Maryland Department of Transportation

Type: Government Agency
On the web: http://www.mdot.state.md.us
Employees: 1,000

Traveling in Maryland? You can thank (or curse) the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). MDOT is responsible for building, operating, and maintaining a safe and seamless transportation network that includes highway, transit, maritime, and aviation facilities. The Department of Transportation is organized along various administrative groups including the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, Transit Administration, Port Administration, Aviation Administration, and Highway Administration. MDOT annual budget of about $1.3 billion is funded through the state's Transportation Trust Fund and federal aid.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending June, 2008:
Sales: $3,341.2M

Officers:
Acting Secretary: Beverley K. Swaim-Staley
Chief of Staff: Leif Dormsjo
CFO: David L. Fleming

Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Maryland
Headquarters	7201 Corporate Center Drive Hanover, Maryland
Agency executive	Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, Transportation Secretary
Parent agency	State of Maryland
Website
http://www.mdot.state.md.us/

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 to the Federal Highway Administration. With her appointment on September 1, 2009, Swaim-Staley became the first woman to serve as Maryland's Transportation Secretary.^[1]

The agency is headquartered at 7201 Corporate Center Drive, which has a Hanover, Maryland address, in unincorporated Anne Arundel County.^[2]

MDOT oversees the following organizations:

• Maryland Transportation Authority
• Maryland Transit Administration
• Maryland Port Administration
• State Highway Administration
• Motor Vehicle Administration
• Maryland Aviation Administration

Past Secretaries of Transportation

• 2007-2009, John D. Porcari
• 2003-2007, Robert L. Flanagan
• 1999-2003, John D. Porcari
• 1995-1998, David L. Winstead
• 1991-1994, O. James Lighthizer
• 1987-1991, Richard H. Trainor
• 1984-1987, William K. Hellmann
• 1981-1984, Lowell K. Bridwell
• 1979-1981, James J. O'Donnell
• 1977-1979, Herman K. Intemann
• 1970-1977, Harry R. Hughes

References

1. ^ Smitherman, Laura: "O'Malley to name woman to head transportation" Baltimore Sun (September 1, 2009)
2. ^ "MDOT Modals." Maryland Department of Transportation. Retrieved on October 5, 2009.

External links

• Official website
• Biographies of former Secretaries
• Biography of Beverley Swaim-Staley

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