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    Bus drivers vote to strike in Anne Arundel — and 7,200 students could be out of a ride
    Anne Arundel County bus drivers are seeking better pay and more respect on the job. The vote signals they’re willing to walk off the job to get them.
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    Kilmar Abrego Garcia held in Virginia; Judge wants him to remain in US amid deportation fight
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement is currently holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a Virginia detention center, as the case of the Salvadoran native reaches yet another crescendo.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia listens to speakers at a rally on his behalf in downtown Baltimore early Monday.
    After 20K citations last school year, Maryland officials urge drivers to stop for buses
    Ahead of the new school year, Maryland drivers are being asked to be careful and stop for school buses.
    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.
    Permitting process for Baltimore’s Red Line paused by state and federal officials
    The permit pause adds new uncertainty for the transit project and will likely further delay the fulfillment of one of Gov. Wes Moore’s marquee campaign promises to build it.
    A close up image of three people wearing red t-shirts that say "RED LINE" and "redlinemaryland.com"
    Violators of MTA code of conduct soon could be banned from the transit system, agency says
    The MTA policy marks a new step in discouraging crime and promoting a safe environment on transit vehicles, but could prove difficult to enforce across a sprawling network of buses and trains.
    A train pulls into the MTA Metro SubwayLink station at Charles Center. The transit administration will begin suspending or banning transit riders that assault or harass other passengers under an updated Rider Code of Conduct.
    Baltimore shipping channel reopens after cargo ship explosion near Key Bridge site
    The Fort McHenry Federal Channel in Baltimore reopened after a Monday evening explosion aboard a cargo ship near the site of the Key Bridge.
    The W-Sapphire is anchored off Sandy Point the morning after an explosion occurred onboard as it was leaving the Port of Baltimore.
    Steel pieces integral to rebuilding Key Bridge arrive in Baltimore
    Beginning in September, engineers will test long, cylindrical columns that will ultimately form the new Key Bridge’s base.
    A massive piece of a load test frame is lifted onto a barge to be transported to the Francis Scott Key Bridge site on Monday.
    Portion of I-83 to close Sunday night
    A section of the I-83, the Jones Falls Expressway, will be closed in both directions between 7 p.m. Sunday and 5 a.m. Monday, the Baltimore City Department of Transportation said.
    Crews will close I-83 in both directions at 7 p.m. Sunday for testing and maintenance.
    Ambitious MTA plan would get Baltimore students to class, advocates tell Moore
    The BMORE Bus plan, released in June, calls for increasing the frequency of bus service on all MTA routes and adding new, limited-stop express routes, among other improvements.
    A city bus on Pratt Street in downtown Baltimore. The Fund for Educational Excellence is calling on the Governor to fund a recently released Maryland Transit Administration plan.
    Proposed Bowie State MARC development could draw big-money partner
    The state transportation department has so far budgeted $1.5 million to advance planning for the site.
    A birds eye view of a college campus.
    Amtrak tunnel construction is upending life in a Baltimore neighborhood, residents say
    Flooded basements, trash, pests — residents of Midtown-Edmondson say that construction for Amtrak’s Frederick Douglass Tunnel is bringing unwanted additions to the neighborhood.
    Tahera Arrington, a resident of Midtown-Edmondson, in the basement of her damaged home. Her neighborhood has turned into a construction site as Amtrak prepares to build the western entrance of the future Frederick Douglass Tunnel.
    Baltimore grant ignites 10-year vision for a new Streetcar Museum campus
    A new city grant will help the Baltimore Streetcar Museum achieve its future vision that includes refurbishing a nearby former railroad building into a new education space.
    Streetcars from different eras are displayed during an event at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum.
    All aboard: New Amtrak Acela trains rolling into service late this month
    Five of 28 brand-new trains will roll into service on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor on Aug. 28.
    A white and blue Amtrak train is shown next to a train platform.
    They speak for the Gunpowder River. That includes warning about E. coli.
    Volunteers with the Gunpowder Riverkeepers are uncovering dangerously high E. coli levels in parts of Baltimore’s beloved river, raising concerns about water safety, pollution and what’s at stake for 1.8 million residents who rely on it for drinking water and recreation.
    Tubers float down the Big Gunpowder Falls River in Monkton last month.
    Owners of cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge sue company that built vessel
    The owners of the Dali, the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, are suing the builders of the vessel for defective design.
    Workers walk along the destroyed bow of the Dali in May 2024.
    Not so fast: Federal officials halt proposed Northeast Maglev train
    Citing major environmental and logistical concerns, the Federal Railroad Administration has ended its review of the Northeast Maglev train plan between D.C. and Baltimore.
    TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 02:  Shinkansen bullet trains are stopped at Tokyo Train Station on May 02, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. The Shinkansen is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan currently consisting of 2,764.6 km (1,717.8 mi) of lines with maximum speeds of 240-320 km/h (150-200 mph). The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, and Hakodate on northern island of Hokkaido. The maximum operating speed is 320 km/h (200 mph) though test runs have reached up to a world record 603 km/h (375 mph) for maglev trains in April 2015.
    After 50 years, the pedestrian bridge over Little Patuxent Parkway is coming down
    The concrete walking bridge spans 172 feet across six lanes of Little Patuxent Parkway.
    Wednesday, July 30, 2025 — The Little Patuxent Parkway pedestrian bridge in Columbia is slated to be demolished on August 11.
    Self-driving wheelchairs could someday transport passengers with disabilities to BWI’s gates
    A pilot program with Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is helping researchers at Morgan State University bring new technology to life in autonomous wheelchairs.
    The wheelchair uses a camera and LiDAR technology to detect obstacles as well as invisible “track” markings to locate itself.
    Bit by bit, what’s left of the Key Bridge is coming down
    Sixteen months after the bridge’s main span was knocked down by a massive container ship, killing six construction workers, demolition of the remaining structures has begun.
    An excavator lifts a slab of roadway as work continued on demolishing the southwest ramp to the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday.
    Baltimore adds new speed cameras in school zones
    Starting in August, new speed cameras in Baltimore school zones and a vehicle height-monitoring system will be activated.
    A rectangular grey box that houses an automated traffic camera stands on a city sidewalk as a blurred black SUV drives by.
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