Transportation

The State Highway Administration said Monday that all lanes of Route 140 have been reopened to traffic in the wake of a summer storm last week that sent utility poles onto vehicles on the roadway.

The Maryland Transportation Authority Police on Monday identified 50-year-old Robert Taylor Horne of Smithsburg as the Good Samaritan who pulled over on an elevated highway to help others on Sunday night, with a tragic outcome.

Fifty Baltimore City campers ages 10 to 14 participated in Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s summer youth initiative this week, getting a behind-the-scenes look at airport operations, customs and TSA management, as well as a day at the Community College of Baltimore County for a look at its robust aviation program.

The rail provider seeks to take control of four properties to clear the way for a rail tunnel project

Baltimore’s DOT committed in 2017 to installing 77 miles of protected bike lanes across the city by 2022 as part of its greater Bicycle Master Plan. But city reports and cyclist estimates pin the total for five years of construction at just over 7 miles.

A line of powerful thunderstorms roared through the Baltimore region on Monday evening, downing trees and leaving thousands of customers without power.

Some who frequent the Gunpowder River corridor from Carney to Perry Hall, however, doubt that reopening the 2.5-mile road to parking will improve hazardous conditions for pedestrians and drivers.

The updated bathrooms at BWI are up for a finalist in the Cintas Corp.’s America’s Best Restroom competition, but I wanted to judge for myself.

The Maryland Transit Administration recently held a series of meetings in Baltimore to discuss the proposed Red Line, which could be light rail or bus rapid-transit. Residents were not shy about sharing their views with transportation planners.

TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit, reported that Maryland experienced 557 traffic fatalities in 2022 — one per 100 million miles traveled. That’s 36 more fatalities than in 2019, when drivers traveled over 3 billion miles more than last year.

The State Highway Administration began repairing the bridge over the rail line in Halethorpe in 2018. It was slated to be completed in the summer of 2021, and it has now been delayed to winter of 2024.

Advocates worry that Baltimore will miss its chance to build a more equitable, sustainable transportation environment under new state transportation goals.

Last month, Gov. Wes Moore officially relaunched plans for the east-west megaproject, kicking off his quest to deliver on a high-profile campaign promise to Baltimore.

An Amtrak train departing Philadelphia for Baltimore struck and killed a person Sunday evening.

CSX, T. Rowe Price and Under Armour are demonstrating ways to help turn Baltimore around through investment and engagement, Christopher B. Summers, president and chief executive officer of the Maryland Public Policy Institute, says.

DOJ threatened legal action after finding that MTA’s MobilityLink failed to provide service that was “comparable to the level of designated public transportation services provided to individuals without disabilities using such system.”

A cat that a witness saw thrown from a moving vehicle window in the Fort McHenry Tunnel at the end of June has now found a lifelong home and a friend in Stephanie Shetz.

Maryland's members of Congress are inundated with passport cases.

Amtrak is building two new platforms at Baltimore’s Penn Station to accommodate growing ridership. Construction is on track to finish sometime in the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, 2024.

“We gotta admit when we mess up!” a representative for the Department of Transportation said in a Facebook message.