Baltimore Regional Transportation Authority Study Task Force - Upcoming Hearing

by B' Spokes
Monday, February 11 2008 @ 09:34 AM GMT

Senate Bill 644 - Establishing a Baltimore Regional Transportation Authority Study Task Force to consider specified transportation-related issues, and to study and make recommendations regarding the creation of an independent transportation authority for a specified region; providing for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by a specified date; etc.

There seems to be growing sentiment for such a Study Task Force to be created. Remember that this bill does not create a Baltimore Regional Transportation Authority. What it does is call for studying the idea of creating such an Authority (to take over from the MTA some or all of the Baltimore Region's transportation planning, funding, operating and maintaining duties).

Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. Senate Finance Committee

Bill info: <a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/SB0644.htm">http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/SB0644.htm</a>;
Text of the Bill: <a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/bills/sb/sb0644f.pdf">http://mlis.state.md.us/2008RS/bills/sb/sb0644f.pdf</a>;