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Daniel Zawodny covers transportation for the The Baltimore Banner as a corps member with Report For America. He is a Baltimore area native and graduated with his master's degree in journalism from American University in 2021. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and previously covered immigration issues.

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Erick Oribio Quintana, founder of Baltimore-based Latin Opinion and a dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen, was freed last Friday in a prisoner swap brokered by the Trump Administration and El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. He's pictured here on Feb. 12, 2020, in a Canton co-working space.
Baltimore man among 10 freed in prisoner swap with Venezuela
A longtime Baltimore media producer, Erick Oribio Quintana, was among 10 U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents freed in a recent prisoner swap with Venezuela.
Baltimore's new Infrastructure Academy aims to create a pipeline of skilled workers for both public- and private-sector jobs maintaining critical infrastructure.
New ‘Infrastructure Academy’ will train workers for city jobs in critical trades
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott celebrated the new workforce development initiative, launched Thursday in the Park Heights neighborhood where he grew up, as a means to train workers to fix the city's aging infrastructure.
Buses ready to go into service at the MTA’s Eastern Division bus lot in May. A new report shows the MTA needs to spend $2.8 billion to keep its transit systems in a state of good repair.
Maryland is meeting the MTA’s pricey rehabilitation needs — for now
The Maryland Transit Administration has an unprecedented $2.8 billion backlog of rehabilitation projects, according to a new report, but the agency is confident that it has the money to fund the work in the coming years.
A white sedan and yellow school bus make a left turn on a busy city street.
Red lights got you frustrated? Baltimore to finish retiming traffic lights by February
Baltimore’s transportation department has been retiming most of its roughly 1,400 traffic signals citywide and plans to finish implementing changes by early next year.
A bike lane is seen sectioned off from the road by white plastic flex posts. A yellow sign telling drivers to pay attention to bikers and pedestrians is on the side of the road.
Maryland knows these roadways can be dangerous for pedestrians. They want your input to improve them.
Using traffic and crash analyses, state officials have identified nearly 150 stretches of roadway across Maryland that they want to make safer for vulnerable road users, including dozens in the Baltimore region, and are asking for feedback from those who use them.
Immigration arrests in Maryland have doubled under Trump
Under President Donald Trump, ICE is arresting 76 immigrants per week in Maryland, up from 29 per week last year.
Students wait for buses after school at the Mondawmin Transit Hub.
They were supposed to help fix Maryland’s transportation funding problem, but they stopped meeting
The Commission on Transportation Revenue and Infrastructure Needs, known as TRAIN, was supposed to meet to give recommendations on Maryland's transportation issues but stopped meeting.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Change at Baltimore court could hurt immigrant children, advocates fear
A recent policy change at Baltimore City Circuit Court could lead to the separation of children from their parents or guardians.
Pavement art at the intersection of East Baltimore Street and South East Avenue.
Why are some Baltimore intersections painted? These artists say it’s about safety
Some intersections in Baltimore City are getting a paint job but not just to beautify it. The goal is to raise awareness of pedestrian safety.
A blue bus makes a turn at a city intersection at dusk. The bus has a digital sign at the top that reads "37 POTOMAC"
Hop on: Montgomery County just made its local buses free to use
Montgomery County has made its local public transportation free to ride as of this week.
A man in a suit and tie and a woman in a red suit stand next to a poster board that reads "RED LINE" with a train symbol in between the two words.
The Red Line’s path forward is unclear. What will Gov. Wes Moore do?
Two years after Gov. Wes Moore revived the Red Line, Baltimore’s proposed east-west light rail feels mired in uncertainty.
The MARC growth and transformation plan charts five- and 15-year visions for more frequent train service across all three lines, along with a handful of new destinations.
Vision for MARC commuter train includes more frequent service, new destinations
The MARC growth and transformation plan charts five- and 15-year visions for more frequent train service across all three lines, along with a handful of new destinations.
The George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore where the ICE field office is located.
Kristi Noem blames Maryland law for Baltimore ICE holding room conditions
The Banner first reported in April about people detained by ICE who had been spending multiple days at the facility in a room.
Traffic travels on southbound Interstate 83 at Seminary Road as rain falls on the region. Repaving work farther north on the highway is causing significant delays.
Delays likely on I-83 in Baltimore County as weather forces tighter construction window
The State Highway Administration announced last week it was extending work hours for resurfacing roughly four miles of the expressway.
ICE agents are clashing with residents, putting local police in the middle
The tensions surfacing in the Baltimore area are unlikely to ease anytime soon.
Attorney General Anthony Brown says conditions in a federal ICE holding room in Baltimore are poor and violate standards if it were a state-run facility, according to a court filing.
State attorney general decries federal holding room for immigrants in Baltimore
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown’s filing comes as tensions flare nationwide over ramped-up immigration enforcement amid overcrowding at ICE detention centers.
The Maryland Transit Administration released a vision plan Tuesday, that outlines ideal ways it could improve service on Baltimore's bus system; however, the proposals are unfunded.
MTA releases new vision — and price tag — for what Baltimore’s bus service could be
MTA releases new vision — and price tag — for Baltimore’s bus service.
MTA Light Rail trains traverse the Howard Street corridor in downtown Baltimore. Some northbound trains resumed taking a short detour into Penn Station on Sunday.
Baltimore’s light rail resuming service to Penn Station
The announcement is the latest in a series of steps forward for a mass transit line that had taken several steps back in recent years.
A car pulls out of a Fells Point apartment complex on June 16, 2025. A proposed bill before Baltimore City Council would eliminate the requirement that many new housing and retail developments provide off-street parking like garages.
Baltimore eyes eliminating requirement for developers to build parking
A new bill before the Baltimore City Council would eliminate the requirement to provide a minimum amount of off-street parking for new development.
Drivers can expect three more years of major work on I-695. But officials say it's worth the wait.
3 more years of major I-695 work ahead, but officials say the wait is worth it
There’s an end in sight for miles upon miles of roadwork on Interstate 695 — it’s just not coming this year. Or next. Or even the one after that.
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