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There are a lot of basics Baltimore should be investing in before the Charm City Circulator.

Police in Baltimore City are said to be heartless and out of control. Are we to assume that police forces in the suburbs are paragons of humanism and civic responsibility?

Are plans to cut the Charm City Circulator's service route and hours preferable to implementing a fee to ride the bus?

Good morning, Baltimore! Here's what you need to know for Tuesday.

City officials are planning to make several "drastic changes" to the popular Charm City Circulator bus network in order to reduce costs, including the elimination of the Banner route and reduction of service on the Green and Orange routes, according to transportation director William Johnson.

In theory, the Red Line could one day ease Baltimore's traffic woes; however, to sustain the growth trends that certain neighborhoods have experienced in the past decade, we need to implement effective and efficient methods for moving people around the city now. Having read the "Southeast Baltimore Complete Streets Plan," I see an excellent vision of Baltimore that we can implement immediately, creating a more functional and accessible city, complete with modern mass transit, more biking options

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's $2.5 billion preliminary operating budget for next year will impose no new fees, keep tax rates the same and shrink the city's workforce to the smallest size in decades.

The Maryland Transit Administration's signature effort to improve its troubled Baltimore-area bus system — already delayed for nearly a year — faces an uncertain future because of new skepticism from the administration of Gov. Larry Hogan.

As downtown Towson grows, its transportation system needs to grow too, not just with a proposed circulator bus, but by making the area more walkable, bicycle-friendly and parking-friendly, a panel of experts told 40 people at a meeting Monday.

All lanes are closed on MD 131 in Mays Chapel with a utility problem at Valley Field Road at 7:32 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Across the region on Thursday, those who had someplace to be — other than the neighborhood bar or their home telework station — tossed aside set schedules and their best-laid plans for whatever alternatives were still on the table amid the season's latest winter treatment: more sleet, ice and the fluffy white stuff.

All lanes are open on two local thoroughfares that had been experienced closures on Thursday morning due to rush-hour incidents, state transportation officials said.

City officials on Wednesday extended the contract of Veolia Transportation to operate the popular Charm City Circulator for 18 more months.

Baltimore transportation officials said peak hour parking restrictions will be enforced Monday morning in preparation for the morning commute. Vehicles must be moved from marked streets to avoid ticketing or towing.

The Baltimore area is in store for another bitterly cold weather system, one that will keep temperatures below freezing throughout Monday and will likely bring up to five inches of snow from Monday night into Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

People who decide to venture out in the Baltimore-Washington region can expect headaches if they want to use public transportation.

It's obvious that the whole Charles Street corridor, from Federal Hill northward, has emerged as a place where people want to live. That's something of change from the goals of the 1915 Charles Street Association, where there was more an emphasis on select retailers and fancy shopping.

Greater Towson Committee issues a final report urging further study of the Towson Circulator bus route in the downtown core.

Objections to the Red Line are pure NIMBYism.

More needs to be done to accommodate and encourage bicycling in Baltimore

Here's our take on 40 things definitely in store for Baltimore in 2015. We hope.

Few traffic problems were reported around Baltimore and mass transit systems were running on time on Wednesday morning.

Baltimore transportation officer who oversaw Circulator, water taxi, pleads guilty to charges he took bribes.

Public meeting on Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. to discuss Towson Circulator changed to Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce offices.

Baltimore can't solve the Charm City Circulator's budget problems by slashing service.

We need to find ways to make the Charm City Circulator sustainable

Plans for free bus service via the proposed Towson Circulator will be discussed during a community meeting on Dec. 9 in County Council chambers.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Dan Rodricks lists the reasons why he's thankful.

Student apartments with retail, restaurants and parking could soon rise on a vacant lot in the heart of Charles Village, developers and Johns Hopkins University officials announced Wednesday.

A $1 fee would kill the Charm City Circulator.

Baltimore's free downtown bus system has proven appeal but expanding its routes or adding a $1 fare might be its undoing

Eric Costello has been a magnet for controversy as president of the Federal Hill Neighborhood Association. Now he's been nominated to fill a City Council vacancy through a process that has been criticized. The council is expected to vote Monday on his nomination.

Judging from the rush of developers to produce new apartments and the surge of office and hotel construction, Baltimore is seeing what looks like a new renaissance — fueled by two generations of urban dwellers who have come on the scene since the renaissance of 1960-80, when the city was re-invented by the "crown jewel" of the Inner Harbor.

More than a million visitors were expected to land in Baltimore this week to commemorate the bicentennial of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, many of them from out of state and in need of a place to stay.

Opening night at Horseshoe Casino Baltimore went off without a major hitch despite larger than expected crowds, long lines and some early jitters, casino and city officials said Wednesday.

About 10,000 people are expected to come to the city for the grand opening of the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore one week from today, a key early test for city officials and business leaders eager for a smooth launch.