Program Descriptions
Transportation Services General Administration
The Director's Office provides overall leadership for the Department, including policy development, planning, accountability, service integration, customer service, and the formation of partnerships. It also handles administration of the day-to-day operations of the Department, including direct service delivery, budget and fiscal management oversight (capital and operating), training, contract management, logistics...
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This program administers, operates, and maintains the parking program outside the Parking Districts. Included in this program are residential permit parking and peak hour traffic enforcement. The residential permit parking program is responsible for the sale of parking permits and parking enforcement in these areas. Participation in the program...
Read More Transportation Policy, Planning, and Project Development
This program formulates transportation and related environmental policy and provides leadership in developing a capital improvements program that achieves policy goals. In addition this program provides coordination with regional entities to ensure compliance with environmental requirements and reviews developer plans to ensure that transportation infrastructure constructed by the private...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY18 | Actual FY19 | Estimated FY20 | Target FY21 | Target FY22 |
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Linear feet of sidewalk construction completed (000) 1 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Number of development applications reviewed | 309 | 294 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
Number of Transportation Demand Management plans approved | 100 | 104 | 125 | 135 | 145 |
Read More Community/Transportation Safety
This program provides engineering studies that evaluate: pedestrian and traffic operations and safety deficiencies, parking conflicts, new streetlighting requests and repairs, traffic signing and pavement marking needs, and sight distance concerns, on neighborhood streets, arterial roads, and major roadways. The program also provides for the installation and maintenance of...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY18 | Actual FY19 | Estimated FY20 | Target FY21 | Target FY22 |
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Number of traffic studies completed | 166 | 240 | 250 | 275 | 300 |
Percent of traffic studies completed within scheduled timeframe 1 | 86% | 78% | 70% | | |
Number of serious and fatal crashes on Montgomery County maintained roads | 76 | 79 | 80 | | |
Read More Transportation Infrastructure Construction & Maintenance
Roadway maintenance includes hot mix asphalt road patching (temporary and permanent roadway repairs, skin patching, and crack sealing); shoulder maintenance; and storm drain maintenance, including erosion repairs, roadway ditch and channel repairs, cleaning enclosed storm drains, and repair and/or replacement of drainage pipes. Related activities include: mowing; roadside vegetation...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY18 | Actual FY19 | Estimated FY20 | Target FY21 | Target FY22 |
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Number of lane miles rehabilitated | 167 | 197 | 168 | 151 | 151 |
Average Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of roadway network | 66.7 | 67.1 | 65.3 | | |
Percent of primary/arterial road quality rated good or better | 52% | 46% | 40% | 31% | 27% |
Percent of rural/residential road quality rated good or better | 50% | 45% | 40% | 37% | 33% |
Read More Non- Roadway Right of Way Maintenance
The operating budget portion of the Tree Maintenance program provides for emergency tree maintenance services in the public rights-of-way. The program provides priority area-wide emergency tree and stump removal and pruning to ensure the safety of pedestrians and cyclists, minimize damage to property, and provide adequate road clearance and...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY18 | Actual FY19 | Estimated FY20 | Target FY21 | Target FY22 |
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Number of Trees Planted (includes Tree Replacement Fund) | 1,719 | 1,951 | 2,000 | 2,220 | 2,240 |
Backlog of 311 requests for Tree Maintenance | 181 | 623 | 500 | | |
Number of verified missed streets for leaf collections | 265 | 165 | 225 | | |
Survival rate of street trees planted 1 | 87% | 90% | 90% | | |
Read More Transportation Management, Operations and Emergency/Storm Response
This program is responsible for the removal of storm debris within County right-of-ways and snow from County roadways. This includes plowing and applying salt and sand; equipment preparation and cleanup from snow storms; and wind and rain storm cleanup. Efforts to improve the County's snow removal operation have included...
Program Performance Measures | Actual FY18 | Actual FY19 | Estimated FY20 | Target FY21 | Target FY22 |
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Number of snow and rain storms addressed | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Number of verified reports of unplowed or missed streets | 219 | 363 | 400 | | |
Percent of fully functioning traffic signal detection equipment | 85% | 85% | 87% | | |
Read More Automation
The Automation Program provides staffing, material, and support to develop and maintain information systems in support of the Department's business operations. This includes the purchase and maintenance of IT equipment, service and support for major business systems, strategic visioning and analysis for planned IT investments, and day-to-day end use support....
Read More Bike Share
This program provides for the planning, management and operation of the Capital Bikeshare Program in Montgomery County. The purpose of this program is to develop additional options for short trips, promote the use of transit and contribute to a more pedestrian and bicycle-friendly environment. This includes management and...
Read More Bridge Maintenance
This program provides for the basic maintenance of bridges and box culverts along County-maintained roadways, including removal of debris under and around bridges; wall and abutment repainting; trimming trees and mowing banks around bridge approaches; and guardrail repair. Minor asphalt repairs and resurfacing of bridges and bridge approaches are also...
