The state transit agency plans to fully electrify its fleet of passenger buses as part of an ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but budget cuts could delay the full transition.

One bill would increase enforcement efforts to combat speeding in road work zones, and the other would apply harsher penalties to motorists who fail to yield to cyclists in bike lanes.

The opposition to redeveloping the shopping center is emblematic of why state leaders are pushing new laws to allowing housing projects to circumvent local backlash.

New greenhouse gas reduction targets are part of the department's larger — and daunting — climate goals.

Thousands of Marylanders skirt state law by registering their vehicles in Virginia to save money. Such vehicle owners will see changes July 1, when Virginia starts requiring auto insurance.

The supergroup Kiewit/J.F. Shea Joint Venture has been awarded a $1 billion-plus contract to bore two new tunnel tubes underneath West Baltimore. The project will ultimately replace a 151-year-old passenger rail tunnel that is a major bottleneck in the Northeast Corridor.

The Baltimore Regional Transit Commission held its first meeting Friday in South Baltimore, The group was created by the state legislature in 2023 to provide input on transit planning in the Baltimore region.

The Maryland Transit Administration has proposed eliminating eight commuter bus routes and reducing service on 26 others to help close a budget gap facing the state Department of Transportation.

The Maryland Transit Administration says a new data dashboard will improve transparency, while a new method of counting riders on light rail and Baltimore’s subway should be more accurate.

Federal, state and local officials and Amtrak executives gathered Monday for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to mark the most latest improvements to Penn Station: A new platform to serve high-speed train passengers.

While Amtrak’s new Frederick Douglass Tunnel will keep its passenger trains running under West Baltimore for decades to come, local leaders and residents want a say in how the federally subsidized company plans to invest in communities above the tunnel while it’s building.

Traffic fatalities in Maryland rose over a 5-year period statewide by just over 10%, from 512 deaths in 2018 to 566 in 2022. Meanwhile, the figures in the Baltimore metro region remained virtually unchanged.

Community groups wonder why it’s taking so long to make progress in reimagining U.S. 40 in West Baltimore — aka the Highway to Nowhere.

The state will divert $150 million from the state’s general fund to shore up the state Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2025, rather than implement transportation cuts previously announced.

Gov. Wes Moore and U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin touted an expanded EV charging network as an important element in the effort to combat climate change.

The Maryland Department of Transportation said in a Thursday press release that it “is aware of fraudulent text messages that were sent to some customers posing as MDOT, MVA, or MTA.” The agency says it got fraudulent websites taken down.

The federal Safe Streets and Roads for All program is providing money to counties and cities across Maryland to study safety for drivers and pedestrians alike.

A pedestrian who was struck and trapped by a Metro SubwayLink train has been rescued and transported to an area hospital, a Baltimore City Fire Department spokesperson said.

After years of residents calling for safety measures on 28th Street near I-83, the city implemented a redesign that included traffic-calming measures and reduced the number of travel lanes from two to one. Residents say speeding is way down, but they still worry about overnight crashes into cars and buildings.

Before colonizers arrived, the Piscataway, or “the people where the rivers bend,” lived here. Sumwalt Run flowed beneath an open sky as a tiny capillary connecting what is now North Baltimore to the Atlantic Ocean.