The Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding has set its first meeting for Monday, September 27, 2010 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Joint Hearing Room of the Legislative Services Building, 90 State Circle, Annapolis, MD  21401.  The Maryland Department of Transportation is developing a web page, which will be live later today, to keep interested parties informed of the Commission's work.  The web page can be found at www.mdot.maryland.gov/planning/BRC. More information…

In his Baltimore Sun column "Getting There," Michael Dresser raises a number of transportation related questions for response by Governor O'Malley and Former Governor Ehrlich.  These questions focus on issues such as light rail and bus rapid transit systems, transit fares, the widening of certain roadways, and highway funding.  Mr. Dresser argues that these are issues all voters deserve a response to before election day.

Governor O'Malley recently announced his appointments to the Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation Funding.  The Commission will be chaired by Gus Bauman, an attorney at Beveridge & Diamond in Washington, D.C., and a member of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce.  MACo's representatives are Howard County Executive Ken Ulman and Charles County Commissioners Vice President Edith Patterson.  Garrett County Administrator R. Lamont “Monty” Pagenhardt is being appointed as a representative of rural counties. As reported…