Issue Position: Transportation

Issue Position

Senator Garagiola has consistently advocated for transportation funding reform, smart growth, and mass transit expansion. Since his election to office he has successfully supported efforts and sponsored legislation that:

* Seek to ensure state funding for the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT), a transit link north from Shady Grove Metro through Germantown to Clarksburg, and the Bi-County Transitway (or Purple Line).
* Provide funding for the purchase of 120 additional Metrorail cars and kept the MARC train stations in Montgomery County open.
* Established a Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding that will make recommendations for sustainable, long term revenue sources and options for funding our transportation needs.
* Established smart and fair growth criteria for funding transportation projects, to ensure that Maryland's transportation and land use decisions work together.

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