492 JOINT RESOLUTIONS

gaps in the respective areas of jurisdiction of certain roads which,
among other things, makes for more expensive maintenance. In
many instances, greater efficiency and economy of operation could
be attained through transfer or exchange.

It is also true that roads now in either the State or County
systems have changed in their degree of importance over the years
and which also should be given consideration in their movement
from one responsibility to another. We therefore believe that such
a study as we conceive would establish a firm base upon which
judgment could be exercised.

B. —As indicated in the quotation from our last meeting, having
direct reference to the Minutes of October 6, 1961, studies are
now being undertaken by the Miles Commission, the Baltimore
Metropolitan Transit Authority and Wilbur Smith and Associates,
of traffic encompassing the 800-square mile section of metropolitan
area adjacent to Baltimore with a related survey of the Washington
urban area, all of which can be utilized in projecting a foreseeable
future picture for this tremendous area.

C. —Of necessity, the comprehensive study and appraisal of the
highways, streets and roads in the entire State and determination
of the physical condition and work needed to remedy deficiencies,
as well as future traffic growth, must be made. To properly facili-
tate these appraisals, specific standards for the various pertinent
elements of traffic, speed of travel and topography of the area con-
cerned must also be obtained. This criteria will be established by
the most experienced and competent engineering assistance avail-
able and must also be acceptable to the town, city, county or the
state government that will be required to employ it.

After the policy has been established, precise manuals should
be prepared and an evaluation of all sections of the entire high-
way system by control sections be determined and placed on punch
cards, so that a measuring factor can come into being. Much of
this work, predicated upon a properly prepared evaluation manual,
would be carried on directly through the local areas concerned,
encompassing all cities, towns and counties, and the end result
should therefore be equitable, based upon similar measuring stand-
ards. Special consideration and analytical emphasis, of necessity,
must be carried forward in the metropolitan areas of Baltimore
and Washington to ascertain a properly balanced transportation
system in coordination with the related highways of all counties.
Assistance in such a study in these particular areas will be aided
by utilization of, among others, the following existing organizations:

Washington Metropolitan Area Traffic Council

Washington Traffic Improvement Committee of the Washington
Metropolitan Area Traffic Council.

Washington Traffic Engineering Subcommittee of the Washing-
ton Traffic Improvement Committee of the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Traffic Council.

Washington Traffic Planning Subcommittee of the Washington
Traffic Improvement Committee of the Washington Metropolitan
Area Traffic Council.