Read More Transportation Engineering and Management Services
This program oversees a portion of the transportation programs, monitors and evaluates standards, investigates complaints, and implements strategies to maximize cost savings. This program is also responsible for the personnel, budget, and finance functions of several divisions in the Department of Transportation, providing essential services to the Department and serving...
Read More Resurfacing
This program provides for the contracted pavement surface treatment of the County's residential and rural roadway infrastructure....
Read More Roadway and Related Maintenance
Roadway maintenance includes hot mix asphalt road patching (temporary and permanent roadway repairs, skin patching, and crack sealing); shoulder maintenance; and storm drain maintenance, including erosion repairs, roadway ditch and channel repairs, cleaning enclosed storm drains, and repair and/or replacement of drainage pipes. Related activities include: mowing; roadside vegetation clearing...
Read More Snow Removal/Wind/Rain Storms
This program is responsible for the removal of storm debris within County right-of-ways and snow from County roadways. This includes plowing and applying salt and sand; equipment preparation and cleanup from snow storms; and wind and rain storm cleanup. Efforts to improve the County's snow removal operation have included public...
Read More Streetlighting
This program is responsible for investigation of citizen requests for new or upgraded streetlights; design or review of plans for streetlight installations on existing roads, bikeways and pedestrian facilities, and projects that are included in the CIP; coordination and inspection of streetlight installations and maintenance by utility companies; maintenance of...
Read More Traffic Planning
This program provides for traffic engineering and safety review of road construction projects in the CIP and for review of master plans, preliminary development plans, and road geometric standards from a pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic engineering and safety standpoint. The program also conducts studies to identify small scale projects to...
Read More Traffic and Pedestrian Safety
This program provides for engineering studies to evaluate and address concerns about pedestrian and traffic safety and parking issues on neighborhood streets, arterial roads, and major roadways. Data on speed, vehicular and pedestrian volumes, geometric conditions, and collision records are collected and analyzed. Plans are developed to enhance neighborhood and...
Read More Traffic Sign and Marking
This program provides for engineering investigations of citizen complaints about traffic signs, street names, pavement markings (centerline, lane lines, edge lines, crosswalks, raised pavement markers, etc.) and inadequate visibility at intersections. It also designs, reviews, and inspects traffic control plans for CIP road projects and for permit work performed in...
Read More Traffic Signals & Advanced Transportation Mgmt System
This program provides for the general engineering and maintenance activities associated with the design, construction, and maintenance of traffic signals, the Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS), and the communication infrastructure that supports these programs and the County's fiber optic network. Included in this program are proactive and reactive maintenance of...
Read More Transportation Community Outreach
The Transportation Community Outreach program's objective is to inform County residents of DOT's services, programs, and procedures; enhance their understanding of the Department's organization and responsibilities; enhance their ability to contact directly the appropriate DOT office; and provide feedback so DOT can improve its services. Staff works with the Public...
Read More Property Acquisition
This program is responsible for acquiring land for transportation capital projects. Property Acquisition staff works with licensed real estate appraisers and other real estate professionals to assess a property's fair market value and provide just compensation to property owners from whom land and/or other property rights are taken for public...
Read More Transportation Planning
The Transportation Engineering Planning Unit manages the Facility Planning, Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Area and the Annual Bikeways programs. Prior to a capital project being funded for design and construction, it must first undergo Facility Planning. The planning process examines multi-modal transportation improvements that are in compliance with area master...
Read More Transportation Design
This program provides for the development of engineering construction plans and specifications for all transportation-related projects in the County's Capital Improvements Program (CIP). This includes the planning, surveying, and designing of roads, bridges, traffic improvements, pedestrian, bicycle and mass transit facilities, and storm drains; as well as the inventory, inspection,...
Read More Transportation Construction
This program provides overall construction contract administration, construction management and inspection of the Department's transportation CIP projects. This includes performing constructability reviews, preparing and awarding construction contracts, monitoring construction expenditures and schedules, processing contract payments, providing construction inspection, and inspecting and testing materials used in capital projects. It measures...
Read More Traffic Management and Operations
The Traffic Management and Operations program provides for the daily operations of the County's transportation management program that includes operations of the Transportation Management Center (TMC), the computerized traffic signal system, and multi-agency incident management response and special event traffic management. This program also provides hardware and software for the...
Read More Transportation Policy
This program provides for the integration of all transportation plans, projects, and programs to ensure Department-wide coordination and consistency. The program provides a strategic planning framework for the identification and prioritization of new County and State capital operating transportation projects and programs. The program advocates and explains the County's transportation...
Read More Tree Maintenance
The operating budget portion of the Tree Maintenance program provides for emergency tree maintenance services in the public rights-of-way. The program provides priority area-wide emergency tree and stump removal and pruning to ensure the safety of pedestrians and cyclists, minimize damage to property, and provide adequate road clearance and sign,...
Read More Vacuum Leaf Collection
The Vacuum Leaf Collection program provides two vacuum leaf collections to the residents in the Leaf Vacuuming District during the late fall/winter months. Vacuum leaf collection is an enhanced service which complements homeowner responsibilities related to the collection of the high volume of leaves generated in this part of the...
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