Transportation

    10 injured in multicar crash on Route 29 in Howard County
    Multiple people were taken to the hospital following a three-car crash on Route 29 in Howard County, authorities said.
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    Got thoughts on MARC train service? Public survey closes Monday
    Are you a regular MARC train rider? The Maryland Transit Administration wants your input.
    Commuters head to the 5:20 p.m. Camden Line MARC train on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.
    Southwest pilots open ‘strike center’ near BWI as talks continue
    Pilots should know by Thursday if they have a new deal after 3 1/2 years of negotiations with BWI’s largest airline.
    Southwest Airlines pilots learn how to do pilot tracking, one pilot who's wearing a headset pointing.
    Proposed Maryland Maglev tunnel could be one of the longest passenger rail tunnels in the US
    A tunnel underneath South Baltimore’s Westport is just the beginning of the developer’s plans for miles of underground train travel.
    The Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail wants to bring a Superconducting Maglev to the Northeast, connecting Baltimore to Washington D.C. and eventually New York.
    Inside Howard County’s school bus crisis: Everything that went wrong before Zum’s launch
    Correspondence obtained by The Baltimore Banner sheds new light on the missteps that left thousands of students without a ride the first week of school.
    Zum, a California based tech company, will handle 230 of Howard County Public School's roughly 500 school bus routes for the next three years.
    Baltimore residents voice ‘strong preference for light rail’ at Red Line meetings
    At its latest round of open houses, the Maryland Transit Administration provided numbers from new data modeling for residents to consider
    A community member looks at a proposed Red Line map during an MTA open house at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s SMC Campus Center on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.
    Marylanders can snag free Lyft credits this holiday season
    The initiative will offer $20 ride-hailing credits and encourage Marylanders to “Be the Make A Plan Driver” by choosing an alternative to driving impaired from alcohol or drugs.
    Holiday lights illuminate Inner West Street in Annapolis.
    Before it can dig, Amtrak has deals to make in West Baltimore
    The passenger rail company needs to financially compensate 532 property owners to be able to dig a new passenger rail tunnel underneath their homes. The project could cost as much as $6 billion to complete.
    A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
    Maryland has hundreds of historical markers. Many don’t tell the whole story.
    Maryland roads include more than 700 historic markers commemorating famous battles and buildings. Some, like the one introducing Kent Island to motorists, hearken back to the years before Catholic settlers even founded the colony in 1634. Others, like the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory dedicated on Solomons Island in 1925, are more recent.
    At Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church on Taylor’s Island, an MDOT sign notes that it was the oldest Methodist Episcopal Church in Dorchester County. Left unsaid is anything about the church that stood behind Bethlehem for decades, until it burned down, nor the Black cemetery still there.
    A rogue drone delayed the Ravens game. Now the FAA is investigating.
    Drones cannot be flown within 3 miles of a stadium starting one hour before a scheduled game until one hour after the event ends for any National Football League or Major League Baseball.
    Baltimore Ravens cornerback Ronald Darby (28) tackles Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) during the third quarter at M&T Bank Stadium on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.
    Letters: We need protection from Orleans Street
    Stretches of Orleans Street block pedestrian access and are a threat to neighborhood children, Fatima Wilkerson, a Southeast Baltimore resident and community activist, says.
    By Thursday afternoon, the city's transportation department had fixed the Orleans Street sign with the correct spelling.
    Baltimore County has a plan — but little money — to be more bike and pedestrian friendly
    But advocates for a better path and trail network say that funding doesn’t match the county’s apparent goals laid out in the plan. Based on current funding levels, it would take the county between 22 and 38 years just to complete less than 10 miles of infrastructure.
    The Northern Central Railroad Trail is a converted railbed that covers 19.7 miles in Maryland.
    Cyclists ride to celebrate Baltimore’s trails, push for network’s completion
    Those who took part in a ride Saturday are advocating for completion of the Greenway Trails Network, a series of mixed-use paths that snake throughout Baltimore neighborhoods.
    Five people stand outside next to a line of bicycles.
    Zūm’s Howard County school bus drivers file to form a union
    Employees of Zūm, the company that assumed half of Howard County’s school bus routes, are seeking union representation.
    Donna McSee and Jackie Scott, drivers for Howard County Public Schools employed by Zūm, talk in front of a line of brand new yellow school buses at Zūm’s Jessup operations hub on Aug. 22.
    Maryland rail projects get boost from $7 billion in federal funding
    Amtrak on Monday announced a slew of funding for a dozen projects, including up to $4.7 billion for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program.
    Amtrak workers greet President Joe Biden as he arrives to Baltimore on Jan. 30, 2023. Biden touted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding — which will help to replace the 150-year-old Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel.
    Man on scooter killed in MTA bus crash near Inner Harbor, police say
    A 31-year-old man riding a scooter died after being struck by an MTA bus Sunday evening, police said.
    A close-up of someone's green shoes as they ride a scooter on the green pedestrian/biker/scooter section of the road.
    MTA releases modeling data for 6 proposed Red Line options
    Alternative 1, a light rail tunnel option that most closely resembles an alignment that was canceled by former Gov. Larry Hogan in 2015, wins out on projected travel time and overall ridership, as well as trips from zero-car households.
    Community members place stickers on a map of the proposed Red Line corridor on July 26, 2023, at St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore, providing information that MTA hopes will inform plans for the Red Line.
    Could the Red Line really become just a rapid bus? It’s not that simple
    The MTA is considering bus rapid transit as Baltimore's long-term east-west answer, but BRT critics think it's a waste of time and money.
    The Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition had members at MTA open houses who carried signs denouncing one potential Red Line reality — bus-rapid transit over light rail.
    BWI, Reagan National airports see record number of guns at TSA checkpoints
    The firearms were found during routine screenings of carry-on items at the airports.
    BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 22:  Passengers walk through a terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) on December 22, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland.
    12 Baltimore County students injured in school bus crash
    A school bus taking students to Vincent Farm Elementary School was involved in a crash in White Marsh.
    Baltimore City school buses.
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