highway and road transportation

Several inches of snow fell across the Baltimore area, with as much as 5-7 inches in some spots, and ice was still ahead as a winter storm that has traveled across the country packed more of a punch in Maryland than forecasters expected.

Several inches of snow had fallen across much of the Baltimore area by midday Sunday, with as much as 5-7 inches in some spots, with ice still ahead as a winter storm that has traveled across the country packed more of a punch in Maryland than forecasters expected.

It's probably a good thing Bruce Gartner served as acting executive secretary of the Maryland Transportation Authority for seven months before being named permanently to the position last month. He'll need to hit the ground running.

The southbound lanes on the Jones Falls Expressway in Baltimore have reopened after a two-vehicle accident closed them Friday afternoon, stalling traffic.

Postal unions are concerned that fewer full-time mail carriers and mail-sorting facilities means more letter carriers out after dark in unsafe conditions.

With the nation's transportation network ailing, raising the federal gas tax for the first time in 20 years is the best available remedy

This Saturday, Dec. 7, Savage's historic Bollman Bridge will be decked out in Christmas lights for the first time ever, as part of the town's "Miracle on Foundry Street" event.

The number of citations issued by the Howard County Police Department's speed camera program increased 67 percent through the first two months of the 2013-14 school year.

The Bel Air Town Commissioners voted during their meeting Monday night to approve repairs to a sewer line in the 700 block of Rock Spring Road.

Injured officers operate unit that takes police reports of lower-priority crimes over the phone

Local activist Janeen Brennan is calling for a traffic signal at Washington Boulevard and Kit Kat Road

The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners is set to approve a contract to repair a sewer line along one of the town's most heavily used streets

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation said that all lanes on the northbound Jones Falls Expressway have been reopened at 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday with the clearing of a crash at Northern Parkway at 9:07 a.m.

Jarrettsville area residents who attended the Tuesday evening meeting of the Jarrettsville/Norrisville Community Council expressed concerns about parking issues during events at the local Rutledge Park, especially when vehicles block their driveways during large events.

After five months of construction, Moores Mill Road is open again and just in time for the holidays, said Carlos L. Smith, project manager of the construction site with the Department of Public Works.

; the citizen reported a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot – the vehicle's license plates were covered in black tape, obscuring the license plate numbers.

Howard County police announced Monday that police presence around shopping malls, neighborhoods and on the roadways will be increased this holiday season.

Unscheduled roadwork on Interstate 95 North in Baltimore City at the MD 2 (Hanover Street) exit has closed the northbound right off ramp at 8:25 a.m. on Monday, according to state Department of Transportation..

Traffic is shut down on Interstate 97 at the MD 100 exit due to a two-vehicle collision with injury at 8:18 a.m. Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

A water man break in Baltimore City has shut down eastbound North Avenue at Chester Street for more than an hour after the city Department of Transportation first reported the incident around 7:24 a.m. on Thursday.

State Highway Administration plans to remove road signs with logos at an exit near Laurel has some business owners concerned that motorists traveling up Interstate 95 might pass them by.

Leaders of Maryland's transportation industry said Monday that the state's future success depends on continued infrastructure investment beyond the $4.4 billion already budgeted for commuter and mass transit systems in the next six years.

A three-vehicle collision with injury in Elkridge on MD 100 West past U.S. 1 has closed the westbound right traffic lane and westbound right shoulder at 8:47 a.m. on Monday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Baltimore is moving to sever ties with its speed camera vendor amid unresolved problems — an action that could leave the city's huge speed and red-light camera system down until the middle of next year.

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation said on Friday that an accident with injury involving an overturned van on westbound Northern Parkway east of Reisterstown Road at 7:25 a.m. has closed westbound Northern Parkway at Wabash Avenue. Traffic impact is moderate, DOT said.

State and county police are positive about the new cell phone law's first month of implementation

Architects presented on Tuesday, Nov. 5, the first version of design plans for the $27.5 million addition and renovation project at Dumbarton Middle School to the Baltimore County Board of Education's Building and Contracts Committee.

Erika Brannock, a Towson preschool teacher, has 'dark days,' but focused on gratitude

Brannock Brannock, a Boston Marathon bombing victim, slides to the edge of her wheelchair. She looks down at a pair of carefully selected gray New Balance sneakers. And stands. Her thigh slides deeper into a soft plastic socket as she shifts her weight from her right leg to her new prosthetic leg. The bone where her left leg was amputated sends a sharp, shooting pain, and she starts to cry. Not because it hurts. Because she is about to walk again, her first steps in 173 days.

With casino construction near M&T Bank Stadium, traffic will be affected

A two-vehicle collision in Hanover on MD 713 South at Arundel Way has closed the southbound left traffic lane and southbound left shoulder at 8:53 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

If you are headed down to Main Street in Bel Air this weekend, you won't be able to park in the town parking garage on Hickory Avenue.

Harford County reopened a segment of East Wheel Road in Bel Air South this week after it was closed for about five months of roadwork.

Elkton police tried to pull over the vehicle, a 2008 Honda, for speeding at 2 a.m. on Route 40 at Delaware Avenue, but the driver failed to stop, Lt. Joe Zurolo, of the Elkton Police Department, said.

Students should soon have added protection as they walk to Emmorton Elementary School in the Bel Air South area, as three new crossing guards are being hired to direct traffic near Tollgate Road, said Capt. Jon Krass of the Harford County Sheriff's Office.

With the clearing of a single-vehicle crash with injury on US 50 West in Parole, state and local transportation departments reported no unscheduled road closures at 8:42 a.m. on Wednesday.

Ocean City MD

Improperly displayed parking permit shouldn't be a $52 offense

The residents along Aberdeen's Route 22 whose houses were razed to make room highway improvements may be gone, but they may not soon be forgotten.

The State Highway Administration is reminding motorists that there's a new traffic pattern in effect at White Marsh Boulevard (Route 43). The northbound exit ramps from Interstate 95 onto both eastbound and westbound White Marsh Boulevard have been converted into a single exit — exit 67.