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A pothole on the Jones Falls Expressway in Baltimore.
Baltimore’s janky, pothole-filled roads have long been neglected — that may be changing
City transportation officials aim to cover 111 miles of streets before the weather gets too cold to lay asphalt.
A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
Is Elon Musk boring his way into Baltimore tunnels?
Though construction has begun for the multiyear, $6 billion project, major digging is still at least a year away.
White paint in the shape of two bicycles indicate where a two-way bike path is separated from the rest of the roadway.
What’s the latest victim in Trump’s war on woke? You guessed it — bike lanes
Federal transportation officials are reexamining grants for bike and pedestrian infrastructure as part of a turn away from the priorities of the Biden administration.
The George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore, where ICE continues to hold detained immigrants.
Deportation suspended for two women held in ‘inhumane’ Baltimore holding room
Both women were sent by ICE to detention facilities in New Jersey and Colorado over the weekend.
An Amtrak train arrives train going to Boston arrives at Penn Station on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
Amtrak cutting 450 jobs, but work on future West Baltimore tunnel continues
The cuts and “other recent cost-saving actions” will save roughly $100 million annually, according to an Amtrak statement.
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation said long-term lane closures will be implemented along a portion of Harford Road for CSX to reconstruct the Harford Road Bridge.
Long-term lane closures come to Harford Road for bridge reconstruction work
A stretch of Harford Road will face long-term lane reductions as part of an effort to speed up a CSX bridge reconstruction project.
MTA Administrator Holly Arnold said the agency would need a new bus depot to meaningfully expand service.
Can MTA’s new budget get Baltimore students to school on time?
It could mean years before as many as 25,000 Baltimore City Public Schools students see much change in their journeys to school.
A Maryland Real ID has a small white star in a black circle on the upper right side.
What Marylanders need to know as the Real ID deadline approaches
The May 7 national deadline for having a Real ID is finally almost here.
Martz Gold Line operates six commuter bus routes for the MTA: three between Howard County and Washington, D.C. and three between Southern Maryland and Washington.
Strike on some MTA commuter bus lines ends as workers get new deal
Workers will be back on the job Thursday, a union representative told The Banner.
The intersection of Pratt Street and the Light Street spur in 2024.
Three Inner Harbor intersections are finally getting pedestrian-safe makeovers
The section of Pratt Street, smack in the center of the city, is one of Baltimore’s most heavily-trafficked by cars, bikes and people alike.
About 80 workers at Martz Gold Line, a company that operates some regional MTA commuter bus service, started striking Thursday morning over stalled contract negotiations.
Workers for six MTA commuter bus routes begin strike over halted contract negotiations
Workers for bus company Martz Gold Line have been seeking higher wages that the union says would put them on par with other area transit companies.
Detective who helped label Kilmar Abrego Garcia a gang member had trouble of his own
Former Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Ivan Mendez, who interviewed Kilmar Abrego Garcia and helped label him as a gang member, later pleaded guilty to misconduct.
Cadeem Franklin holds his chicken while sitting inside of his Tesla outside of his home in Baltimore, Friday, April 11, 2025.
From thumbs up to middle fingers, Tesla owners are along for Musk’s political ride
To sell or not to sell? That is the question for Tesla owners who oppose CEO Elon Musk’s unprecedented role in the federal government but still love the company's electric vehicles.
As of January, automated speed cameras in work zones issue tiered citations, meaning higher penalties for worse infractions.
Maryland sounds alarm about speeders in work zones: ‘Traveling through their office’
Maryland officials rolled out new data findings Tuesday as part of Work Zone Awareness Week, a national initiative to promote safer driving along stretches of roadway where people may be working mere feet from cars ripping down an active highway.
Free rides on any MTA bus, commuter bus, Mobility paratransit, light rail, Metro SubwayLink or MARC train for Earth Day.
MTA offers free rides on trains, buses on Tuesday to mark Earth Day
For the second Earth Day in a row, rides on any Mass Transit Administration bus, commuter bus, Mobility paratransit, light rail, Metro SubwayLink or MARC train will be free.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a news conference upon his arrival from meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Van Hollen says improperly deported man ‘traumatized’ by time in dangerous prison
Sen. Van Hollen is the first person Kilmar Abrego Garcia has spoken to see being unlawfully deported and imprisoned in El Salvador. He told the senator he wants to talk to his wife.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and one of his children in an undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025.
Bulls hat, loitering, an unnamed informant: Why feds say Kilmar Abrego Garcia is gang-connected
Reasons why the feds say Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, has ties to the MS-13 gang.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and one of his children in an undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025.
What to know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Abrego Garcia’s deportation, and the fight to bring him back, remains an international topic of discussion — dominating news coverage and attracting the interest of political figures.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, where he arrived regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador won’t let Sen. Van Hollen visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia
The vice president of El Salvador denied Sen. Chris Van Hollen a face-to-face visit with a Maryland man wrongly deported last month.
Paul Wiedefeld, secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation, at a news conference in Edgemere in February.
From budgets to speed cameras: How Maryland transportation fared in the General Assembly
Dozens of transportation-related bills passed in the recent General Assembly session that will impact the ways Marylanders move around the state, and plenty of notable ones didn’t.
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