And introduced to everyone, we might go ahead before Opening Statements and do that before we lose someone. I would like to go ahead we already know Lieutenant General todd semonite. Time senatorthis who will recognize pete ron secretary ron is the secretary of transportation in maryland. State hes third been secretary of transportation. Hes also directed the Missouri Department of transportation and new mexico state highway and Transportation Department he just cant hold onto a job. [laughter] we are proud of the work he does in maryland. We have a challenging organization in maryland where the secretary of transportation is responsible for all modes of transportation and coordinating all modes of transportation. Has done an outstanding job and wrecking the department. Ofalso serves as president the American Association of hes held other positions and we are proud to have him before our committee. Recognize senator merkley for your introduction. Thank you, mr. Chairman and the wreckin
Infrastructure funding. And in land waterways have the impact of the panama canal expansion on us ports. It is an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. And i happen to be one of those. And i recognize that this time, senator cardin. And introduce pleasure to have secretary ron here before the committee. Secretary ron, secretary of transportation in maryland. As i was telling as a chairman, this is the third state, secretary of transportation. Department of transportation and new mexico state highway and transportation, cant hold onto a job. Very proud of the work in maryland. And the organization in maryland with the secretary of transportation is responsible for coordinating modes of transportation. Mister ron has done an outstanding job in directing that department, very large budget. He also served as american state transportation officials, 20072008 and national leadership, proud to have him before the committee. Very good. Recognize senator
Youre watching live coverage on cspan. And that really speaks more towards we have the right performance standards, making sure that we have the right training tools. Mr. Burke making sure as we create new reports for managers to manage both workload and employee performance that we bring them together, get on the same page and provide some consistency that wasnt there prior to n. W. Q. Thank you for that. In terms of vacancies, mr. Murphy, did i understand you to say were losing we lose approximately 40 employees per pay period . Mr. Murphy thats correct. Prior to the hiring freeze we lost between 55 and 61 per pay period. There were a good percentage moving to other agencies. That number would reduce down to 40. That would leave the federal government. Ms. Brownley is it advancement or is it theyre leaving . Mr. Murphy this is not turnover, moving to another job. These are people leaving the agency and thats actually a very low number. I come from a sector where we ran 25 , 28 . We t
Its a mystery block. So it is great. Mystery solved in silver all the people go to the dog park they will know. I will make sure to tell them. I had a few questions about the bikes and the shuttle and more though about just the signage. A couple Times Driving to the city after dark ive seen some bicyclists going up to the exit mostly scrabble to get to the city. Going up a little less of a field in the hillcrest. This is after dark. Maybe just a little bit though and then have to make those sharp cuts in front of the people who are having on to the freeway to get onto the opens part of that division right there. So that is one thing. Just general signage for the bicyclists and to let them know where is a good safe place or where they should be biking if theres any plans like that. Sorry, one more thing, too. Just let the drivers know get a lot of people here drive kind of fast. To let them know they have to share the road with bicyclists. Thanks. Director beck and i were on the phone h