About 40 people who gathered at a public library in Dundalk Thursday evening for a public hearing on a newly unveiled plan to demolish the remainder of the bridge — the first step of a multiyear plan to get drivers traversing the bridge once again.
Police say a teenage driver struck a 31-year-old man on a scooter at the intersection of North Conkling Street and Pulaski Highway and left the scene. The man died of injuries suffered in the crash, and the 16-year-old driver was later arrested and charged in the incident.
The Federal Highway Administration has determined that Maryland won’t have to complete a lengthy environmental impact study, which could have slowed the yearslong rebuild even more.
With lost revenue because of the bridge collapse and uncertainty over whether Congress will pay the whole amount to rebuild it, the toll increase will take place a year earlier than planned, a spokesman said.
Maryland officials have revived the Red Line transit project to connect East and West Baltimore. Now it falls to MTA Administrator Holly Arnold, a transit “true believer,” to help make it a reality.
Authorities say Anthony Jacob Fritz, 38, faces two charges after he allegedly threatened to blow up an MVA building where he worked in Hagerstown. The state fire marshal's office says it found 26 guns and dozens of boxes of ammo during a search of his home.
Gov. Wes Moore and other officials gathered Friday to celebrate a decision to build a light rail line to connect East and West Baltimore. But officials must decide whether to build a tunnel under downtown and identify funds to cover the $3 billion to $7 billion price tag.
Gov. Wes Moore revived planning for the east-west transit line in Baltimore City last year, and officials have been studying potential routes and whether it should be run with rapid buses. State planners opted for light rail after months of study and public hearings.
Lime, the company behind green and white scooters that once zipped all over downtown, will once again deploy dockless vehicles on city streets, the Baltimore City Department of Transportation said Thursday.
State and city officials are gearing up to make a major announcement regarding the planned Red Line transit project in the coming days. A key question is whether the project will be light rail or bus rapid transit.
The Maryland Department of Transportation hopes three summer "quick build" projects, including one on a stretch of Route 1 in Howard County, can inform future traffic and pedestrian safety efforts.
The Carlyle Group is funding the largest depot for electric- and hydrogen-powered buses in the U.S. in Montgomery County. Local officials there are doubling down on their efforts to combat climate change.
Billions of dollars will go into highways over the next three years in the Baltimore region despite public sentiment showing a desire for more balanced spending for transit and other options.
With one phase of the job complete, Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday he will not be satisfied, “until I can look over on the Patapsco and see the Key Bridge standing tall again.”