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Transportation

    Traffic travels on the outer loop of I-695 at Falls Road as rain falls on the region.
    Maryland road fatalities decreased in 2024, but number still ‘ridiculously high’
    Maryland’s roads claimed 572 lives last year, preliminary state data shows. That number is 49 fewer than in 2023 but likely to rise.
    A yellow street sign that says "SPEED HUMPS AHEAD" in front of a roadway with a speed hump in the background.
    Baltimore installed hundreds of speed humps last year. But the backlog still got bigger.
    The backlog of residents asking the city and its transportation department to do something to curtail dangerous speeding and aggressive driving has grown — by a lot — since right before the pandemic, when such behaviors starting getting worse across the country.
    The U.S. Capitol is seen as final preparations are make during a rehearsal for inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    Inauguration Day: What to know if you’re traveling to Washington
    If you are planning to travel to the nation’s capital from the Baltimore area, here’s what you should keep in mind.
    Last year, officials announced a $213 million federal grant that the Maryland Transit Administration would put toward brand new light rail cars.
    Baltimore’s light rail to survive cuts amid Maryland’s budget gap
    The state’s finalized six-year transportation spending plan includes previously deferred rehabilitation projects for the 32-year-old train line.
    The Pedego Ridge Rider — a versatile, do-it-all, monster of a bike that can get up to 28 mph on fat, mountain-bike-like tires.
    Scared to e-bike around Baltimore? Here are 6 tips for staying safe
    Taking two wheels into car traffic can be daunting — here are some pointers for how to do it safely.

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    The base of the structural pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge hit by the container ship Dali in the Patapsco River in September 2024.
    State selects engineering consultant to oversee Kiewit’s Key Bridge rebuild
    A group of firms were awarded a $75 million contract to manage the Key Bridge builder “by auditing their processes, reviewing submittals and confirming the design criteria is met.”
    Montebello Elementary/Middle School is seen beyond the intersection of 33rd Street and Hillen Road.
    Busy Lake Montebello intersection gets new lane to ease traffic woes
    Starting Monday, a new traffic pattern at 33rd Street and Hillen Road in Northeast Baltimore will allow motorists to enter Lake Montebello from 33rd Street.
    Cars travel down U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
    Highway to Nowhere: Baltimore to get $85 million to help transform blighted section of roadway
    The Baltimore City Department of Transportation will receive an $85.5 million federal grant to further its efforts to transform a blighted section of U.S. 40 in West Baltimore dubbed the “Highway to Nowhere.”
    Passengers board an MTA Metro SubwayLink train in the Johns Hopkins Station.
    Will new railcars be enough to restore faith in Baltimore’s subway?
    In 2025, the first of 78 new railcars will go into service as the Maryland Transit Administration begins replacing the original fleet. It’s a nearly $557 million investment, mostly funded by the federal government.
    American Airlines planes wait at gates at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Friday, July 19, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.
    American Airlines flights restored after brief grounding for technical issue
    American Airlines flights were cleared to fly by regulators early Tuesday after a brief grounding due to a systemwide technical issue.

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    A Chesapeake Bay skipjack sails near the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Work will begin next month to rebuild the bridge.
    Key Bridge rebuild gets a start date
    There’s a start date now for the four-year, $2-billion project to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    More speed cameras are coming to Anne Arundel County this weekend
    About a month after installing two new neighborhood speed cameras, three more are coming to Anne Arundel County on Dec. 21.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, watches as state Treasurer Dereck Davis speaks during a meeting of the state Board of Public Works on July 5, 2023. Also sitting on the board is state Comptroller Brooke Lierman.
    Frustration with the Purple Line boils over as officials split over $96M contract
    Gov. Wes Moore and Comptroller Brooke Lierman let out some frustration at today’s Board of Public Works meeting with the over budget and overdue transit project in the D.C. suburbs.
    Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, center, and wide receiver Rashod Bateman, right, prepare to board a train for the team's trip to play the New York Giants.
    Who needs a plane? For away games close to home, Ravens players prefer the train.
    “You see more of where you’re traveling looking out the windows, you’re not just up in the clouds," said fullback Pat Ricard.
    A charging station on Light Street in Baltimore.
    Maryland looks to boost EV charging along major highways to help push electrification
    The Maryland Department of Transportation is looking to add 29 new sites for electric vehicle chargers along major interstates and highways.

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    Ana Rodriguez, organizer with CASA, protests outside of the Maryland State House for free healthcare on the last day of the legislative session on April 10, 2023.
    Why is it so hard to get to Maryland’s state capital?
    Annapolis is the center of power in Maryland, but it's not the easiest place to get to without a car.
    Two-way traffic shares one side of the rail underpass in the 500 block of North Point Road near Quad Avenue. Loose concrete fell from the opposite underpass hitting a car and injuring the driver Sunday.
    Amtrak calls 100-year-old rail bridge ‘structurally safe’ after chunk of concrete falls
    Two lanes of roadway beneath a 100-year-old East Baltimore rail bridge remained closed Monday after a chunk of concrete fell from it the previous day, but Amtrak stressed the span was “structurally sound.”
    Baltimore City Fire Service Vehicle
    Chunk of crumbling railroad bridge injures driver in East Baltimore
    Photos of the scene show a mangled dark Ford SUV with a shattered windshield.
    Traffic travels along the Jones Falls Expressway soon after it was opened Friday morning as a fire continues to smolder at the Camp Small city wood recycling facility.
    Traffic: I-83 in Baltimore reopens in both directions after massive fire, light rail to resume soon
    A large fire at a wood waste site in the city’s Woodberry neighborhood has shut down Interstate 83 in both directions, as well as Cold Spring Lane.
    Oil spread across the lanes of I-95 after a tractor trailer crash.
    Fort McHenry Tunnel fully reopened after tractor trailer crash, fuel leak shut down lanes
    A single-vehicle crash of a tractor trailer that left fuel spewed across the southbound lanes of I-95 has caused the four lanes to close just before the Fort McHenry Tunnel.
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