A new report, released on the same day that the city’s top public works official announced his resignation, lays out a roadmap to address staffing challenges, equipment shortages and inefficient truck routes.
Baltimore transportation officials say the city’s Interstate 83 speed camera program might offer a blueprint for curbing high speeds, reducing crash severity and incentivizing vehicular decorum.
A new vendor, First Transit, is in the process of hiring and training new drivers, ordering parts and repairing buses as it takes over operation of the Circulator
On Tuesday, 221 Southwest flights departing or coming into Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport were cancelled and another 84 were delayed.
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.
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.