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    MARC cars headed to Philadelphia as commuter rail faces shortage
    Philadelphia's transit authority will pay the Maryland Transit Administration about $2.7 million for use of the rail cars, which are currently not needed for MTA MARC service, officials said.
    A passenger waits to board a northbound MARC train at the Odenton station.
    Streetcars in Annapolis? Rob Savidge’s vision could be the future for the state capital
    Annapolis Alderman Rob Savidge is working to launch a feasibility study that could solve two of the city’s most nagging problems — too few homes and too many cars.
    Alderman Rob Savidge, center right, listens as Marco Mulder of the firm Arcadis, far right, talks about sustainable design elements during a tour of the Dutch city of Scheveningen in November 2023.
    BWI expects air travel to normalize by Thanksgiving as federal government shutdown ends
    Air travel at BWI Airport is expected to normalize by Thanksgiving. What else should Maryland travelers know?
    A Southwest Airlines jet land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    We played ‘Subway Builder’ with the mayor. Watch the livestream.
    In Colin Miller's new game Subway Builder, circles indicate population and employment centers. This map shows a variation on a 2002 state plan for a Baltimore rail transit system.
    iPhone users can now add US passport info to their digital wallets
    Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, iPhone users can now add their passport details to their Apple digital wallets.
    FILE - The cover of a U.S. Passport is displayed in Tigard, Ore., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
    Royal Caribbean cruise ship to sail from Baltimore part-time in 2027
    The Royal Caribbean ship, “Vision of the Seas,” will be returning to the Port of Baltimore in 2027 after the cruise line announced last year it would move the ship to Florida.
    Royal Caribbean’s “Vision of the Seas” will sail from the Port of Baltimore again in 2027.
    FAA says flight cuts will stay at 6% as more air traffic controllers come to work
    Flight reductions at 40 major U.S. airports will remain at 6% instead of rising to 10% by the end of the week because more air traffic controllers are coming to work, officials said Wednesday.
    Before the reductions, around 650 flights arrived and departed from BWI daily.
    Air travelers face frustration as FAA increases flight cuts during shutdown
    Air travelers face more frustration as busy U.S. airports need to meet a higher Federal Aviation Administration target for reducing flights Tuesday.
    Southwest Airlines planes sit at gates as travelers walk through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
    Amid resurfacing ‘blitz,’ not all Baltimore road projects comply with Complete Streets law
    Some of this year’s road resurfacing projects in Baltimore won’t comply with all Complete Streets standards — a problem advocates say has persisted for years.
    Location is the 300 block of South Highland Avenue in Highlandtown
Roads like South Highland Avenue should get a bike lane upgrade when the street gets repaved. But this year, many of them won't.
    Maryland’s plan to turn train lots into housing starts with Odenton
    Maryland on Monday marked a milestone in its mission to develop parking lots along the MARC Penn Line.
    A preliminary rendering of the transit-oriented development project at the Odenton MARC station. Officials have selected two local builders, Homes for America and Questar Properties, to construct the multi-use development.
    While Trump threatens controllers, US flight cancellations will drag on even after shutdown ends
    Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the government shutdown ends.
    An arriving Southwest Airlines flight lands at BWI Marshall Airport as others prepare for departure at the start of the busy holiday travel week.
    Flight cuts from government shutdown strain a supply chain that’s already stretched thin
    The Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement of a 10% reduction in flight capacity across 40 major U.S. airports could put a strain on air cargo as the peak holiday season approaches.
    FILE - A FedEx cargo plane is shown on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
    What to know about latest cancellations, delays at US airports caused by shutdown
    Hundreds of flights at the busiest airports in the U.S. are being scratched this weekend as airlines move forward with reducing air service due to the lingering government shutdown.
    Travelers check the flight schedule at LaGuardia International Airport on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
    Travelers on edge as delays and cancellations build at BWI, Reagan and Dulles
    Despite the anticipated chaos for air travel across the country, it was largely business as usual Friday at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    Southwest Airlines jets fill the gates at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The airport is celebrating its 75th birthday.
    Flight reductions at BWI and other airports start today. Now what?
    What the 10% reduction in flights could mean for the Baltimore region and how travelers can navigate possible disruptions.
    Travelers walk through the terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.
    BWI, Reagan National and Dulles airports all face FAA flight cuts
    The Federal Aviation Administration is reducing air traffic in 40 “high-volume markets” starting this Friday, citing safety concerns and staffing shortages in air traffic controllers.
    The FAA is imposing the flight reductions to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers who are working without pay during the government shutdown.
    A 145-ton hammer is installing the Key Bridge foundation
    For hundreds of skinny, 220-foot rods to form the foundation of a new Francis Scott Key Bridge, contractors are deploying a huge hydraulic hammer that attaches to a crane barge.
    A massive hydraulic hammer used to drive test piles into the Patapsco River bed sits aboard a Weeks 533 crane barge at the Key Bridge site on Wednesday.
    Baltimore students show lawmakers what it takes just to get to school
    Members of the Baltimore City Council are shadowing city students on their rides to school to get a taste of the early wake-ups, missed transfers and lengthy rides.
    Noah Smallwood, a freshman at Baltimore School for the Arts, shows Baltimore City Councilman Paris Gray a couple features of the mobile Transit app during a ride on the Maryland Transit Administration CityLink Purple on Oct. 7, 2025.
    Downtown Annapolis parking is free up to 2 hours for the holiday season
    Shoppers can get up to two hours of free parking in downtown Annapolis during the holiday season.
    Downtown Annapolis, Friday, March 28, 2025.
    Ocean City settles for $400K in boardwalk tram death of 2-year-old boy
    The family of a 2-year-old Princess Anne boy who was struck and killed by a boardwalk tram last year will receive $400,000 and a bench memorial as part of a settlement agreement with the Town of Ocean City.
    Ocean City Firefighters, EMS Clinicians and the Ocean City Police Department were on the scene of a serious motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian and tram near Dorchester Street and the Boardwalk. A portion of the Boardwalk was closed during the investigation, Aug. 20, 2024.
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