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    A silver train that says "MARC" on the front rides down a train track.
    Walk and ride? State lays out vision for more development near MARC’s Penn Line stations
    The state transportation department wants to encourage new apartment buildings and other development around stations along the MARC Penn Line.
    Baltimore County Public Schools are installing cameras on all its buses to catch cars who pass by when students are getting on and off the bus.
    Baltimore County drivers who illegally pass school buses will soon get $250 fines
    Thousands of drivers have been given warning citations for illegally passing school buses since the start of the school year.
    Orioles fans walk off the light rail at Camden Station ahead of the game on opening day, March 28, 2024.
    Budget cuts threaten federal grant to replace aging Baltimore light rail cars
    The Maryland Transit Administration was awarded a $213 million federal grant to replace the aging cars for its light rail line. A top transit official warns that the state could lose the grant
    The inside of a 40ft MTA bus ready to begin its first run at Bus and Maintenance Roadeo on September 14th 2024 in Baltimore City.
    Night of wrong turns: Orioles fans bound for home caught on ‘shuttle bus from hell’
    A bus meant to carry dejected Orioles fans south to Cromwell Station went the wrong way. A “mutiny” ensued.
    All 14 Metro SubwayLink stations between Owings Mills and Johns Hopkins Hospital will close at 8 p.m. Friday and reopen 4 a.m. Monday.
    Baltimore Metro subway to close this weekend for upgrades ahead of new railcars
    All 14 Metro SubwayLink stations between Owings Mills and Johns Hopkins Hospital will close at 8 p.m. Friday and reopen 4 a.m. Monday.
    A car crosses across Doctor Patel Drive in Elkridge, Maryland, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.
    3 people were killed at a Route 1 crossing. It’s finally getting a stoplight.
    After three pedestrian deaths at a Route 1 crossing since 2019, the state is moving ahead with safety improvements, including a new traffic signal.
    Hazmat inspections from the I-895 and I-95 highway corridors have increased.
    Inspections of hazardous material trucks nearly doubled in recent months
    The increase follows a Baltimore Banner investigation published July 8 that found hazmat truckers have illegally been using the city’s tunnels after the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
    Amtrak watchdog warns of delays, extra costs for Frederick Douglass Tunnel project
    Amtrak and its partners must expedite planning around the Frederick Douglass Tunnel before construction begins — or risk scheduling delays and significantly increased costs, according to a watchdog report this week.
    Union members with the International Longshoremen’s Association and Local 333 continue to strike in the rain after over eight hours of picketing against the automation of port work and low wages outside the Dundalk Marine Terminal on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    Dockworkers strike at Port of Baltimore as contract expires
    More than 100 people gathered along outside marine terminals at the Port of Baltimore after midnight, calling for higher wages and to stop automation at the ports.
    The interior of Viva Books in downtown Baltimore was badly damaged in a fire that officials say started underground.
    Underground fire chars Baltimore bookstore, disrupts internet and power
    An underground fire shut down streets in downtown Baltimore and caused power and internet outages Sunday.
    A close up photo of a bicycle symbol in a red-painted lane of a two lane roadway. Cars are parked along the road in the distance.
    Baltimore’s new pilot program could help you buy an e-bike. Here’s how.
    The application window for the pilot program opened on Tuesday and runs through Oct. 10, according to the Department of Transportation.
    light rail wreck with a truck
    Light rail collides with vehicle Friday night; incident under investigation
    The northbound train packed with Orioles fans celebrating a 7-1 win over the Detroit Tigers crashed into a motorist at Woodberry and Coldspring, wedging the vehicle between the train and a fence.
    A structural pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge remains in the Patapsco River six months after the container ship Dali lost power and hit a pier causing a catastrophic collapse.
    What’s next for the Key Bridge: Rebuilding, lawsuits, investigations
    What we know six months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse — and what will surface in the years to come.
    An illustration of the Key Bridge falling, piece by piece.
    Down in that metal nightmare: Untold stories of the Key Bridge disaster
    This is the story of the Key Bridge disaster as told by people who lived it. The Banner spoke to 25 rescue workers, eyewitnesses, victims' relatives and more to compile a chronology of events on March 26.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown discuss the state’s lawsuit against the companies that own and manage the Dali cargo ship that smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.
    Maryland sues Dali cargo ship owner, manager over Key Bridge crash
    The state alleges that the government itself and the people of Maryland have suffered massive losses from the bridge collapse, and that it was caused by negligence and shortcuts by the Dali’s crew, owner and manager.
    Sailor Bobby LaPin on his boat near the Key Bridge.
    For sailors, Key Bridge was a gritty gateway — and remains powerful even in wreckage
    Sailors have long thought of the Key Bridge as a beacon, a waypoint signaling the entry to or exit from Baltimore. It remains so, even as wreckage.
    Jim Webster guides and coaches Banner transportation reporter Danny Zawodny through the obstacle course at the Bus and Maintenance Roadeo on Sept. 14, 2024, in Baltimore.
    The MTA let me drive a city bus at its annual ‘Roadeo.’ It wasn’t pretty.
    On a recent Saturday, the Maryland Transit Administration hosted its annual “Bus Roadeo,” where local drivers and maintenance crews get to show off their stuff.
    BYKE purchased a school bus in 2021 and refurbished it with brightly colored spray paint to take their repairs mobile.
    They teach Baltimore youths to fix bikes — and change perspectives in the process
    Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy Collective, or BYKE for short, is a local nonprofit that teaches young people in the city to repair bikes, but they say they are much more than a repair shop.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown are planning "a major announcement" related to the crash of the Dali cargo ship into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.
    State Key Bridge lawsuit likely, with announcement planned Tuesday
    Neither the governor nor attorney general offered details on their announcement, but it comes just before a deadline to file legal claims against the ship's owner and operator.
    Mariela's husband was the foreman of the construction crew filling potholes on the Key Bridge on March 26.
    The Key Bridge collapse: Six months later, six families are still grieving
    The Key Bridge collapse killed most of a Baltimore construction crew. Their relatives share stories about the men and the pain of losing them.
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