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Baltimore water main break Monday morning generated widespread flooding around M&T Bank Stadium.

All Howard County government offices, the court system, libraries and more will be closed Thursday in observance of Independence Day. 

By Jess Nocera

Jul 2, 2019

Maryland Transit Administration fares affect bus, light rail link, metro subway link and Mobility link.

By Juliana Kim

Jun 20, 2019

Six people were injured when a Maryland Transit Administration bus and another vehicle crashed near the West Baltimore MARC Station Wednesday.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 12, 2019

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's office says a project to add toll lanes to Washington-area highways will cut air pollution, but a researcher says that's false.

By Scott Dance

Jun 4, 2019

The Maryland Transit Administration unveiled a searchable online database that provides the public with the ability to view and track on-time rates for buses.

By Colin Campbell

May 24, 2019

Montgomery County developer Robert Eisinger wants to build a monorail on Maryland's congested Interstate 270.

The price of a one-way Maryland Transit Administration bus, subway, light rail or Mobility shuttle ticket will rise by 10 cents next month, the MTA announced.

By Colin Campbell

May 14, 2019

Officials broke ground Friday on the Laurel Park Station development — located adjacent to the Laurel Park racetrack — that is meant to revitalize the Route 1 corridor in Howard County.

By Erin B. Logan

May 6, 2019

Rodney H. Peterson, a retired Chessie System construction engineer and lifelong rail fan and noted railroad photographer, died Friday of liver cancer and heart failure at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. He was 89.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Apr 30, 2019

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s initial proposal for a high-speed, 35-mile “Loop” tunnel between Baltimore and Washington published an environmental assessment with federal regulators, a major step forward in the process toward government approval.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 23, 2019

As we all know, the Baltimore Orioles had a miserable season in 2018. They had the worst record ever and a totally forgettable year. But it turned out to be a very important year for this lifelong fan — a lifesaving year.

Amtrak will invest $90 million to redevelop Baltimore Penn Station

By Lorraine Mirabella

Apr 4, 2019

Crews removed several train cars that derailed from their tracks Friday afternoon when a CSX train went off the tracks on the 1900 block of Falls Road.

By Sarah Meehan

Mar 16, 2019

In West Baltimore's Harlem Park, why not a robust neighborhood full of people again? Why not row after row of renovated rowhouses? Why not build new housing in some of the vacant lots? Why not green space?

By Dan Rodricks

Mar 12, 2019

A person was injured after being hit by an Amtrak train near the West Baltimore Station Monday morning.

By Sarah Meehan

Mar 11, 2019

Howard County has a distinct and thriving collection of communities, old and new, stable and growing. In Columbia, nearly a quarter of the land is preserved as open space.

A teenager has been struck and wounded by a MARC commuter train in Maryland, one day after another person was killed in the same county by another MARC train

The Maryland Transit Administration announced Tuesday that it had completed the installation of new bike racks on 35 MARC Train rail cars. The move will allow train riders to bring full-size bicycles on most weekday rush-hour Penn Line trains.

By Christina Tkacik

Feb 20, 2019

Meet Brian Seel: He lives in Baltimore City, but commutes to Howard County for work. Without a car. His daily journey takes place on foot and by train, and involves fence hopping, swamp dodging and the occasional game of live Frogger trying to cross busy roads with no crosswalks.

A few Baltimoreans will remember Ron Wilner’s voice. Those who don’t will still recognize his words.

By Christina Tkacik

Feb 10, 2019

Seventeen Marylanders, including six in Baltimore, have died as a result of cold weather this month. Thursday's single-digit temperatures have prompted more people to seek refuge at homeless shelters and created train delays.

The Maryland Transit Administration will continue to offer free transit to federal employees who were affected by the partial government shutdown through the end of the day Friday, the agency announced Sunday.

By Colin Campbell

Jan 27, 2019

The Maryland Transit Administration is offering free bus, light rail, metro and MARC service to unpaid federal government workers until the end of the partial government shutdown.

By Colin Campbell

Jan 24, 2019

City Council president and others can easily commute each day to a D.C. conference and save thousands in hotel charges.

The partial shutdown of the federal government reached its 33rd day, a record-long impasse stretching many federal employees in Maryland, as well as contractors, farmers, beer brewers and others in the state past their financial limits.

