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.
Superpedestrian, a Massachusetts-based tech startup that was one of two scooter operators in Baltimore, pulled its operations in Baltimore and 17 other cities effective Dec. 31. Tech company Spin continues to operate in Baltimore, despite being acquired by a company that has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Light rail service will resume Saturday after major mechanical issues related to the ongoing rehabilitation of the aging railcar fleet knocked it out of service for roughly two weeks.
The board of directors for the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) has agreed in principle to a new deal valued at $12 billion with the airline, the union has announced.
The Central Maryland Transportation Alliance gave the state a D+ overall, with failing grades in affordability and connectivity to jobs via transit. It dished out five C’s, the state’s highest grade this year, across 12 different areas.
Police arrested a man in connection to the August crash that took the life of Robert Horne, who had pulled over on the elevated highway to assist with a disabled vehicle.
The rail car that experienced an electrical fire recently — triggering the suspension of Baltimore’s entire light rail line last week — had received a scheduled rehabilitation prior to the incident, Maryland’s top transit official said Tuesday.
"The shuttles are worse because they have to stop at every stop and take even longer than the trains already do," said Teresa Abrams at the Camden Yards stop.