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The Maryland Transit Administration is making two new improvements that should help riders track buses and trains more reliably.
Tracking your MTA bus should get easier with these new upgrades
The Maryland Transit Administration is making two new improvements that should help riders track buses and trains more reliably.
A rectangular grey box that houses an automated traffic camera stands on a city sidewalk as a blurred black SUV drives by.
New speed cameras going up near schools in Northeast Baltimore
The city of Baltimore announced this week that it was installing new school-zone speed cameras at four locations, but didn’t say when they would go live.
White paint in the shape of two bicycles indicate where a two-way bike path is separated from the rest of the roadway.
Can a bike lane on a ‘chaotic’ Howard County road make it safer?
Howard County officials pushed for a new "quick build" Complete Streets project along a bustling part of Washington Boulevard that debuted this week. They are hoping it will make a crash-prone corridor safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
A yellow sign, warning cars about pedestrians, is shown in the middle of a roadway intersection. Cars and trees line the road and a couple of large skyscrapers are in the background.
The neighborhood just wanted a crosswalk. They found out Baltimore doesn’t make it easy.
It wasn’t supposed to be this complicated but it was. It would take about a year and a half to get a handful of plastic bollards installed, bolt a pedestrian sign into the road and some paint at an intersection, according to the people involved.
The north-south light rail is mired in problems from botched rehabilitation work that has taken more than a decade to complete.
As Ravens and Orioles games collide Saturday, MTA light rail struggles continue
In a back and forth on X on Thursday, Maryland Transit Administrator Holly Arnold told Baltimore sports fans frustrated with lagging game-day light rail service that only about 20 trains were available to run on any given day.
The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
Dali owner’s possible liability for Key Bridge collapse would soar under House bill
A newly introduced House bill would increase the Dali's obligation in the Key Bridge collapse nearly ten-fold.
A digital rendering of a large green field with buildings on three sides.
County developer modifies previous plan to add new apartments on contentious Lutherville land
The new proposal for transit-oriented development next to the Lutherville light rail stop calls for even more apartments than before.
A snow-covered electric Link scooter in Charles Village on Jan. 16, 2024.
Baltimoreans are resurrecting orphaned scooters as the city tries to collect them
Some of the now-defunct scooters were left on Baltimore streets. The city wants help rounding them up, but some residents have other plans.
A silver train with the letters "MARC" on the front rolls into a station.
Some MARC train tickets can now get you all the way to Virginia
The Maryland Transit Administration and Virginia Railway Express will now honor each other’s commuter train tickets as part of a new agreement to help bolster ridership and connectivity.
Planned Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. rate hikes are coming in January 2025.
More than 100 West Baltimore homes are still without gas after water issue, BGE says
The Department of Public Works is investigating how water got into the gas lines, prompting the company to shut off service in the area for multiple days.
Rendering of historic Penn Station station and planned expansion.
Reimagined Penn Station would relocate drop-off area. Should cars or buses get curbside priority?
The agencies and developers involved in transforming Baltimore’s Penn Station disagree on where to move the passenger drop-off area to make way for a pedestrian plaza.
Christine Golczynski sits in on a public meeting held on August 1, 2024 at the North Point Library in Dundalk, MD to discuss permits needed to proceed with the demolition of Key Bridge remains.
Neighbors of the Key Bridge are ready for its demolition — and want it rebuilt ASAP
About 40 people who gathered at a public library in Dundalk Thursday evening for a public hearing on a newly unveiled plan to demolish the remainder of the bridge — the first step of a multiyear plan to get drivers traversing the bridge once again.
Despite the scattered rain showers, people came out in droves to  Artscape on September 24, 2023.
Artscape road closures have already started. Here’s the full list.
Artscape kicks off this Friday, Aug. 2. But some roads are already closing to make way for the setup.
A green scooter lies on the sidewalk on the left side of the frame, as a decorative fence casts a shadow on the right side.
Scooter rider killed in East Baltimore hit-and-run, police say
Police say a teenage driver struck a 31-year-old man on a scooter at the intersection of North Conkling Street and Pulaski Highway and left the scene. The man died of injuries suffered in the crash, and the 16-year-old driver was later arrested and charged in the incident.
The wreckage of the Key Bridge collapse, with the Domino Sugar factory in the foreground, is seen from the Baltimore World Trade Center on Saturday, April 6, 2024.
Key Bridge rebuild won’t require lengthy environmental impact study, officials say
The Federal Highway Administration has determined that Maryland won’t have to complete a lengthy environmental impact study, which could have slowed the yearslong rebuild even more.
The Baltimore skyline is seen behind wreckage from the Key Bridge collapse on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
Key Bridge collapse means Maryland will likely raise bridge, tunnel tolls in 2027
With lost revenue because of the bridge collapse and uncertainty over whether Congress will pay the whole amount to rebuild it, the toll increase will take place a year earlier than planned, a spokesman said.
Traffic slows to a crawl on a section of the Baltimore Beltway where construction is taking place.
Overnight lane closures begin on I-695 as roadwork resumes
The State Highway Administration is reminding motorists to drive with caution and prepare for delays during overnight hours.
A close up image of three people wearing red t-shirts that say "RED LINE" and "redlinemaryland.com"
After it’s built, will Maryland have the money to maintain the Red Line?
The future Red Line will create even larger maintenance budget needs for a system already plagued by a backlog.
A woman in a blue suit stands in front of a green bus. Two kids stand in front of green and white panels covering the side of the bus.
The Red Line’s future rests in the hands of a transit ‘true believer’
Maryland officials have revived the Red Line transit project to connect East and West Baltimore. Now it falls to MTA Administrator Holly Arnold, a transit “true believer,” to help make it a reality.
A Maryland Flag waves in the wind.
Hagerstown MVA employee arrested after allegedly issuing bomb threat, state fire marshal says
Authorities say Anthony Jacob Fritz, 38, faces two charges after he allegedly threatened to blow up an MVA building where he worked in Hagerstown. The state fire marshal's office says it found 26 guns and dozens of boxes of ammo during a search of his home.
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