Maryland needs to reconsider transportation funding cuts

Marylanders are facing an alarming transportation funding gap that hits Baltimore’s regional transit hard. In December, state residents learned of $3.3 billion in proposed cuts to the state’s multi-year transportation budget, including more than a half-billion dollars for the Maryland Transit Administration alone. While Gov. Wes Moore has proposed a $150 million overall restoration of transportation funds for just the coming fiscal year, only a portion would go to MTA, and only a portion of that to MTA Baltimore-area core transit operations.