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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.
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 long road ahead for Baltimore’s revived Red Line
Gov. Wes Moore and other officials gathered Friday to celebrate a decision to build a light rail line to connect East and West Baltimore. But officials must decide whether to build a tunnel under downtown and identify funds to cover the $3 billion to $7 billion price tag.
Governor Wes Moore speaks at a press conference to announce the continuation of the Red Line proposal on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
Baltimore’s Red Line will be light rail, not rapid buses, governor says
Gov. Wes Moore revived planning for the east-west transit line in Baltimore City last year, and officials have been studying potential routes and whether it should be run with rapid buses. State planners opted for light rail after months of study and public hearings.
Lime scooters are returning to Baltimore.
Lime scooters are coming back to Baltimore
Lime, the company behind green and white scooters that once zipped all over downtown, will once again deploy dockless vehicles on city streets, the Baltimore City Department of Transportation said Thursday.
A 3D, aerial rendering of a complex of apartment buildings surrounded by trees and next to a train line.
Want to live near a Metro station? MDOT wants to build hundreds of apartments near one
The Maryland Department of Transportation wants to turn a parking lot near the Reisterstown Metro station into apartments, offices and retail shops.
A multi-year, roughly $180 million project is converting the inside shoulder along 17 miles of Interstate 695, the Baltimore Beltway, into a travel lane during rush hour.
Construction to resume at site of deadly I-695 crash that killed 6 highway workers
A work zone along I-695 where six construction workers were killed by a high-speed crash last year has sat dormant ever since. Not for much longer.
State officials have said an announcement on whether Baltimore will get roughly 14 miles of new light rail track or dedicated rapid bus lanes will be made before the end of June.
Light rail or bus rapid transit? Officials near announcement on mode of future Red Line.
State and city officials are gearing up to make a major announcement regarding the planned Red Line transit project in the coming days. A key question is whether the project will be light rail or bus rapid transit.
Bike advocates say separated lanes like the one that runs along Maryland Avenue in Baltimore help to calm traffic and create safer streets for cyclists.
Quick-build projects take aim at speeding on high-crash roadways
The Maryland Department of Transportation hopes three summer "quick build" projects, including one on a stretch of Route 1 in Howard County, can inform future traffic and pedestrian safety efforts.
Seven people sit in a line of chairs in front of a large green and blue bus next to a stage on which a man is speaking at a podium.
Hydrogen-powered buses are coming to Montgomery County, thanks to private equity
The Carlyle Group is funding the largest depot for electric- and hydrogen-powered buses in the U.S. in Montgomery County. Local officials there are doubling down on their efforts to combat climate change.
Orioles fans walk off the light rail at Camden Station ahead of the game on opening day, March 28, 2024.
Expect a packed light rail for a sold-out Orioles weekend. Here are other transit options.
Fans have reported overcrowded train cars after Orioles games recently. Here are a couple ways around the crowds.
Traffic on Interstate 83 on the Jones Falls Expressway.
Here’s how regional transportation spending may look over the next few years
Billions of dollars will go into highways over the next three years in the Baltimore region despite public sentiment showing a desire for more balanced spending for transit and other options.
From left, Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Gov. Wes Moore, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller smile for a group photo ahead of a press conference on the full reopening of the Fort McHenry federal channel and the restoration of full services to the Port of Baltimore in Dundalk on June 12, 2024.
With port access restored, state, federal leaders say rebuilding bridge is next
With one phase of the job complete, Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday he will not be satisfied, “until I can look over on the Patapsco and see the Key Bridge standing tall again.”
The Maryland Transit Administration released results of extensive data modeling for all three Red Line options last year.
Hopkins agrees with the MTA: Red Line will increase job access in the region
A new Johns Hopkins data model echoes what the MTA said almost a year ago — the coming Red Line will increase access to jobs.
A rectangular grey box that houses an automated traffic camera stands on a city sidewalk as a blurred black SUV drives by.
Click, click: Automated speed cameras to target speeders in 2 new city school zones
Drivers caught going at least 12 mph over the legal limit near four Baltimore schools could face $40 fines starting Monday.
A person scooters across Pratt Street as others wait for the bus on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
Maryland officials want a ‘culture change’ that puts road safety first
A new Complete Streets policy — which seeks to prioritize the needs of pedestrians, cyclists and people using mobility devices in the design of roads — will now cover all major state transportation projects.
A large pile of coal can be seen from the surrounding neighborhood outside of the CSX facility in Curtis Bay on Aug. 4, 2023.
The world wants American coal. Curtis Bay residents say they pay the price.
Greenhouse gas emissions are coming down in Maryland. But record levels of coal leaving Baltimore are driving emissions overseas.
Salvage crews successfully removed the final large steel truss segment of the fallen Key Bridge on June 3-4.
The last of the Key Bridge wreckage is almost gone from the Patapsco River
Salvage crews removed the final large piece of steel truss blocking the Port of Baltimore’s main shipping channel earlier this week, pulling one of the last remnants of the fallen bridge out of the water and clearing the way for the channel’s full reopening, the Unified Command said in a Wednesday release.
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