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Transportation/307
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
William K. Hellmann, Secretary of Transportation
David H. Wagner, Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Robert B. Harrison III, Principal Counsel
P. 0. Box 8755
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Baltimore 21240 Telephone: 859-7397 or 7398
Public Information: 859-7300
The Department of Transportation was created by Chapter 526, Acts of 1970. The State's concern with
transportation, however, dates back to the early nineteenth century. In that period the State helped
finance various "internal improvements," including railroads, canals, and turnpikes. State agencies
specifically vested with responsibilities for different aspects of transportation are, however, a product of
the twentieth century, with the State Roads Commission being established in 1908, the Motor Vehicle
Commission in 1910, the State Aviation Commission in 1929, the Maryland Port Authority in 1956, the
Mass Transit Administration in 1970, and the State Railroad Administration in 1978.
The Department of Transportation brings together under the direction of the Secretary seven primary
transportation administrations: the State Aviation Administration, the Maryland Port Administration,
the Mass Transit Administration, the Motor Vehicle Administration, the State Highway Administration,
the Toll Facilities Administration, and the State Railroad Administration. Also providing the Secretary
with advice, guidance, and direction in a variety of transportation matters are the Board of Airport
Zoning Appeals, the Maryland Transportation Commission, the State Roads Commission, the Board of
Review, the Transportation Professional Services Selection Board, and the Maryland Transportation
Authority (Code Transportation Article, secs. 2-101 through 2-103).
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
The Secretary's Office includes the Secretary and
Deputy Secretary, the Special Assistant to the
Secretary, Office of Policy and Program Analysis,
Office of Transportation Planning, Office of Finan-
cial Planning and Budget, Office of General Coun-
sel, and the Internal Audit Staff. Besides having
full authority over the Department and all its
administrations, the Secretary serves as chair-
person of the Maryland Transportation Authority,
and as a member of the Transportation Profession-
al Services Selection Board, and the Maryland
Highway Safety Coordinating Committee (Code
Transportation Article, sec. 2-102).
MARYLAND HIGHWAY SAFETY
COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Harry Hughes, Governor
Ex officio members: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.,
Chairperson, Senate Judicial Proceedings Com-
mittee; Helen L. Koss, Chairperson, House of
Delegates Committee on Constitutional and Ad-
ministrative Law; Arthur S. Alperstein, Chair-
person, Motor Vehicle Subcommittee of the
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House of Delegates Judiciary Committee; Wil-
liam K. Hellmann, Secretary of Transportation;
Frank A. Hall, Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services; Adele Wilzack, Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene; David W. Horn-
beck, State Superintendent of Schools; R Adams
Cowley, Director, Maryland Institute for Emer-
gency Medical Systems.
Executive Director: William L. Carson, Director,
Transportation Safety, Department of Transpor-
tation
P. 0. Box 8755
BWI Airport 21240 Telephone: 859-7157
The Maryland Highway Safety Coordinating
Committee, established by Executive Order in
1972, coordinates the planning and execution of
highway safety programs.
The Department of Transportation administers
the State highway safety program; the Secretary of
Transportation is the Governor's Highway Safety
Representative. The Governor's powers and au-
thority for the program have been redelegated by
the Secretary to the Division of Transportation
Safety (Code Transportation Article, secs. 2-401
through 2-W9).
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