A new Greater Washington Partnership report offering a high-level blueprint for improving transit connections from Baltimore to D.C. to Richmond criticizes the fact that the State of Maryland, not Baltimore City and other surrounding jurisdictions, operates our area’s bus, light rail, subway and commuter train systems.
It’s a problem of priorities and funding, the report says, stemming from the gap between the controlling authority, the Maryland Transit Administration, and local agencies or public officials, who have no oversight of public transit (aside from provincial systems like the Charm City Circulator).
“The MTA is part of the executive branch of the state and reports to the governor—with no local oversight,” the report says. “The governor’s priorities can differ from those of the region and years of planning and investment by prior administrations.
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