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The implementation of the Department Transportation's world wide web site has proven to be very popular. On an average, the ATMS website receives 40,000 hits a day. During severe weather conditions and holidays the number of hits has often reached 300,000 hits per day.

The Internet address: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgtmpl.asp?url=/content/dot/index.asp

The ATMS homepage provides a link to:

• Real-time traffic and transit information including Ride On bus delays, incidents, congestion, construction, special events
• All Ride On bus schedules, maps, route and fare information
• Live traffic camera snapshots updated every few minutes
• Live Travelers Advisory Radio (TAR) using Real Audio
• TMC guestbook for questions and comments
• Snow plow operations information
• On-line form to report potholes and unplowed streets
• Other MCDOT Divisions
• Government and Public School closings information
• Channel 4 Weather, The Weather Channel, National Weather Service
• Directions to TMC
• Information on ATMS

Future enhancements to the Website will include real-time traffic data from the ATMS’s Graphical Information System (GIS). ATMS also plans to provide an Internet link to the I-95 Corridor Coalition network.

BENEFITS:

• Real-time travel information for commuters to make educated mode, route and travel time choices
• Reaches world wide audience
• Gives citizens a direct contact to the Department of Transportation