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Transportation

    Light Rail to shut down service at some stops this weekend for Amtrak work
    Shuttle buses will step in to transport riders at Light Rail stops between Falls Road and Camden Station this weekend due to ongoing Amtrak construction on the future Frederick Douglass Tunnel.
    An MTA Light Rail train travels south along Howard Street.
    Annapolis businesses lament construction disruptions from City Dock project
    Street parking around the rest of Annapolis remains accessible, though is likely to become scarcer with the start of the legislative session Wednesday.
    City Dock, Annapolis, MD, May 9, 2025.
    7 new direct flights to depart from BWI in 2026
    Nonstop flights to seven new destinations are slated to take off at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport throughout 2026, landing at destinations from the West Coast to the Caribbean.
    Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will add at least seven new flight destinations throughout 2026.
    To fix its budget hole, Baltimore wants to hitch a ride on Uber and Lyft
    The proposal, spearheaded by Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration, calls for the city’s tax on ride-sharing services and taxis to increase from 25 cents per ride to 38 cents.
    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 22: The Uber logo is displayed on a car on March 22, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Uber Technologies Inc. announced that it has selected the New York Stock Exchange for its much anticipated initial public offering that could be one of the top five IPOs in history. The listing could value the ride sharing company at over $120 billion.
    AI is taking over Baltimore’s parking lots
    Metropolis, a fast-growing California tech company, uses artificial intelligence to operate parking lots and says it has almost 100 locations in the Baltimore region.
    A parking lot in Hampden, behind Ekiben, is now being run by Metropolis. Metropolis, a fast-growing California tech company founded in 2017, says it now has almost 100 locations in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
    Fatal crash closes I-95 in Elkridge for hours during morning commute
    A crash on Interstate 95 in Howard County closed lanes in both directions during the Monday morning rush hour, according to state officials.
    A crash between a dump truck and a trailer parked on the side of the road on the southbound side of I-95 near Elkridge.
    Avelo Airlines to stop ICE flights, citing high costs and little payoff
    Texas-based Avelo Airlines has faced sustained backlash — including in Maryland — since it began operating domestic transfer and international removal flights on behalf of ICE earlier this year.
    NOVEMBER 6, 2025 - BWI airport. Budget carrier Avelo Airlines operates just a handful of passenger flights in and out of BWI each week, but immigrant advocates are calling on Gov. Wes Moore to cut their airport access over their deal to transport detainees for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
    New year, new ride: Baltimore’s subway will have new railcars in service Friday
    The Maryland Transit Administration is rolling into 2026 with brand-new cars for Baltimore’s subway.
    Maryland Transit Administrator Holly Arnold, center, joins media and other officials on one of the new train cars on its inaugural journey with passengers through the Metro SubwayLink system Wednesday.
    ‘It’s overdue’: Why Takoma Park turned to AI-powered stop sign cameras
    Downtown Takoma Park is already equipped with an assortment of traffic-calming measures, including flashing stop signs, school zone speed limits and crossing guards. Now, it’s also embracing artificial intelligence-powered stop sign cameras.
    Obvio's AI stop sign cameras can be found in Takoma Park, including at the intersection of Maple and Lincoln Avenues.
    Why Maryland’s I-70 wants you to know it’s 2,200 miles to Cove Fort, Utah
    The unincorporated community of Cove Fort, Utah, has a few things going for it. One is a historic fort operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Another, perhaps, is a highway sign near where Interstate 70 begins in Maryland alerting drivers that Cove Fort is just 2,200 miles away.
    Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025 — A highway sign along I-70 near Catonsville shows mileage to Columbus, St. Louis, Denver and Cove Fort, an unincorporated community and historical fort established in 1867 that happens to be near the western terminus of I-70 in Utah.
    Roads to close in downtown Baltimore ahead of New Year’s Eve festivities
    If you’re heading to the Inner Harbor to watch the fireworks on Wednesday, plan for traffic restrictions in downtown Baltimore starting at 4 p.m.
    People enjoy the fireworks show by the Inner Harbor to ring in the new year in Baltimore on January 1, 2025.
    Baltimore completed far less than half of the road paving on its 2025 list
    The transportation department set a loftier street-paving goal than in the previous three years, but fell far short of it.
    The City listed this segment of McElderry Street near John’s Hopkins Hospital as resurfaced earlier this year.
    Midair helicopter crash in New Jersey leaves 1 dead and another critically injured
    Two helicopters crashed midair in New Jersey on Sunday, killing one person and critically injuring another, authorities say.
    Officials say two helicopters have crashed midair in southern New Jersey on Sunday, killing one person and leaving another critically injured.
    Winter storm snarls holiday travel across Northeast, Great Lakes airports and roads
    More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow as thousands took to U.S. roads and airports.
    FILE - An American Airlines plane arrives at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
    Baltimore is writing more parking tickets again
    The city wrote fewer tickets in 2024 than it did during the pandemic. Here's what's happened in 2025.
    A ticket for expired tags is seen on a windshield in the Edmondson Village neighborhood in West Baltimore.
    Marylanders traveling for Christmas, New Year’s Eve to top 2.3M
    Nearly 2.4 million Maryland residents are traveling between Dec. 20-Jan. 1 for the holiday season, the third-highest on record, AAA said.
    Nearly 2.4 million Marylanders are predicted to travel for the holiday season, with 134,000 estimated to travel by air — an 11% jump from last year, according to AAA.
    BWI briefly halts security checkpoints for ‘law enforcement investigation’
    Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport suspended security checkpoints temporarily Monday morning due to a law enforcement investigation.
    The security pause at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport comes amid the busy holiday travel season.
    Gov. Moore appoints former federal official as new state secretary of transportation
    Gov. Wes Moore has found a new driver for the Maryland Department of Transportation, tapping Kathryn “Katie” Thomson, another former federal official, for state-level leadership. Most recently, Thomson served as deputy administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Kathryn “Katie” Thomson, most recently served as deputy administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Pedestrian and bike path could add $1 billion to new Bay Bridge’s cost
    Preliminary estimates for a future replacement to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge show the proposal for a shared-use path for pedestrians and cyclists could add more than $1 billion to the overall project cost.
    The state is considering replacing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
    Inside BWI’s $500M makeover, from a new marketplace to better baggage handling
    The new expansion to improve connectivity at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, slated to open in January, is the airport’s largest capital project since it first opened to the public.
    Contractors walk through Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport while working on the airport's new terminal expansion project.
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