Maryland Department of Transportation
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The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is a government
agency in the U.S. state
of Maryland
. MDOT is overseen by Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, who replaced John Porcari
in 2009 upon the latter's appointment as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation
. With her appointment on September 1, 2009, Swaim-Staley became the first woman to serve as Maryland's Transportation Secretary.
The agency is headquartered at 7201 Corporate Center Drive, which has a Hanover, Maryland
address, in unincorporated
Anne Arundel County
.
MDOT oversees the following organizations:
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
agency in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. MDOT is overseen by Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, who replaced John Porcari
John Porcari
John D. Porcari is the current United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation. He was nominated by the Obama administration in April 2009 and confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 2009....
in 2009 upon the latter's appointment as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with transportation. It was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, and began operation on April 1, 1967...
. With her appointment on September 1, 2009, Swaim-Staley became the first woman to serve as Maryland's Transportation Secretary.
The agency is headquartered at 7201 Corporate Center Drive, which has a Hanover, Maryland
Hanover, Maryland
Hanover, Maryland is a locality in unincorporated northwestern Anne Arundel County, Maryland in the United States, located south of Baltimore near the Howard County line....
address, in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...
.
MDOT oversees the following organizations:
- Maryland Transportation AuthorityMaryland Transportation AuthorityThe Maryland Transportation Authority is an independent state agency responsible for financing, constructing, operating, and maintaining eight toll facilities, currently consisting of two toll roads, two tunnels, and four bridges in Maryland...
- Maryland Transit AdministrationMaryland Transit AdministrationThe Maryland Transit Administration is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. It is better known as MTA Maryland to avoid confusion with other cities' transit agencies who share the initials MTA. The MTA operates a...
- Maryland Port Administration
- State Highway AdministrationMaryland State Highway AdministrationThe Maryland State Highway Administration is the state agency responsible for maintaining Maryland numbered highways outside of Baltimore City...
- Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
- Maryland Aviation AdministrationMaryland Aviation AdministrationThe Maryland Aviation Administration is a state agency of Maryland and an airport authority under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The agency controls Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Martin State Airport...
Past Secretaries of Transportation
- 2007-2009, John D. Porcari
- 2003-2007, Robert L. FlanaganRobert FlanaganRobert L. Flanagan was the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation from 2003 until 2007, under the administration of Governor Robert Ehrlich. Prior to this position, Flanagan served in the Maryland House of Delegates...
- 1999-2003, John D. Porcari
- 1995-1998, David L. Winstead
- 1991-1994, O. James LighthizerO. James LighthizerO. James Lighthizer is an American politician and a Democrat who served as County Executive of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, from 1982-1990....
- 1987-1991, Richard H. Trainor
- 1984-1987, William K. Hellmann
- 1981-1984, Lowell K. BridwellLowell K. BridwellLowell K. Bridwell was an American journalist and official with the Federal Highway Administration.-Biography:He was born on June 14, 1924 in Westerville, Ohio. His father worked for the Anti-Saloon League...
- 1979-1981, James J. O'Donnell
- 1977-1979, Herman K. Intemann
- 1970-1977, Harry R. Hughes