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Transportation

    More Howard County students will be able to ride the bus this fall. Will yours?
    With more Howard County Public Schools students eligible to ride a yellow school bus this August, families can check an online map to verify their transportation for the 2025-26 academic year.
    Howard County school bus driver Javion Hinmon waits to depart on a practice route in Hanover last year.
    Rochester gave up on a highway and filled it in. Should Baltimore?
    Rochester gave up lanes of highway traffic to turn a trench into green space — and wants to do more.
    A hotel and mixed-use development fills what once was the eastern portion of Rochester, N.Y.’s Inner Loop East highway.
    Maryland wants to pay you to carpool to work. Here’s how to cash in.
    Encouraging carpooling is part of Maryland's attempt to reduce the impact vehicles have on the environment.
    The Maryland Department of Transportation hopes to ease traffic, like on the Jones Falls Expressway, with incentives for car- and van-pooling.
    New transcript reveals frantic scene aboard Dali before Key Bridge collapse
    A newly released transcript details, first, unremarkable conversation, and, later, the frenzied moments before and after the Dali knocked over the Key Bridge.
    Buffalo’s $1 billion cautionary tale for Baltimore’s ‘Highway to Nowhere’
    Buffalo’s plan to turn part of an expressway into a tunnel covered by green space got funded, and then got controversial.
    The Kensington Expressway, looking south in Buffalo, N.Y.
    Final boarding call for free bags at Southwest as airline abandons perk
    It’s the last day to book a flight on Southwest Airlines without being hit with a fee to check bags after the airline abandoned a decades-long luggage policy.
    A Southwest Airlines jet land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    Baltimore’s janky, pothole-filled roads have long been neglected — that may be changing
    City transportation officials aim to cover 111 miles of streets before the weather gets too cold to lay asphalt.
    A pothole on the Jones Falls Expressway in Baltimore.
    Two dead in weekend pile-up on I-70 in Frederick County
    Maryland State Police investigate a double fatal traffic crash in Frederick County on Sunday afternoon.
    The Maryland State Police logo emblazoned on a lectern in front a police vehicle from a separate agency before a press conference, pictured outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barracks on 11/10/22.
    Artscape, Deathfest and more: Here’s what to know about traffic & parking this weekend
    There’s a lot going on in Baltimore over Memorial Day weekend. Here’s what you need to know about traffic and parking restrictions.
    Numerous streets will be closed for Artscape, Deathfest, Festival of India, and more events starting on Friday.
    Is Elon Musk boring his way into Baltimore tunnels?
    Though construction has begun for the multiyear, $6 billion project, major digging is still at least a year away.
    A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
    Southwest Airlines will require chargers be kept out while in use because of battery fire concerns
    Southwest is the first U.S. airline to restrict the use of portable chargers like this.
    A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    Anne Arundel County rolling out 10 red light cameras to boost road safety
    Two red light cameras are up and running in Anne Arundel County with eight more expected as officials’ enhance efforts to reduce dangerous driving.
    Anne Arundel County is expanding red-light cameras to 10 locations. Two are already operational.
    What’s the latest victim in Trump’s war on woke? You guessed it — bike lanes
    Federal transportation officials are reexamining grants for bike and pedestrian infrastructure as part of a turn away from the priorities of the Biden administration.
    White paint in the shape of two bicycles indicate where a two-way bike path is separated from the rest of the roadway.
    Public ‘trolley’ service returns to Old Ellicott City after 70 years
    Howard County is launching a free weekend “trolley” bus service through Old Ellicott City’s Main Street.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, center left, joins others to launch the public “trolley” service in Old Ellicott City on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
    So long, CharmCard. Maryland phasing out transit card in favor of mobile app
    The Maryland Transit Administration is phasing out CharmCard in favor of the mobile app CharmPass.
    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.
    MARC, Amtrak delays persist after massive fire in West Baltimore
    Six Amtrak trains on the MARC Penn Line are canceled for Wednesday morning following a massive fire at a warehouse next to the train tracks in West Baltimore.
    A silver train that says "MARC" on the front rides down a train track.
    Baltimore kids can’t get to school on time. Here are 5 ways to fix that.
    The Baltimore Banner gathered over 100 people to discuss solutions to the city’s transportation nightmare for kids.
    Brooke Bourne, center, a senior at Western High School, answers a question from the audience during Monday evening’s community discussion on the Baltimore student transportation crisis.
    Expect traffic as roadwork begins on Jones Falls Expressway
    Drivers, especially motorcyclists, should be aware of uneven pavement while the project continues.
    The northbound view of I-83, from the 41st Street bridge. Post-mounted speed cameras monitor traffic in both directions at this location.
    Get on board, Maryland, it’s time to fix Baltimore’s school transit mess
    Baltimore must acknowledge its failure to provide reliable transportation for city students and start a conversation about how to fix it.
    A’Nya Lucas, a senior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, gets on the bus in Cherry Hill, Baltimore, MD on Nov. 14, 2024.
    Amtrak cutting 450 jobs, but work on future West Baltimore tunnel continues
    The cuts and “other recent cost-saving actions” will save roughly $100 million annually, according to an Amtrak statement.
    An Amtrak train arrives train going to Boston arrives at Penn Station on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
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