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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Richard H. Trainor, Secretary of Transportation

Elizabeth K. Homer, Acting Deputy Secretary of Transportation

John K. Anderson, Principal Counsel

P.O. Box 8755

Baltimore-Washington International Airport

Baltimore 21240 Telephone: 859-7397/8
Public Information: 859-7300
TTY for Deaf: 859-7227

The Department of Transportation was created in 1970 (Chapter 526, Acts of 1970). The State's con-
cern 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 agen-
cies specifically vested with responsibilities for different aspects of transportation are, however, a prod-
uct of the twentieth century. The State Roads Commission was 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 Administra-
tion, the Toll Facilities Administration, and the State Railroad Administration. Also providing the Sec-
retary with advice, guidance, and direction in a variety of transportation matters are the Board of Air-
port Zoning Appeals, the Maryland Transportation Commission, the State Roads Commission, the
Board of Review, the Transportation Professional Services Selection Board, and the Maryland Trans-
portation Authority (Code Transportation Article, sees. 2-101 through 2-103).