Transportation Policy Team Grows

President Obama continued identifying his transportation policy team with several more nominations this week. The president nominated John Porcari, current Maryland Secretary of Transportation, to serve as Deputy Secretary of U.S. DOT. For Federal Transit Administrator, the president nominated Peter Rogoff, who has served for the past fourteen years as the chief Democratic staffer on the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee. Roy Keinitz was nominated for Under Secretary for Policy, who served previously as chief of staff to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) and one time CEO of the environmental group Surface Transportation Policy Project. For Federal Highway Administrator, the President nominated Victor Mendez, former director of the Arizona DOT.