART Capabilities to 3rd Party
though common, secure IP protocols
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TRANSPORTATION
NCIC
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DIRECT
CONNECT?
WALES
INTERNET
POINT-POINT
MILES
VCIN
LG PUBLIC
SAFETY
DATABASES
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HAZ-MAT
FIRE
EMS
DATABASES
EXISTING
MOBILE-DATA
SYSTEMS
INTERNET
POINT-POINT
CapWin
Message
Switch
R.N.C.
LEASED
LINE
CONVENTIONAL
TCP/IP
CDPD
CELL
RFLANS
CHART is a major partner of
the CapWIN project which will
link ALL safety response
agencies in the Washington
D.C. region
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• RITIS
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Coming 2009
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Baltimore
Region
MDOT
GbE
D4
Montgomery
County
MIEMSS / MEMA
MDOT
GbE
Statewide Tower CCTV
AOC
ALS
LVL3
L3
LV
Western
Maryland
MDOT
GbE
TOC 7
LV
L3
L3
LV
SOC
MDOT
GbE
MDOT
GbE
MDOT
GbE
D5
LVL 3
D3
Co
DC
Region
un
ty
Fib
e
r
MDOT
GbE
Annapolis /
Eastern Shore
- 7 Regional Gigabit Ethernet Nodes
connected by state fiber optics, state
microwave and leased circuits
- Over 60 TOCs homed to regional
nodes
(cheaper and more robust network)
- Over 280 CCTVs on new network
(Approx 200 non-SHA)
- Over 100 DMS on new network
- Over 100 Speed detectors
- 32 HARs on new network
- 46 Weather Station (21 with CCTV)
PG County
Eastern Shore TOCs and CCTV
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Current CHART Sharing Solution
• Solution involves the extension of the MDOT network to the
remote (non-MDOT) customer location
• Network, video and workstation equipment is installed on the
remote site
• The equipment is not connected to the customer network
• MDOT manages the network and PC equipment located at the
remote (non-MDOT site)
• Security solution involves locking down the PC, MAC based
security and access lists
• “normalization” of video between various codec formats is
handled via banks of decoders and encoders
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Challenges
• Poor Security
• Limited Scalability
• Expensive associated with management of MDOT assets spread
out across the state in non-MDOT facilities
• Cumbersome support for video from sources other than Coretec
encoders
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Solution under Test
• Architecture is similar to the existing solution but includes the
following differences
– Establishes a strong security boundary between MDOT and
the 3rd Party customers via the installation of a firewall
– Firewall configured to permit requests from 3rd party customer
to access the CHART application
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Benefits
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Does not require a small MDOT “island” to be created and maintained at the remote site
– Improves network security
– Improves scalability
Solution does not require dedicated PCs to be configured on the 3rd party network to
access the CHART application
– Reduces the management responsibilities of MDOT
– Improves operational usability
– Improves security and scalability
Management responsibility of all network equipment, PCs, decoders, etc that are
beyond the MDOT firewall and the outside Proxy RP router will be the responsibility of
the 3rd party
– Reduces the management responsibilities of MDOT
– Improves scalability
Use of video transcoders eliminates the need for legacy video switches as well as large
banks of decoders and encoders
– Simplifies application development
– Improves scalability
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