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Chair Korman proposes MARC Rail Authority to separate commuter rail from broader MTA duties
Summary
Delegate Kumar Korman asked the committee to consider House Bill 517 to create a MARC Rail Authority that would pull Maryland’s commuter rail out of the Maryland Transit Administration and place it under an independent authority with a focused board.
Delegate Kumar Korman introduced House Bill 517 at the Feb. 14 hearing, proposing creation of an independent MARC Rail Authority to manage Maryland’s commuter rail service. Korman said Maryland’s current structure—where the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) oversees both local Baltimore transit and statewide commuter operations—concentrates too many responsibilities in one agency and leaves MARC vulnerable when budgets tighten.
“I hope we can spend a little bit more time talking about how to make what we currently have, run and work a little bit better,” Korman told…
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