Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 07 - MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY › Chapter 11.07.05 - Public Notice of Toll Schedule Revisions › Section 11.07.05.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Authority" means the Maryland
				Transportation Authority.
(2)
				"Authority highway" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										21-1401, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(3) "Dynamic
				pricing" means a method of calculating the toll where the dynamic pricing
				mileage rate varies within the approved toll rate range in real time.
(4) "Dynamic pricing mileage rate" means the
				amount per mile used to calculate the toll within the approved toll rate range
				on a variably priced facility with dynamic pricing.
(5) "Executive Director" means the Executive
				Director of the Maryland Transportation Authority.
(6) "Fee" means an electronic toll collection
				account maintenance fee.
(7)
				"Fixed-price toll facility" means an Authority highway where vehicles are
				subject to a toll that remains constant over time until the toll schedule is
				changed consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(8) Operational metrics means the performance
				criteria established to monitor real-time traffic conditions and may include,
				but is not limited to, traffic speed, traffic volume, travel delay durations or
				distances, or any combination of these performance criteria.
(9) "Pricing period" means the hours of the
				day, or portions thereof and days of the week or special days such as holidays
				during which a time of day pricing mileage rate is in effect on a variably
				priced toll facility.
(10) Soft
				rate cap means a maximum toll rate on a variably priced toll facility with
				dynamic pricing within the approved toll rate range that may only be exceeded
				when required to achieve established operational metrics.
(11) "Time of day pricing" means a method of
				calculating the toll where the toll varies according to a fixed, advertised
				schedule depending on the time of day pricing mileage rate in effect for a
				pricing period and toll zone.
(12)
				"Time of day pricing mileage rate" means the amount per mile used to calculate
				the tolls on a variably priced toll facility with time of day
				pricing.
(13) "Toll" means the
				charge due as established by the Authority for passage of a vehicle through an
				Authority highway.
(14) "Toll
				facility operator" means a third party other than the Authority authorized to
				operate a toll facility under a contract.
(15) "Toll rate range" means the approved
				minimum and maximum toll rates as approved by the Authority.
(16) "Toll zone" means the area between two
				access points used to calculate the toll on a variably priced toll facility.
(17) Tolling algorithm means an
				automated program or mathematical formula that utilizes operational metrics,
				predicted traffic patterns, any other selected data points or information, or
				any combination thereof to set dynamic pricing mileage rates.
(18) "Variably priced toll facility" means an
				Authority highway or transportation facilities project where travel on some or
				all lanes is subject to a toll that varies based on time of day pricing or
				dynamic pricing.