Transportation

Among the latest grant recipients: Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER) in Long Branch and Takoma Park and the Ebenezer Church of God’s back-to-school supplies drive in Landover Hills.

The B&O Railroad Museum changed its name to the National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation, and railroad fans are not pleased.

A Sun Country Airlines flight attendant was charged with assault in Anne Arundel County after a passenger accused her of making racially motivated comments toward her group.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a plane was allowed to take off as President Donald Trump’s helicopter was approaching Reagan National Airport.

A Johns Hopkins University public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained this week by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement efforts at airports.

President Trump is expected to announce a $22 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport that will end the use of the widely disliked “people movers,” the mobile lounges that have been used for decades to shuttle travelers to and from the main terminal.

Former state Del. Tony Bridges, a Baltimore Democrat who represented Maryland’s 41st District from 2019 to 2023, will take the driver’s seat of the Maryland Transit Administration starting Sept. 1. The Baltimore native and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute alum previously held roles at the Maryland Department of Transportation.

Maryland Transit Administration chief Holly Arnold is stepping down, the agency confirmed to The Banner Tuesday morning.

Drivers in Baltimore should prepare for heavy traffic and road closures this weekend.

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.