Adopt fix-it-first, climate-resilient, sustainable transportation priorities

Recently, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced $1.3 billion in cuts in its draft six-year Consolidated Transportation Plan (CTP). Factors noted by MDOT include the inflationary costs of construction as well as declining gas tax revenues. There are calls for more money, but in the big picture, just throwing more money at the problem without prioritization won’t solve the long-term challenge.