Five inches of snow covered Baltimore in the first wintry weekend of 2019, with the looming possibility of more later this week.

By Colin Campbell

Jan 14, 2019

Harford County is planning upgrades to its public bus system, beginning Monday, aimed at cutting down on the need to transfer and reducing wait times, county officials said.

By Erika Butler

Jan 8, 2019

Hundreds more Marylanders are seeking unemployment insurance benefits related to the federal government shutdown. As the funding impasse reached its 12th day Wednesday, the state said it's received 462 such benefit applications from Dec. 22 through Dec. 31.

By Jeff Barker

Jan 2, 2019

A northbound Penn Line MARC Train was canceled Wednesday evening after the train struck a deer, the Maryland Transit Administration announced.

By Colin Campbell

Nov 28, 2018

State control of Baltimore's transit systems is a roadblock to regional transportation planning.

MARC, light rail and a host of other transit choices make more sense than investing in a futuristic maglev train system.

Baltimore’s buses, Light Rail, Metro Subway and MARC Train would be better served by local oversight than by the Maryland Transit Administration, a state agency which reports to the governor, according to the Greater Washington Partnership’s Capital Region Blueprint for Regional Mobility.

By Colin Campbell

Nov 26, 2018

Veterans Day is Sunday, but many offices and businesses will be closed Monday.

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 10, 2018

Authorities say an Amtrak train and a tractor-trailer have collided, leading to a diesel fuel spill and delays on all rail traffic.

Governor Hogan's shortsighted transportation policy would increase pollution from highways while neglecting transit options.

As a train full of MARC passengers headed northbound toward Baltimore waited for hours for their train to move, one of them decided to put the time to good use. He pulled out a trombone.

By Colin Campbell

Oct 16, 2018

Eighty-one MARC passengers headed toward Baltimore were stranded in a tunnel near Penn Station for nearly two hours Monday night, during which several cars of the train were evacuated because of a diesel odor, according to people on board. 

By Christina Tkacik

Oct 15, 2018

The Light Rail station at Camden Yards in Baltimore is shutting down this weekend and being rebuilt, the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration announced Thursday. 

By Christina Tkacik

Oct 4, 2018

Upgrading Baltimore public transit is about more than serving local employers.

MARC Penn Line service has improved this fall, as Amtrak has completed some track work and addressed repeated flooding in the 145-year-old B&P Tunnel. But one of the tracks remains out of service, and the trains still are not meeting goals for on-time service.

By Colin Campbell

Oct 4, 2018

The agency on Thursday introduced “CharmPass,” a mobile app that allows transit riders to purchase tickets and passes for buses, the light rail, MARC trains and commuter buses, and the metro subway with a smartphone.

By Colin Campbell

Sep 27, 2018

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Democratic challenger Ben Jealous met Monday for the only scheduled debate in the 2018 governor’s race. This transcript was generated through a mix of automated software and human editing.

A flash flood watch is in effect for large portions of Central Maryland and many surrounding communities through Tuesday afternoon, according to a National Weather Service alert issued at 1:37 a.m.

By Scott Dance

Sep 18, 2018

MARC trains will experience Hurricane Florence-related delays arriving and departing Union Station on Thursday.

Protesters gathered outside Dorothy I. Height Elementary School in West Baltimore to voice concerns over the proposed Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel Project, which includes plans to build a diesel exhaust shaft adjacent to the school.

By Hallie Miller

Sep 4, 2018

Dubbed the Winslow at Parker Metal Building, the industrial-style venue at 333 W. Ostend St. features more than 10,000 square feet of event space on the first floor.

By Brittany Britto

Aug 31, 2018

A $4.7 million renovation of the BWI Marshall Airport MARC station, which will include a bigger waiting area, new ticketing facilities, a concession area and restrooms, is set to begin Monday, the Maryland Transit Administration said.

By Colin Campbell

Aug 23, 2018

City Seeds, a jobs training (restaurant and hospitality) is rising at an old city public works yard in a beleaguered part of East Baltimore

By Jacques Kelly

Aug 4, 2018

The Maryland Transit Administration blames the frequent service disruptions on its MARC commuter trains on the recent bad weather and scheduled track work.

By Talia Richman

Aug 4, 2018