charm city circulator

Aug. 31 

The Baltimore Metro Subway resumed full operation this weekend after a partial closure for track maintenance that lasted more than three weeks, officials said.

Flawed prosecution and settlement in Gray case represent millions Baltimore could have spent more wisely elsewhere

Less than a year after Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake expanded the Charm City Circulator and reversed a plan to eliminate some free bus routes, her administration introduced a plan Wednesday to scale back the service.

Should Baltimore make cuts to the Charm City Circulator program to save $6 million or find the money elsewhere?

What is closed in Baltimore on the Fourth of July? This schedule will be in effect Monday, July 4.

As protesters decried a cut in library funding, the Baltimore City Council on Monday gave final approval to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's $2.6 billion operating budget — which includes a property tax cut and shrinks city government to its smallest size in decades.

City officials are warning drivers of heavy traffic expected during Friday evening's rush hour, when the Beyhive (Beyonce fans) descends on Baltimore.

Several members of the Baltimore City Council on Tuesday criticized the Rawlings-Blake administration for not spending enough on the education of children and allocating too many resources to police.

Oped: It is my daily commute on the Charm City Circulator that reminds me why I came to medical school in the first place. With minimal clinical exposure so far, speaking with my fellow commuters makes up some of the only conversations I have with the Baltimore patient population, many of them impoverished.

Oped: It is my daily commute on the Charm City Circulator that reminds me why I came to medical school in the first place. With minimal clinical exposure so far, speaking with my fellow commuters makes up some of the only conversations I have with the Baltimore patient population, many of them impoverished.

Eric Costello has spent the past year and a half working to prove he deserves to keep his seat on Baltimore City Council, a job he secured amid complaints he was hand-picked by the council president.

Baltimore's budget director defends Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's cut of $4.2 million in after school program funds.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has proposed a $2.6 billion city budget that would prevent a drop in funding for schools, raise the tax people pay to park in public garages and reduce property taxes for owner-occupied homes.

Six years after her resignation, thousands of Baltimoreans want Sheila Dixon back as mayor.

Transit services around the Baltimore region are slowly being restored after the weekend blizzard. Here's more information on what's running and what's not.

Travelers passing through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport should prepare for delays this weekend and check for changes to their flights, airport officials said.

Expanding existing MTA bus service may prove a better answer for Towson than the proposed circulator bus system

When the General Assembly opens its 2016 session today, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will be seeking state funding for everything from school construction to transportation projects and road work. But one thing Kamenetz won't be seeking is state funding for a planned Towson circulator bus program that is popular with the County Council and business groups.

Whether racial discrimination, past or present, has been intentional or not, state government must play a bigger role in Baltimore's transportation solutions.

A few weeks ago, Governor Larry Hogan unveiled a brand new website dedicated to thinking about proposing to maybe solve some of the issues facing Baltimore City's public transportation system, calling the plan outlined on the MTA's BaltimoreLink website "incredible" and "comprehensive." While the web interface—a dazzling array of expandable (and, for that matter, collapsible) menu headers outlining changes to the current city bus system—presents a formidable amount of information,

In a city where the demolition of blighted homes is often marked by a mix of relief and regret, Monday morning's send-off for nearly a block on North Avenue was a more joyous occasion than most.

Baltimore's government is facing a $75 million budget shortfall for next fiscal year — prompting Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to ask each city agency to propose cuts of 5 percent to their spending.

Gov. Larry Hogan unveiled what he described as a "transformative" $135 million investment in an improved Baltimore bus system Thursday --seeking to fill a mass transit void left by his cancellation of the Red Line light rail project.

The Baltimore County Council on Monday passed legislation to endorse a pilot program for a Towson circulator.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake greeted riders Tuesday at the Circulator stop near the intersection of 33rd and St. Paul streets. The Purple Route extension opened Monday, as year-round operating hours were rolled out for the Circulator system.

Some business and political leaders are hoping voters will be offered another choice for mayor, saying Rawlings-Blake and Dixon are both weighed down by political baggage.

The state's top legislative analyst said Tuesday that hundreds of millions of Maryland transportation funds are sitting unused after the cancellation of the $2.9 million Red Line — prompting Baltimore lawmakers to call on the Hogan administration to earmark the funding for the city.

In a recent Dan Rodricks' column, he offered three categories of Baltimoreans' views on Sheila Dixon's run for mayor. We suggest a subdivision of the "Bring Her Back" category: citizens who are not Dixon loyalists and are disappointed by her ethical lapses, but consider her petty personal avarice outweighed by her greater public virtues. Let us compare her to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

In the absence of a Red Line, leaders who understand the value of a robust regional transportation system for Baltimore and Maryland's economy must achieve consensus regarding core bus service routes, sustaining the Circulator, accelerating bike trail build out and providing more accessible governance and accountability.

Recent news about the Charm City Circulator bus, which I often use and will remain a free service, and the Red Line, which I won't be taking any time soon, made me take stock in public transit in the Baltimore region.

Two good alternatives to the Red Line

Baltimore needs new leadership

Did Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake make a good call in limiting cuts to the Charm City Circulator routes, at the expense of something else?

The mayor bows to pressure and restores a route, in the process exposing the inequities at the heart of Baltimore's free shuttle system.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake reversed a controversial move to drastically cut the Charm City Circulator, announcing Monday her decision to keep the popular service free and mostly intact.

Those of us who live on the south Baltimore peninsula believe that, without the Charm City Circulator, our neighborhoods are grossly underserved by public transit

A former city transportation official who ran the Charm City Circulator and water taxi programs was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in prison on charges he took $90,000 in bribes.

Save the Banner Route

A few months ago, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake looked to many pundits like she was practically unbeatable. The city's crime and unemployment rates were down. She had substantial money in her campaign account. She even flirted with a run for U.S. Senate. Then the rioting broke out.