MEMORANDUM
TO:
MDTA Board
FROM: Acting Director of Revenue Walter Laun SUBJECT: Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Traffic and Revenue Performance DATE: May 28, 2026
PURPOSE OF MEMORANDUM To provide the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Board with a quarterly and year-to-date (YTD) update regarding traffic and toll revenue trends compared to the previous year and the forecast. KEY TAKEAWAYS • Total revenue collected and posted was below forecast by $9.0 million for the period ending March 31, 2026, YTD. o E-ZPass revenue collected was above forecast by $1.3 million for the period ending March 31, 2026, YTD. • Video Toll and Civil Penalty Fee payments totaling $20.1 million were received from the Central Collections Unit (CCU) in March 2026 but did not post to accounts due to a system update. Taking this timing difference into account, actual revenue would have been $11.2 million over forecast. ANALYSIS This quarterly review looks at traffic and toll revenue trends and compares actual system- wide experience with traffic and toll revenue forecasts. CDM Smith tracks and evaluates the performance of traffic at the lane level and traffic and revenue collected on a cash basis.
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