Maryland's next DOT secretary: I'm 'a transportation guy, not a highway guy'

Forget that Gov. Larry Hogan has played up Pete Rahn’s road-building chops. The acting transportation secretary considers himself more than a highway paver.

In fact, Rahn decided to sign on with the Hogan administration specifically because he’d be overseeing a large number of operations as the head of a Maryland Department of Transportation that’s broader than its counterparts in other states.

“Maryland is unique in having the port, the airport, motor vehicles, motor transit, everything all within…