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Charm City Meadworks appears closed amid ongoing rent issues
Pages for the beloved meadery brewery on Facebook and Google Maps list the business as “permanently closed.”
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.
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.
Inside the Baltimore communities that backed Trump’s return to the White House
A pattern that played out nationally also held in Maryland. Trump performed better in almost all of its 23 counties and Baltimore than he did four years earlier.
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.
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.
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.”
Kids, and grown-ups, too, hit sledding hills after morning snowfall
Kids and adults pulled out their sleds, toboggans and skis after a winter storm dropped 4 to 5 inches of snow on the Baltimore region.
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.
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.
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.
Key Bridge rebuild will be funded entirely by the feds, lawmakers announce
The funding for the Key Bridge rebuild was wrapped into the latest federal spending bill.
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.
Is Downtown Baltimore traffic worse lately? Here are some possible reasons why.
From retimed lights to seemingly never-ending roadwork, here’s why your drive downtown may have recently gotten longer.
5 intersections in West Baltimore are about to get ‘smarter’
Planners will install LiDAR systems at five intersections along West North Avenue to understand how cars and pedestrians interact.
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