Transportation

COLUMN | Anne Arundel County is lowering the speed limit on Forest Drive in Annapolis from 40 to 35 mph on Monday, the first big step in a $10 million plan to make this dysfunctional back door to Maryland’s state capital safer.

The aim is to reduce fatalities on the tracks and to allow trains to enter and exit stations at full speed as part of a plan to fully automate the Metro system.

Maryland’s Public Service Commission dealt controversial ride-hailing app Empower a cease and desist order Wednesday afternoon amid a standoff with state regulators.

Maryland is trying to combat a housing affordability crisis — and incentivize more public transit use in the process — by building denser development near train stations. Nearly 100 acres of Prince George’s County land could be the biggest yet.

Whether or not the federal government foots 100% of the bill for the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild is ultimately up to members of Congress. Gov. Wes Moore took several of them on a construction tour Monday.

It will take days to repair a massive sinkhole that opened on an East Baltimore street early Saturday as crews assess utility damage, city officials said.

One person was killed and another was critically injured Friday evening in a vehicle crash in White Marsh, Baltimore County Police said.

United Airlines is trying to attract flyers with another luxurious perk: an empty middle seat.

In March, a tunnel-boring company founded by Elon Musk announced winners for a contest in which cities, organizations and individuals could pitch tunnel projects to be built on the company’s dime. Among the winners was a mysterious Baltimore project called Ravens Loop.

Metro closed four Red Line stations this summer to complete construction projects. Here’s what happened when I tested the shuttle bus workaround.

A major runway at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is temporarily closing next week as construction crews kick-start tarmac rehabilitation.

John Bates Sr. was struck by a 2025 Hyundai Elantra at the intersection of Liberty Road and Old Court Road around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.

Drivers on northbound Interstate 97 should prepare for overnight lane closures this week as crews complete repairs to pavement that was damaged during the early-July heat wave.

Community leaders say the bus crash that injured more than 30 people exposed years of unresolved traffic and pedestrian safety problems in downtown Pikesville.

Video footage of an MTA bus crash in Pikesville shows the bus racing through an intersection, crossing lanes, striking about a dozen cars, taking out an electrical pole and slamming into a building, leaving more than 30 people injured.

Baltimore County fire crews responded after a bus crashed into a building Wednesday in Pikesville, leaving more than 30 people injured.

The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Wednesday morning about a fatal plane crash that happened in Bowie in early June.

Repairs continue at Cromwell Light Rail Station days after storm damage indefinitely paused services.

No matter how prepared you are for the experience, seeing the wheel of a Waymo turn this way and that without the touch of human hands is disquieting.

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation has announced temporary road closures and traffic modifications for the upcoming festivities.