Years of inaction later, feds may bend CSX's deaf ear

May 18, 2009

When my colleague Peter Hermann oversaw The Sun's Watchdog feature, he reported on the hazard created by gaps in the fence around the railroad tracks at the south end of Charles Street in South Baltimore.

Recent columns

• Looking out for the folks on foot

  May 11, 2009

  I was about to suggest that the folks at the State Highway Administration take a hike. Then I found out they already have.

• The good thing about traffic points

  April 27, 2009

  Who in his or her right mind could find anything good to say about points? You know, those numerical demerits that will jack up your car insurance rates if you accumulate too many of them.

• Childish behavior is behind 'nanny laws'

  April 20, 2009

  Three cheers for the Nanny State! Long may she live.

• Search for the bad about MARC finds good

  April 13, 2009

  March 31 was a lousy day to observe the travails of life aboard a MARC train.

• A cautionary doggerel about the inaugural

  January 19, 2009

  Somewhere in metropolitan Baltimore, somebody will get out of bed today and decide - without previous planning - that tomorrow's inauguration couldn't possibly go on without their presence.

• Alternative to I-95 South might save you time to Richmond

  December 1, 2008

  Avoiding the purgatory that is Interstate 95 on a holiday weekend is not all that difficult if you're heading from Baltimore to the Northeast. Pennsylvania offers a wide choice of routes to scoot to the west of Philadelphia and invade New Jersey.

• Save time -- skip the bay bridge

  June 9, 2008

  Mary K. Tilghman of Catonsville and Cherry M. Sparks, spokeswoman for the Maryland Transportation Authority, must have known it's my birthday. As a present, they got together and wrote most of my column for me.

• Refining the road trip up north

  November 12, 2007

  Interstate 95 is the primary artery of East Coast transportation. At times of heavy use, such as the Thanksgiving holiday that looms, arteriosclerosis sets in.

• Obscure third way connects Baltimore and Washington

  February 12, 2007

  For two cities so close whose fortunes are so entwined, Baltimore and Washington have an abysmal lack of transit connections. Greyhound runs a comprehensive schedule but is a bit pricey for regular commuter use at $12 one way. Its Baltimore station is stuck in an industrial district far from the light rail or subway.

• Testing the road less traveled for a trip northeast

  November 27, 2006

  Forget what Dad and the AAA told you. There is no reason to be on Interstate 95 if you're heading to the Northeast on a holiday weekend. The tolls are a rip-off.