Transportation

Maryland’s new bay license plate bears the same design, featuring the Bay Bridge and a blue crab, as the one that was introduced in 2018. But now, in addition to imploring people to “Protect the Chesapeake,” it calls for the Chesapeake and Maryland’s coastal bays to be protected.

Three dozen signs for the Key Bridge remain along Maryland highways. These are signs to nowhere, directing drivers to a landmark that no longer stands, and one they cannot reach. What to make of this incongruity?

Southwest Airlines announced Thursday that it is doing away with the open seating model where passengers chose their own seats upon boarding the plane.

The Federal Highway Administration has determined that Maryland won’t have to complete a lengthy environmental impact study, which could have slowed the yearslong rebuild even more.

The program will offer $750 vouchers to residents and up to $2,000 vouchers to low-income residents.

Marylanders awoke Friday to widespread reports of a global technology outage disrupting transportation, courts, tolls, some of the state’s hospital systems and local governments.

Starting Monday, owners of vehicles stored at the Pulaski Highway or Fallsway facilities will be charged a storage fee of $15 a day for two-axle vehicles, such as cars, SUVs and pickup trucks, after the initial 48 hours.

Many travelers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport had a frustrating and chaotic morning as a consequence of a global technology outage.

Amtrak has released renderings showing how it would upgrade the West Baltimore MARC station as part of the Frederick Douglass Tunnel project. MARC’s Penn Line connects Washington’s Union Station with Baltimore’s Penn Station, with some trains going on to Perryville.

With lost revenue because of the bridge collapse and uncertainty over whether Congress will pay the whole amount to rebuild it, the toll increase will take place a year earlier than planned, a spokesman said.

Maryland law enforcement officials and the NTSB are investigating a small plane crash that is believed to have left a person dead in Royal Oak on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

The State Highway Administration is reminding motorists to drive with caution and prepare for delays during overnight hours.

The outage happened at around 6 p.m. Airport officials acknowledged the outage at 6:12 p.m. on X, saying efforts were being made to restore the power.

Four sites in Baltimore County were chosen for help with EV charger installations, while none in Baltimore City were selected.

Baltimore Police arrested Brandon Lee Adams Jr. of Baltimore and said he stabbed 14-year-old Cortez Lemon after an argument on the bus Wednesday afternoon in the 4200 block of Frankford Avenue.

The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

In an exclusive Wednesday interview with NBC News’ Tom Llamas, Julio Cervantes said he saw family members disappear to his left and right into the water beneath them.

With $960,000 in a federal funding grant, Howard County will be better connected to Baltimore suburbs with two heavy-duty transit buses, allowing for more local transit options for commuters.

The agency recovered 1,316 vehicles nationwide, meaning about 26% of them were stopped in this region, which covers the ports of Baltimore; Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia; Philadelphia; and Wilmington, Delaware.

The Baltimore County Police Department plans to activate speed cameras at five new locations in school zones on Thursday, July 11, 2024.