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Transportation

    A woman in a red shirt stands in front of a desk and emblem of the City of Baltimore, flanked by a United States flag and a City of Baltimore flag.
    Baltimore’s transportation director is a hotshot, but her new job won’t be easy
    The agency has spent years tripping over itself, both with major capital projects and smaller, day-to-day responsibilities.
    When crews need to perform track maintenance inside, the entire B&P Tunnel must shut down to train traffic.
    Why a 150-year-old tunnel under West Baltimore chokes Amtrak: Inside the B&P Tunnel
    West Baltimore's 150-year-old B&P Tunnel is crumbling, causing ongoing Amtrak delays and highlighting urgent infrastructure issues. Here's why repairs haven't solved the problem.
    The Better Transit Now campaign, a group of local advocates pushing for more investment at the Maryland Transit Administration, held rally in Annapolis on February 4, 2025. Students from Moravia Park Elementary, a Baltimore City school, rode the bus for two hours to attend. Sarah Atewogbola holds up a sign in front of the Maryland State House.
    Better transit now: Baltimore students and advocates rally in Annapolis
    Roughly 100 students and advocates gathered just steps from the State House Tuesday afternoon with a simple message displayed on signs and reverberating through the air — Baltimore needs better transit, and now.
    A rendering of the plan for the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild was released at a press conference with Gov. Wes Moore in Edgemere, Md., on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
    Key Bridge design unveiled: Towers will be taller than anticipated
    Officials unveiled a rendering of the replacement for the Key Bridge that was destroyed last March.
    A National Transportation Safety Board crew investigates the deadly midair collision above the Potomac River between a Black Hawk helicopter and a jet airliner.
    Salvage crews remove large portion of commercial jet from river after deadly air collision near DC
    Salvage crews have removed a large portion of a commercial jet from the Potomac River near Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Monday, five days after a midair collision last week that killed 67 people.
    Rush hour traffic on Interstate 695, the Baltimore Beltway.
    Construction on Baltimore Beltway near I-795 could bring delays
    Drivers on the Baltimore Beltway near Interstate 795 can expect delays from 4 p.m. Sunday to 1 p.m. Monday due to emergency culvert repairs.
    Cars parked along Wildwood Parkway during a street cleaning window in West Baltimore.
    Want to park illegally in Baltimore? You probably won’t get a ticket
    In 2024, transportation officers wrote almost one-third fewer parking tickets than what they wrote two years prior, according to enforcement data.
    Cars drive past the “Charm’tastic Mile” sign in downtown Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, November 27, 2024.
    Almost been hit by a car in Baltimore? Transportation officials want to know where
    Baltimore’s transportation department has created an interactive map of the city for residents to report near misses.
    Traffic travels on the outer loop of I-695 at Falls Road as rain falls on the region.
    Maryland road fatalities decreased in 2024, but number still ‘ridiculously high’
    Maryland’s roads claimed 572 lives last year, preliminary state data shows. That number is 49 fewer than in 2023 but likely to rise.
    A yellow street sign that says "SPEED HUMPS AHEAD" in front of a roadway with a speed hump in the background.
    Baltimore installed hundreds of speed humps last year. But the backlog still got bigger.
    The backlog of residents asking the city and its transportation department to do something to curtail dangerous speeding and aggressive driving has grown — by a lot — since right before the pandemic, when such behaviors starting getting worse across the country.
    The U.S. Capitol is seen as final preparations are make during a rehearsal for inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    Inauguration Day: What to know if you’re traveling to Washington
    If you are planning to travel to the nation’s capital from the Baltimore area, here’s what you should keep in mind.
    Last year, officials announced a $213 million federal grant that the Maryland Transit Administration would put toward brand new light rail cars.
    Baltimore’s light rail to survive cuts amid Maryland’s budget gap
    The state’s finalized six-year transportation spending plan includes previously deferred rehabilitation projects for the 32-year-old train line.
    The Pedego Ridge Rider — a versatile, do-it-all, monster of a bike that can get up to 28 mph on fat, mountain-bike-like tires.
    Scared to e-bike around Baltimore? Here are 6 tips for staying safe
    Taking two wheels into car traffic can be daunting — here are some pointers for how to do it safely.
    The base of the structural pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge hit by the container ship Dali in the Patapsco River in September 2024.
    State selects engineering consultant to oversee Kiewit’s Key Bridge rebuild
    A group of firms were awarded a $75 million contract to manage the Key Bridge builder “by auditing their processes, reviewing submittals and confirming the design criteria is met.”
    Montebello Elementary/Middle School is seen beyond the intersection of 33rd Street and Hillen Road.
    Busy Lake Montebello intersection gets new lane to ease traffic woes
    Starting Monday, a new traffic pattern at 33rd Street and Hillen Road in Northeast Baltimore will allow motorists to enter Lake Montebello from 33rd Street.
    Cars travel down U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
    Highway to Nowhere: Baltimore to get $85 million to help transform blighted section of roadway
    The Baltimore City Department of Transportation will receive an $85.5 million federal grant to further its efforts to transform a blighted section of U.S. 40 in West Baltimore dubbed the “Highway to Nowhere.”
    Passengers board an MTA Metro SubwayLink train in the Johns Hopkins Station.
    Will new railcars be enough to restore faith in Baltimore’s subway?
    In 2025, the first of 78 new railcars will go into service as the Maryland Transit Administration begins replacing the original fleet. It’s a nearly $557 million investment, mostly funded by the federal government.
    American Airlines planes wait at gates at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Friday, July 19, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.
    American Airlines flights restored after brief grounding for technical issue
    American Airlines flights were cleared to fly by regulators early Tuesday after a brief grounding due to a systemwide technical issue.
    A Chesapeake Bay skipjack sails near the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Work will begin next month to rebuild the bridge.
    Key Bridge rebuild gets a start date
    There’s a start date now for the four-year, $2-billion project to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    More speed cameras are coming to Anne Arundel County this weekend
    About a month after installing two new neighborhood speed cameras, three more are coming to Anne Arundel County on Dec. 21.
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