The latest from Daniel Zawodny
Cyberattack on MTA cuts off app-based scheduling for its Mobility paratransit service
Some MTA digital infrastructure, like scheduling tools for Mobility paratransit rides, remain affected as the agency continues to investigate last week’s cyberattack.
U.S. Transportation Secretary expects Key Bridge replacement to cost more than estimated
Preliminary estimates to build the modern, cable-stayed bridge currently in design to replace the span put the cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion.
‘Acela-bration’: Amtrak unveils newer, faster trains as feds take helm at Union Station
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy heralded in the first of Amtrak’s NextGen Acela trains during a media tour Wednesday.
As the Baltimore water taxi celebrates 50 years, it looks to a future with expanded service
As the Baltimore water taxi reaches 50 years old, the company running it aims to expand service and add a rideshare app.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia held in Virginia; Judge wants him to remain in US amid deportation fight
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is currently holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a Virginia detention center, as the case of the Salvadoran native reaches yet another crescendo.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia in ICE custody again as hundreds rally in Baltimore
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took a stoic Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody Monday morning and are preparing to remove him to Uganda.
ICE threatening to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda on Monday
The Trump administration is continuing its “vindictive and selective prosecution” of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, his defense attorney wrote Saturday in a court filing.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is ‘grateful to God’ after reuniting with his family in Maryland
Private security contracted by his attorneys is bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from Tennessee to Maryland, though his future in the United States remains uncertain.
Samuel Jordan, fierce advocate for Baltimore Red Line, spent his life championing social justice
Jordan, the executive director of the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition and the Innovative Housing Institute, died Aug. 1 after a long battle with leukemia. He was 79.
Permitting process for Baltimore’s Red Line paused by state and federal officials
The permit pause adds new uncertainty for the transit project and will likely further delay the fulfillment of one of Gov. Wes Moore’s marquee campaign promises to build it.
Violators of MTA code of conduct soon could be banned from the transit system, agency says
The MTA policy marks a new step in discouraging crime and promoting a safe environment on transit vehicles, but could prove difficult to enforce across a sprawling network of buses and trains.
Ambitious MTA plan would get Baltimore students to class, advocates tell Moore
The BMORE Bus plan, released in June, calls for increasing the frequency of bus service on all MTA routes and adding new, limited-stop express routes, among other improvements.
Proposed Bowie State MARC development could draw big-money partner
The state transportation department has so far budgeted $1.5 million to advance planning for the site.
Amtrak tunnel construction is upending life in a Baltimore neighborhood, residents say
Flooded basements, trash, pests — residents of Midtown-Edmondson say that construction for Amtrak’s Frederick Douglass Tunnel is bringing unwanted additions to the neighborhood.
Baltimore grant ignites 10-year vision for a new Streetcar Museum campus
A new city grant will help the Baltimore Streetcar Museum achieve its future vision that includes refurbishing a nearby former railroad building into a new education space.
All aboard: New Amtrak Acela trains rolling into service late this month
Five of 28 brand-new trains will roll into service on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor on Aug. 28.
Detention cells in Baltimore designed for short stays instead confine immigrants for days
Under the Trump administration, ICE has detained immigrants in Baltimore holding rooms for an average of 51 hours, four times longer than the maximum time limit under its longstanding policy, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of federal data.
Not so fast: Federal officials halt proposed Northeast Maglev train
Citing major environmental and logistical concerns, the Federal Railroad Administration has ended its review of the Northeast Maglev train plan between D.C. and Baltimore.
Self-driving wheelchairs could someday transport passengers with disabilities to BWI’s gates
A pilot program with Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is helping researchers at Morgan State University bring new technology to life in autonomous wheelchairs.
Southwest Airlines adding new Caribbean destination from BWI in 2026
Direct flights between BWI and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands will begin in February, the airline has announced.