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BY TODD KARPOVICH Photography by Bill McAllen
System AUTOMATED HAULING PERMITS FURTHER BOOST PORT EFFICIENCY
Highway Administration’s Motor Carrier Division. “We worked closely with Bentley staff to configure
certain options for our route
network, regulations and automation preferences for both Maryland and Baltimore City. We worked together to ensure consistency across the board for permitting thresholds, harmonizing
our in-state processes to more efficiently serve our customers. Now, when you come into Maryland, you will no longer see it as the city way and the state way. It is all one way — hence our ‘Maryland One System’ name.”
Essentially, the Maryland One System automates and centralizes the process of issuing hauling permits
for commercial vehicles on all state highways and toll facilities, plus Baltimore City roads, replacing the antiquated paper-based process that was spread across multiple agencies. The first of its kind in the nation, Maryland One has reduced hauling- permit processing from days or weeks to hours and even minutes, eliminating
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