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Transportation

    Delay with Amtrak’s community investments for West Baltimore tunnel causes worries about funding
    Canceled workshops for community partners; a rebranded logo that de-emphasizes the name Frederick Douglass; recent changes to Amtrak's tunnel project in West Baltimore have residents wondering what's going on.
    A tour of the B&P Tunnel on January 28, 2025.
    5 years before her son died there, a mother tried to make an intersection safer
    In September 2020, Caty Anderson typed out a short email to her state representative, lamenting that a woman was hit by a car near her family’s Kensington home.
    A makeshift memorial of flowers, a teddy bear, a cross and a baseball glove hang on a utility line Friday at University Boulevard West and St. Paul Street. The intersection is where James Evert Anderson, 16, was killed on Sept. 21 in a pedestrian crash.
    The ‘Highway to Nowhere’ features in new documentary on racial legacy of U.S. highways
    The “Highway to Nowhere” and the legacy of racism that put freeways in predominantly Black neighborhoods in U.S. cities showcases in the new documentary film “Interstate.”
    The 1.39-mile section of US 40 in West Baltimore is known as the "Highway to Nowhere" because it was never connected to any other major highway as originally planned.
    Howard Street Tunnel reopens to freight trains, but double-stacked cargo starts next year
    Freight trains will start rolling under Baltimore once again, but double-stacked cargo won’t begin until additional bridge work finishes early next year, officials said.
    CSX passenger train passes through the renovated Howard Street Tunnel during the Howard Street Tunnel celebration in Baltimore on Friday.
    A good Chesapeake Bay Bridge yarn can’t be stopped by facts. They might even help.
    The picture was alarming. A Dundalk woman posted a photo of a Bay Bridge deck support looking off-center, askew atop the pilings. And so, another Bay Bridge myth is born — it’s slipping!
    The state is considering replacing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
    From Belgium to Baltimore: Why neighborhoods are using these devices to gather traffic data
    Telraam devices are all over Europe. Now they’re helping Baltimore neighborhoods track traffic.
    These small plastic devices from the Belgian company Telraam count and sort vehicles that move past them, and can even measure their speed.
    Family of DC plane crash victim sues the FAA, Army and American Airlines
    The family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sued the government and the airlines involved.
    FILE - Crews pull up a part of a plane from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
    Speed camera fines in Maryland to increase Oct. 1
    The cost of a speeding ticket in parts of Maryland will increase Oct. 1.
    Weekend commuters zip past on of Baltimore City's speed camera on the Jones Falls Expressway on Sunday, October 1
    Baltimore light rail back to full service just in time for fare-free day
    Rides on Maryland Transit Administration vehicles are free Monday in honor of World Car-Free Day.
    MTA Light Rail trains traverse the Howard Street corridor in downtown Baltimore.
    Between boon and boondoggle, the Purple Line winds toward completion
    Years of delays and cost overruns have ballooned the cost of the Purple Line to an estimated $9.5 billion. Now, the massive transit project is winding toward completion.
    Crews run dynamic testing of the Purple Line light rail vehicles at the New Carrollton station. The expanded testing schedule started in August.
    Trump administration says minority contracting for Key Bridge is ‘unlawful’
    President Donald Trump’s administration is questioning the cost of replacing Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and criticizing Maryland laws that require some of the work be contracted out to minority-owned businesses.
    A fishing boat passes the remains of one of the support piers of the Francis Scott Key Bridge site on July 8, 2025 prior to the start of the months long demolition of the remaining bridge structure.
    Brace for another busy traffic weekend in Baltimore
    Several festivals and events mean parking restrictions and road closures will be in effect around downtown this weekend and on Monday.
    People in lawn chairs listen to MC Lyte’s set in the foreground as people in the background closer to the stage stand.
    5 Buc-ee’s snacks to grab to fuel your next great road trip
    Virginia’s first Buc-ee’s opened at the end of June on the route we take to visit South Carolina family. I’ve been twice already.
    Workers at BWI say Spirit contractor failed to protect them from extreme heat
    The complaint comes from roughly workers for AGI, a company contracted by Spirit Airlines at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    Tyrone Daniels, an AGI ground crew employee, speaks at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
    City Hall and transportation advocates rally around proposal to expand MTA bus service
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott signaled his support for the BMORE BUS plan, but was concerned that the proposal, which the MTA released, doesn’t have significant state dollars allocated to it.
    State Highway Administrator Will Pines walks past advocates outside of City Hall calling for the state to increase funding for local public transit on Monday.
    Don’t get sacked by traffic: See the best travel options for Ravens fans headed to home opener
    The Ravens celebrate their 30th season Sunday with a home opener against the Browns and plenty of fanfare, but fans will need a plan to make it to kickoff on time.
    The Ravens celebrate their 30th season Sunday with a home opener against the Browns and plenty of fanfare, but fans will need a plan to make it to kickoff on time.
    Maryland assumed $360M in federal highway repair payments it may not receive
    Maryland’s transportation department incorrectly assumed the federal government would reimburse hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of highway repairs, according to a new audit, potentially leaving the state on the hook.
    Traffic on the inner loop of I-695 backs up near Park Heights during the morning rush hour.
    5 takeaways from the new draft state transportation budget
    Maryland's transportation budget: From roads to buses to port traffic, here’s where billions of dollars of transportation spending will go over the next six years.
    I-695 road work
    Hitachi’s new Hagerstown factory will produce rail cars for Baltimore, D.C. and more
    The 307,000 square foot space is already assembling new rail cars for the Baltimore Metro subway, and will soon employ as many as 500 Western Maryland residents.
    The new Hitachi factory in Hagerstown will deliver 78 new rail cars for the Baltimore Metro subway to replace the original fleet of rail cars that are now more than 40 years old.
    Cyberattack on MTA cuts off app-based scheduling for its Mobility paratransit service
    Some MTA digital infrastructure, like scheduling tools for Mobility paratransit rides, remain affected as the agency continues to investigate last week’s cyberattack.
    MobilityLink, the Maryland Transit Administration’s paratransit service for people with disabilities, has a fleet of roughly 500 vans like these photographed on Aug. 16 owned and operated by four private companies.
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