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    Photo story: Families, friends gather for a wheelie good time at B-360 Day
    Local nonprofit B-360 hosted a family fun day last weekend, encouraging families to come hang out, explore dirt bikes and test their skills at riding in the overflow parking lot at the B&O Railroad Museum.
    Members of Baltimore's dirt bike community came together to celebrate B-360 Day at the B&O Railroad Museum on March 26. 2023. Participants got to ride bikes in the sectioned off lot and learn about safety.
    Check out new renderings of the Penn Station expansion project
    New images show office spaces on the upper floors of the historic station and new views of the planned expansion.
    Rendering of Penn Station plaza.
    Fiery tanker crash shuts down I-795 in Pikesville, driver injured
    Both directions of the I-795 expressway in Pikesville are shut down Friday morning after a fiery tanker crash, the Baltimore County Volunteer Firefighter’s Association said.
    Scene of fiery tanker crash that has shut down both directions of the I-795 expressway in Pikesville.
    Aruna Miller: State policy guidance reflects diverse views, interests
    The Moore-Miller transition team gathered input from more than 5,000 Marylanders to identify the state’s biggest challenges, develop solutions and help set priorities, says Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, who chaired the transition team.
    Lieutenant governor-elect, Aruna Miller poses for a few candid photo during an interview at the Baltimore Banner.  Miller, a Democrat from Montgomery County, is a transportation engineer by training, served in the Maryland House of Delegates, immigrated to the U.S. from India as a child, will be the first woman of color as Maryland lieutenant governor.
    Legacy of mistrust makes Highway to Nowhere neighbors ambivalent about redevelopment plans
    Residents try to reimagine a decades-old expressway that disrupted neighborhoods.
    Cars travel down U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore, Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
    Key and Bay bridges will close briefly Saturday as cranes pass under
    The three cranes are bound for the Ports America terminal at the Port of Tampa.
    Shipping containers are stacked together at the Port of Baltimore, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Baltimore. Six months into the war in Ukraine, American companies — including federal contractors — continue to buy everything from birch wood flooring to weapons-grade titanium from major Russian corporations.
    Who killed Gavin Knupp?
    What happened that night where Gray’s Corner Road meets Riddle Lane just outside Ocean City has transfixed the year-round residents of this tight-knit beach community ― triggering outrage, sparking activism and leading to restaurant boycotts and the apparent end of a business partnership.
    Gavin Knupp.
    Why don’t Baltimore City Schools have school buses? | The Maryland Curiosity Bureau
    Ask MTA administrators and transit activists, and you’ll get the same answer: No idea. It’s just been that way forever.
    A bus outside Charles Center Station drives along its path on 8/11/22.
    Tyre Nichols killing shows lack of empathetic humanity
    When police officers demonstrate a lack of empathetic humanity, incidents such as the killing of Tyre Nichols occur, a reader says. A physician says Marylanders will benefit from full implementation of the state’s family and medical leave law. Any plan for Lutherville-Timonium redevelopment must rely on the area’s history and facts about issues such as zoning, the Lutherville Community Association’s president says.
    Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West, cries as she speaks out on police brutality at a rally for Tyre Nichols on the corner of North Avenue and North Charles Street on January 28, 2023.
    Baltimore gets $2 million to help plan for redevelopment of Highway to Nowhere
    The controversial road displaced over a thousand residents of West Baltimore when it was built decades ago.
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    Why Is Baltimore’s Bus System Such A Mess? | The Maryland Curiosity Bureau
    WYPR’s Aaron Henkin and Baltimore Banner reporter Hallie Miller ride along with Charlie this episode and try to figure out what’s gone wrong, and why.
    6/8/22—A Baltimore City Bus drives past the BUS shaped bus stop outside of the Creative Alliance art center in Highlandtown.
    Are The Speed Cameras Actually Calming Traffic On The JFX? Or is I-83 still like the Grand Prix? | The Maryland Curiosity Bureau
    Six months ago, Baltimore installed speed cameras on The Jones Falls Expressway, on a stretch of the highway where unsafe driving and traffic accidents have been a problem for years. So, are the cameras having their intended effect?
    The northbound view of I-83, from the 41st Street bridge. Post-mounted speed cameras monitor traffic in both directions at this location.
    What’s happening with project to connect Baltimore’s trails?
    The 35-mile trail loop called Baltimore Greenway Trails Network would connect existing trails, including Gwynns Falls, Herring Run and Jones Falls.
    The Baltimore Greenway Trails Network project plans to connect existing trails and create a 35-mile loop throughout Baltimore city.
    Southwest official on December service meltdown: ‘We messed up’
    A software update that could have mitigated many of the cancellations will go live on Friday, the airline’s COO said.
    Southwest Airlines travelers stand in a long line at Baltimore/Washington International Airport after thousands of flights were canceled over the holiday weekend.
    Baltimore’s bus system creates headaches for riders. Change could be coming.
    Baltimore’s bus system has for years come under fire. Advocates say a wave of change could be coming to transit projects under a new administration in Annapolis.
    Charlie Amiot sits on a bench at a bus stop, in Baltimore, Saturday, February 4, 2023.
    Biden says new Baltimore train tunnel will improve service, create jobs
    The nearly mile-and-a-half stretch that connects Penn Station to Washington, D.C., and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, and it’s a notorious bottleneck; Amtrak says delays at the site are persistent.
    President Joe Biden speaks on the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Bipartisan Infrastructure Law on January 30, 2023.
    President Joe Biden visits Baltimore: What to know about traffic delays, parking restrictions
    President Joe Biden is visiting Baltimore Monday afternoon to discuss a major rail tunnel project funded by his administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
    United States President Joe Biden waits on stage before speaking at a campaign event in support of gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore at Bowie State University, in Bowie, MD. November 7, 2022.
    Letters: BWI contract award a triumph; readers differ about behavior at Quiet Waters meeting
    The awarding of the BWI concessions management contract to a minority-owned company represents a victory for inclusion and local business, a reader said; readers differ over behavior at a meeting on a proposed conservation center at Quiet Waters Park in Anne Arundel County.
    BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 22:  Passengers walk through a terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) on December 22, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland.
    Look out for Yama: Tiny Japanese firetruck finds new home in Baltimore
    Yama, a tiny Japanese firetruck or kei truck, has found a new life in Baltimore.
    Yama is a tiny Japanese firetruck driven by attorney Brett Rogers around Baltimore. It's parked here in Charles Village on January 24, 2023.
    Gov. Moore picks transit veteran to lead transportation agency
    Nominee Paul J. Wiedefeld previously ran BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport and D.C.’s Metro system.
    Paul Wiedefeld is Gov. Wes Moore's nominee for secretary of transportation. Moore announced his pick during a State House news conference on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.
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