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Transportation

    Heads up, Key Highway closed in Federal Hill for emergency repairs
    A portion of Key Highway is closed Monday while crews make emergency repairs, according to the Baltimore City Department of Transportation.
    The Department of Public Works responds to a potential sinkhole on Key Highway in Baltimore, near the American Visionary Art Museum.
    Overdose-reversing drug available at Baltimore Metro subway stations starting this week
    Each MTA Metro subway station will have multiple boxes containing the overdose-reversing drug by Friday, an initiative funded by Baltimore City’s opioid restitution fund.
    Multiple boxes containing the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, personal protective equipment and a screen displaying an instructional video will be available at all 15 Baltimore Metro Subway stations by Friday. Mayor Brandon Scott held a press conference on Monday at the Penn North subway station to show the new resource.
    Ride gratis: MTA offers free passes for new riders as well as employer incentive program
    The program, designed to incentivize people who have never tried commuting with the Maryland Transit Administration to hop on board, is one of several promotional campaigns to bolster ridership.
    People board an MTA bus in downtown Baltimore in September.
    As design nears completion, state shares new Key Bridge renderings
    The new Key Bridge will soon be 70% designed, a key checkpoint. As part of the process, engineers have generated more than 25,000 pages of calculations and reports.
    The south approach view of updated rendering of plans for the rebuild of the Key Bridge.
    Living car-free in Baltimore, by choice or necessity, as told by those who do it
    Roughly a third of Baltimore residents don’t have a car in a city where getting around without one can be an exercise in planning ahead or a serious barrier to work and life.
    Passengers move between buses at the Mondawmin Transit Hub on May 6, 2025.
    How ‘driving while Black’ persists in Baltimore County
    Black drivers make up most of the traffic stops in Baltimore County, despite being 30% of the population — disparities police have known about for years but have failed to fix.
    BWI to Portland, Oregon: New nonstop Alaska Airlines flights start in May
    Alaska Airlines is adding a new transcontinental flight to its portfolio next Spring with daily flights between Baltimore and Portland, Oregon.
    Travelers walk between concourses at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    Septic truck not at fault in historic bridge collapse, Baltimore County police say
    Police have determined that a septic truck initially blamed for the collapse of a historic Baltimore County bridge was not at fault, as an investigation into the incident continues.
    Baltimore County Fire crews respond to a call about a septic truck involved in the collapse of a bridge in Phoenix, Md., on Monday, October 20, 2025.
    Severn woman fatally struck by vehicle in Anne Arundel County
    Anne Arundel County Police said a 75-year-old woman was fatally struck by a vehicle on Telegraph Road in Severn.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Next phase of Harford Road ‘diet’ draws mix of praise and concern
    Transportation department officials are confident that the project, which will fill a gap in Baltimore’s bike lane network, will continue to drive down crashes on Harford Road.
    The proposed bike lane extension will connect the current Harford Road lane to another one nearby on St. Lo Drive.
    Cause of Baltimore County bridge collapse still under investigation
    Baltimore County officials said an earlier statement blaming the collapse on a septic truck was incorrect.
    Baltimore County Fire crews respond to a call about a septic truck involved in the collapse of a bridge in Phoenix, Md., on Monday, October 20, 2025.
    Historic bridge collapses in Baltimore County as septic truck crosses
    Baltimore County officials say a metal truss bridge built in 1879 collapsed under the weight of a septic truck.
    Baltimore County Fire crews respond to a call about a septic truck involved in the collapse of a bridge in Phoenix, Md., on Monday, October 20, 2025.
    Ocean City Boardwalk tram to cease operations a year after fatal crash
    Ocean City announced it will no longer operate its boardwalk tram more than a year after a young child was struck and killed.
    Ocean City spokesperson Jessica Waters said Ocean City is seeking ways to reimagine the boardwalk without trams.
    Man who planned to shoot up Atlanta airport arrested after tip, police say
    Police arrested a man at Atlanta’s bustling airport on Monday after getting a tip from his family that he was planning to shoot up the place, the city’s police chief said.
    This image made from an Oct. 20, 2025, police body camera footage shows Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Ga., right, talks to police officers before he was arrested inside the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta.
    Anne Arundel puts $10.6M behind long-awaited I-97 widening
    Anne Arundel County will contribute $10.6 million toward project planning and construction to widen I-97 between Route 32 in Millersville and U.S. 50 in Annapolis.
    Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman speaks at a press conference highlighting the county's contribution to a highway widening project on I-97 in Crownsville on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.
    Heavy traffic expected this weekend amid ‘No Kings 2.0,’ Baltimore Running Festival
    Parking restrictions and some lane closures will begin early in preparation for the Baltimore Running Festival.
    Marathon and 10K runners take off at the start of their events during the Baltimore Running Festival on October 19th, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. Eric Thompson for The Baltimore Banner.
    BWI not showing Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown
    BWI is not displaying a new video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown.
    ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 8: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem departs a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on July 8, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. For the first time in nearly two decades, the TSA is easing its shoe removal rule introduced five years after a 2001 shoe-bombing attempt by allowing some travelers to keep their shoes on at security checkpoints.
    Howard schools say some union bus drivers used students to spread pay message
    The school system says unionized Zƫm bus drivers passed out flyers to students, encouraging families to join their pay fight.
    yellow school buses
    Train derails in Baltimore, sending 18 cars off the track, fire officials say
    A train derailment sent 18 cars off the track Sunday night in East Baltimore, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department. No one was injured.
    Freight cars at the CSX Baltimore Yard in Curtis Bay.
    Can a video game help solve public transit in Baltimore?
    ‘Subway Builder’ lets transit nerds build their dream subway system. Can it fix Baltimore's public transit issues?
    A simulation of potential subway lines in Baltimore, as imagined by Banner reporter Daniel Zawodny, using Colin Miller's Subway Builder.
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