Department Of Transportation Maryland

The Department Of Transportation Maryland, Office Of Planning And Finance Division, doing business as Transportation Dept, is a U.S. state government entity that receives federal grants as a prime recipient in highway safety and commercial driver licensing programs from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The organization operates as a child entity within the State Of Maryland government structure, headquartered in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

The Department Of Transportation Maryland serves exclusively as a federal grant recipient; it does not compete for federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles. The organization's federal footprint centers on NHTSA formula grants under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) and State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600), along with project grants from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant (CFDA 20.232). Recent grant awards include a $5.62 million Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety Grant (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029), a $775,557.38 Section 405(C) State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements Grant supporting data program enhancements, a $2.87 million Section 405(D) Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grant, and a $256,966 FMCSA project grant for commercial driver's license examiner training and CDL manual conversion to plain language (September 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028). The organization also received two small purchase orders from the Department of Veterans Affairs for MTAG EZ Pass program funding totaling $190 thousand across fiscal 2024 and 2026.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward NHTSA: 113 awards (99% of award count) flow through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, with an additional 16 awards from FMCSA. The Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for two awards, and the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency account for one award each. Dollar concentration aligns with the volume ranking; the combined potential value across all 135 awards stands at $241 thousand with $72.9 million in obligated dollars, reflecting the nature of formula grants and reimbursement-based mechanisms typical in federal highway safety programming.

The organization's grant portfolio emphasizes behavioral highway safety programming including occupant protection (seat belt use), impaired and distracted driving enforcement and education, motorcyclist safety, nonmotorized road user safety (pedestrian and bicycle safety), traffic records system improvements, and commercial driver licensing compliance. Awards span multiple fiscal years with grants running through September 30, 2029 for the most recent NHTSA formula award cycle (October 1, 2025 start) and through September 30, 2028 for FMCSA awards. Twenty awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing potential recompete exposure. The organization frequently partners with sub-recipients including state agencies, local governments, universities (University of Maryland, Baltimore; Washington College), and nonprofits (Baltimore Metropolitan Council; Maryland Soybean Board; Maryland Chiefs of Police Association) to execute targeted highway safety projects. Sub-awards documented in recent years support Maryland Highway Safety Office staffing (MHSO Staffing Grants 1 and 2), internal media and educational materials production, and specific initiatives such as the "Look Alive" pedestrian and bicycle safety campaign in the Baltimore metropolitan area.