Division of Traffic Engineering and Operations

Leadership

Contact Info

100 Edison Park Dr, 4th Floor
Gaithersburg, MD  20878

telephone: 240-777-6000 - fax: 240-777-6030
email: mcdot.TrafficOps@montgomerycountymd.gov

Please contact our CENTRAL CUSTOMER SERVICE HOTLINE for all inquiries and service requests: 240-777-6000   Monday - Friday, 700 am - 430 pm. 

The Division of Traffic Engineering and Operations provides the following functions:

• Manages the signing and marking programs
• Designs and implements work zone traffic controls in public rights-of-way
• Oversees street lighting in public rights-of-way
• Performs traffic studies and manages neighborhood traffic controls and residential parking programs
• Coordinates departmental review of all subdivision activity and represents the Department on the M-NCPPC Interagency Development Review Committee; reviews access, sight distances, storm drainage, and improvements to the public rights-of-way
• Traffic safety, investigations, and planning
• Plans, designs, constructs, operates, and maintains the Montgomery County Advance Transportation Management System (ATMS) and related infrastructure of maximizing the real time operating efficiency of the County’s road network
• Designs, installs, maintains, and operates the transportation control monitoring and information devices and subsystems (traffic video surveillance cameras, detention systems, travelers’ advisory radio, electronic transit signs, etc.) that make up the County’s ATMS
• Manages the operation of the County’s TransportationManagementCenter
• Maintains the County’s aerial surveillance program for transportation management
• Designs, constructs, and maintains the County’s fiber optic cable plant that supports FiberNet, ATMS, and the 800 MHz radio system
• Pedestrian Safety

Please note: the Division of Operations has been reorganized into different divisions, including Highway Services, Traffic Engineering and Operations and Parking Management. See the links below for information on these functions.

For information on Real Time Traffic on County roads, including traffic images and delay information, please visit the Real Time Transportation functional area.

For information on road maintenance, including paving, patching, and winter weather treatment, please visit the Highway Maintenance functional area.

For information on the County’s parking facilities, meters, and programs, please visit the Parking functional area.

For information on streetlights, traffic safety devices, and traffic controls, please visit the Traffic and Engineering functional area.