Transportation

“You kind of look at it as an adventure, I guess. We’ll get home eventually. Hopefully.”

On Tuesday, 221 Southwest flights departing or coming into Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport were cancelled and another 84 were delayed.

A Maryland Transit Authority subway partially derailed above ground Monday evening, according to Baltimore fire officials.

A large investment of federal and state funding for skills training is needed to build the workforce for fixing Baltimore’s crumbling infrastructure, State Sen. Cory McCray and entrepreneur Mike Rosenbaum say. That kind of “Marshall Plan” for Baltimore would benefit workers and all residents of the Baltimore region, they say.

Maryland travelers should anticipate travel delays and plan ahead amid wintry weather conditions.

It probably won’t be a white Christmas — but it will be extremely cold and windy.

A 7000-series train derailed last year on Metro’s Blue Line in Arlington, Virginia, leading to a National Transportation Safety Board investigation that took all the 7000-series trains off the tracks due to issues with their wheels. This left Metro with only around 40% of its fleet operable.

AAA Mid-Atlantic predicts the number of drivers will drop slightly from last year, while those flying and taking other forms of transportation will increase.

The Maryland State Highway Administration and the Anne Arundel County Fire Department reported around 6 a.m. that the westbound lanes and two eastbound lanes were closed due to a tanker truck flipping on its side on the Severn River Bridge on Monday.

The South Baltimore 7 Coalition has withdrawn its support of a proposed $10 billion maglev high-speed train after formerly backing the project in September.

The incident occurred at 3:15 a.m., with no reported injuries to the crew.

High-speed train project may conflict with plans for a vacant 43-acre parcel of land along Kloman Street.

The $150 million redevelopment of the station is expected to extend the concourse, add two new train platforms, redo the exterior finishes, and add office, dining and retail spaces to the vacant levels of the building.

Spirit Airlines wrote that the plane experienced a “mechanical issue,” and said that the plane would be removed from service and inspected by maintenance staff.

Company opens its newest — and largest — Maryland Space Assembly and Test facility.

An average of about 2,800 people rode the Camden and Brunswick lines every day of service in August, according to the Maryland Transit Administration, and could have to make other plans if the union doesn't ratify the agreement.

The study, which will be conducted between Washington Street and Ellwood Avenue, will take six months and comes after years of neighborhood complaints.

The process of using a 3D laser is more objective than drivers searching for roadways in poor condition which would require repairs, officials said.

The lack of reliable mass transit systems drives inequities.

Days before Monday’s classroom return, parents said pickup times that the system sent are scheduled after, or close to, the times that school starts. They are also still haunted by last year’s issues that resulted in bus driver no-shows or late drop-offs.