Need to insert a description and also describe/add link to expanded roadside E-screening models (12-4A1)

Procurement Agency: Maryland State Highway Administration
Project Contact:  Marygrace Parker
Freight, Mobility, Safety & Security Coordinator
I-95 Corridor Coalition
Phone: (518) 852-4083
E-mail: i95mgp@ttlc.net

This effort was designed to assess the current status of credential data exchange in the Corridor and to recommend solutions that would expedite the sharing of IRP and IFTA data among I-95 Corridor Coalition states.

View PDF file of Scope of Project.

The project team employed a multi-faceted methodology to complete the technical assistance study. The methodology included the following tasks and associated accomplishments:
• Assess Current Condition - The project team used a variety of sources to document the Corridor member states’ current deployment of safety information exchange, electronic screening, and roadside enforcement programs. Interviews were conducted via telephone with key safety and credentialing representatives of functional areas including IRP, IFTA, roadside enforcement, electronic screening, and safety data exchange in August 2005. Interviews also were conducted with a cross-section of the motor carrier industry and permit services that apply for credentials on behalf of motor carriers.
• Develop Candidate Solutions - The project team reviewed national best practices, current CVISN deployments, and related commercial vehicle projects in order to identify alternative models for the sharing of credential information. Advantages and disadvantages for each model were identified, in order to support the evaluation of the alternative models. As noted earlier, the roadside study identified why Coalition states have lagged behind in the deployment of roadside and electronic screening systems.
• Identify Performance Measures - The project team identified a series of performance measures to evaluate the numerous credential data sharing models. These measures included:
Time to implement across the Corridor states;
Cost to implement across the Corridor states;
Minimizing duplication of effort and hardware; and
Flexibility.
These measures were discussed and refined with input from the Coalition members and staff during several briefings held during the course of the studies.
• Recommend Solutions - Based on the output of the previous work steps, the project team identified a series of recommendations for each study. For the Credential Data Exchange Models study, these recommendations include viable solutions to expedite the sharing of IRP and IFTA credentials information within the Corridor. For the Expanded Roadside and Electronic Screening Models study, these recommendations included a means to address some of the concerns raised by states concerning the deployment of roadside enforcement models, and means to engage Corridor member states in the identification of new enforcement models.

As a result of the Year 12 Technical Assistance effort, the CVO Committee utilized the findings to develop a Year 14 Project which was approved for funding – Credentials Data Exchange Solution.

Allocated $76K to Cambridge from Project 12-4A. Additional $14K TBD (remaning from project 12-4A).

Original Project Budget:$76,000.00
Amended Project Budget:$81,600.00
Reason for change, if any:
Project extended to coordinate with Federal effort to assess barriers to deployment in Coalition states.