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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.
Cars drive past the “Charm’tastic Mile” sign in downtown Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, November 27, 2024.
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.
Traffic travels on the outer loop of I-695 at Falls Road as rain falls on the region.
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.
A yellow street sign that says "SPEED HUMPS AHEAD" in front of a roadway with a speed hump in the background.
Inside the Baltimore communities that backed Trump’s return to the White House
A pattern that played out nationally also held in Maryland. Trump performed better in almost all of its 23 counties and Baltimore than he did four years earlier.
A man crosses the street on S. Highland Ave. in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
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.
Last year, officials announced a $213 million federal grant that the Maryland Transit Administration would put toward brand new light rail cars.
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 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.
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.”
Cars travel down U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
Kids, and grown-ups, too, hit sledding hills after morning snowfall
Kids and adults pulled out their sleds, toboggans and skis after a winter storm dropped 4 to 5 inches of snow on the Baltimore region.
Penny Parish, front, and Joy Duncan sled down the stairs at Wyman Park Dell on the morning after the first lasting snowfall of the winter, in Baltimore, MD on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
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.
Passengers board an MTA Metro SubwayLink train in the Johns Hopkins Station.
Frustration with the Purple Line boils over as officials split over $96M contract
Gov. Wes Moore and Comptroller Brooke Lierman let out some frustration at today’s Board of Public Works meeting with the over budget and overdue transit project in the D.C. suburbs.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, watches as state Treasurer Dereck Davis speaks during a meeting of the state Board of Public Works on July 5, 2023. Also sitting on the board is state Comptroller Brooke Lierman.
Who needs a plane? For away games close to home, Ravens players prefer the train.
“You see more of where you’re traveling looking out the windows, you’re not just up in the clouds," said fullback Pat Ricard.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, center, and wide receiver Rashod Bateman, right, prepare to board a train for the team's trip to play the New York Giants.
Key Bridge rebuild will be funded entirely by the feds, lawmakers announce
The funding for the Key Bridge rebuild was wrapped into the latest federal spending bill.
Maryland lawmakers in Washington, D.C., say rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge would be fully funded under a continuing resolution moving through Congress.
Maryland looks to boost EV charging along major highways to help push electrification
The Maryland Department of Transportation is looking to add 29 new sites for electric vehicle chargers along major interstates and highways.
A charging station on Light Street in Baltimore.
Is Downtown Baltimore traffic worse lately? Here are some possible reasons why.
From retimed lights to seemingly never-ending roadwork, here’s why your drive downtown may have recently gotten longer.
Traffic in the southbound lanes of the Jones Falls Expressway backs up approaching Northern Parkway during the morning rush hour.
5 intersections in West Baltimore are about to get ‘smarter’
Planners will install LiDAR systems at five intersections along West North Avenue to understand how cars and pedestrians interact.
Planners are hoping to install “smart” systems at intersections along North Avenue, including this one at Bloomingdale Road.
Baltimore’s head of transportation abruptly resigns amid search for her replacement
Corren Johnson, Baltimore’s director of transportation for the last two years, has resigned effective immediately, Mayor Brandon Scott said Thursday.
Corren Johnson was confirmed as director of the city’s Department of Transportation in July 2023.
Amtrak calls 100-year-old rail bridge ‘structurally safe’ after chunk of concrete falls
Two lanes of roadway beneath a 100-year-old East Baltimore rail bridge remained closed Monday after a chunk of concrete fell from it the previous day, but Amtrak stressed the span was “structurally sound.”
Two-way traffic shares one side of the rail underpass in the 500 block of North Point Road near Quad Avenue. Loose concrete fell from the opposite underpass hitting a car and injuring the driver Sunday.
$30k of E-ZPass fees no more: He’s out of debt and back on the road
Brett Wilson is out from underneath the weight of tens of thousands in debt to the state government he was never certain that he owed.
Brett Wilson, a Harford County resident and University of Baltimore student, is back on the road after the MVA suspended his registration over what he said were unfair E-ZPass fines.
As the state eyes a MARC train renaissance, it opens Odenton station for developers
Maryland’s transportation department wants to create a short list of developers to help tease out its vision for the Odenton MARC station.
A birds eye view of a dense housing complex next to a train station.
Trouble biking across the Baltimore area? Planners want to hear from you
The Baltimore Metropolitan Council is seeking public input on its latest plan to create a more bikeable region.
White paint in the shape of two bicycles indicate where a two-way bike path is separated from the rest of the roadway.
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