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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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VIRGINIA, AN INTERSTATE COMPACT SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT
APPEARS IN §§ 10-203 AND 10-204 OF THIS SUBTITLE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 41, §267.
The only changes are in style.
As to mass transit in the Baltimore
Metropolitan Area, see Title 7 of this
article.
As too the required keeping of interstate
compacts in the office of the Secretary of
State, see Art. 41, §46A of the Code.
10-203. TEXT OF WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT
REGULATION COMPACT.
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE ADJACENT
SUBURBAN AREA OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND THE ADJACENT
SUBURBAN AREA OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA CONSTITUTE
A HIGHLY DEVELOPED AND INTEGRATED METROPOLITAN AREA, AND
ITS ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND THE COMFORT AND WELFARE OF
THE CITIZENS THEREOF REQUIRE FREE AND EASY MOVEMENT OF
PERSONS AND VEHICLES WITHIN THE AREA; AND
WHEREAS, THE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS AND VEHICLES WITHIN
THE METROPOLITAN AREA IS BEING HAMPERED BY THE CONGESTION
OF TRAFFIC IN ALL AREAS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA AND BY
THE LACK OF ADEQUATE AND COORDINATED MASS TRANSIT
FACILITIES; AND
WHEREAS, SUCH CONDITIONS, WHICH WILL BE AGGRAVATED
BY THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THE METROPOLITAN
AREA, IMPERIL THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND CONSTITUTE A
SERIOUS IMPEDIMENT TO THE SAFE, ADEQUATE AND SPEEDY
TRAVEL TO AND FROM THEIR HOMES AND PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT
OF PERSONS LIVING IN SUCH AREAS AND PERSONS TRAVELING
THROUGH SUCH AREAS, AND OCCASION GREAT ECONOMIC LOSS; AND
WHEREAS, SUCH CONDITIONS STEM IN PART FROM THE FACT
THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS
INVOLVED IS DIVIDED AMONG THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, STATE
OF MARYLAND, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, AND FROM THE LACK OF AN AREA-WIDE BASIC
POLICY ON THE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS AND VEHICLES; AND
WHEREAS, THE ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY TRANSIT AND
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF
THE METROPOLITAN AREA AND TRAVELERS THROUGH THE AREA; AND
WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL,
AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HAVE
UNDERTAKEN, WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION OF THE
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