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

By Juliana Kim

Jun 20, 2019

The Maryland Department of Transportation is considering transforming the property adjacent to the MARC Dorsey station in Elkridge into a mixed-use, transit-oriented development.

By Erin B. Logan

Mar 7, 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

A look at closings for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday

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

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

Maryland businesses and institutions that are open or closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 3.

Maryland’s top transit official promised to make extensive changes to his agency after an independent report identified problems including poor communication, lack of expertise, insufficient use of technology and not following industry standards.

By Pamela Wood

Aug 30, 2018

When the last stretch of the Baltimore Metro was built, the deed for the tunnel was lost in transit. Nearly 30 years later, the city discovered the mistake.

By Colin Campbell

Jul 1, 2018

The Maryland Transit Administration drivers’ union warned management of rail safety concerns about the Baltimore Metro Subway for more than two years before the agency shut down the system with less than 24 hours’ notice for emergency track repairs in January.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 22, 2018

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound dual-threat recruit passed for 1,025 yards and 11 touchdowns and ran for 819 yards and nine touchdowns last season

By Jonas Shaffer

Jun 19, 2018

On its first anniversary, Gov. Larry Hogan’s $135 million BaltimoreLink bus system’s LocalLink and ExpressLink buses are on time about 68 percent of the time, an improvement from the previous year, but still well short of the Maryland Transit Administration’s 80 percent goal.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 15, 2018

A man died late Friday night after he was hit by a metro train at Mondawmin Metro Subway Station.

By Sarah Meehan

May 26, 2018

Here's what's open and closed on the Memorial Day holiday Monday.

Transportation is in a bad way in Baltimore. The elephant in the room, however, continues to be the cancellation of the proposed Red Line and its aftermath. Here's a path forward.

If Baltimore's Subway restaurants were instead subway stations, the city might have a much more extensive metro system.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 17, 2018

The General Assembly gives final approval to legislation that would require annual minimum annual increases in the funding for the Maryland Transit Administration.

By Michael Dresser

Apr 5, 2018

BSO musicians will perform Friday in the Johns Hopkins Metro station as part of a worldwide event called "Bach in the Subways."

By Christina Tkacik

Mar 22, 2018

Rather than risk leaving Marylanders in the dark, Gov. Hogan and the PSC should take steps now to build a smart, resilient, flexible grid that can easily accommodate large-scale renewable energy, the rise of electrified transportation and Marylanders’ increasing need for consistent, reliable power.

The Baltimore Metro Subway service will be free through Sunday, the Maryland Transit Administration said. The system reopened Friday after a monthlong shutdown.

By Talia Richman

Mar 9, 2018

The entire Baltimore Metro Subway will reopen Friday morning​​​​​​, three days earlier than expected, the Maryland Transit Administration announced, after a nearly one-month shutdown for emergency track repairs that officials said couldn’t wait until this summer.

The House passes a bill increasing spending on transit in Maryland, including a boost for capital and operating funds for the MTA.

By Michael Dresser

Mar 8, 2018

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings on Friday joined a growing chorus of criticism over the state’s handling of Baltimore’s Metro shutdown and requested the Maryland Transit Administration hand over a series of documents to explain the decision.

By John Fritze

Feb 23, 2018

The problems with Baltimore's subway system suggest transit officials were asleep at the switch.

Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn says he will request an independent peer review of the Maryland Transit Administration’s handling of maintenance issues on the Baltimore Metro subway.

By Michael Dresser

Feb 22, 2018

Family Dollar will open a store in Hilltop Shopping Center in Northwest Baltimore.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 21, 2018

The entire Baltimore Metro system is now in its second week of a total shutdown. This means delays for the city’s young commuters who now have to add more time to the beginning and end of their school day.

By Talia Richman

Feb 21, 2018

A Democrat running for governor called Tuesday for the resignation of Maryland's transportation chief after a Baltimore Sun report revealed the state knew about safety problems for a year and kept running the city's subway system.

By Erin Cox

Feb 20, 2018

The Maryland Transit Administration knew that the Baltimore Metro Subway’s rails violated the agency’s safety standards for more than a year before officials declared an emergency shutdown of the system with less than 24 hours’ notice last week, according to an MTA inspection report.

By Colin Campbell

Feb 20, 2018

The Maryland Transit Administration has released additional details about what caused the recent system-wide shutdown of Baltimore’s Metro.

By Christina Tkacik

Feb 15, 2018

MTA botched the subway shutdown in Baltimore but that's not surprising given the governor's actions on transit to date.

Although the Maryland Transit Administration arranged for free coach buses to run the metro’s route while it's shut down for repairs, riders had little information about where the buses would stop or how frequently they would arrive.

Baltimore subway line is shuttered for a month; how did things get this bad and how dangerous was it?

Baltimore's Metro has been neglected by the MTA for too long.

The Maryland Transit Administration will launch a new route to the Tradepoint Atlantic development in Sparrows Point, discontinue three of its lowest-ridership commuter routes and modify more than a dozen other routes, service times and bus stops starting Sunday.

By Colin Campbell

Feb 2, 2018

Here is what is open and closed in Baltimore for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 15, 2018.

This schedule is in effect Monday for New Year's Day in Baltimore.

A look at what's open and closed on Christmas Day in Baltimore.

The company redeveloping the old steel mill in Sparrows Point is taking the first step toward seeking the county government’s help in paying for roads and water and sewer lines.

By Pamela Wood

Nov 28, 2017

What will be closed during the Thanksgiving holiday in the Baltimore area.

Maryland is not known as a mass transportation innovator. Despite having the longest average commute times in the nation, its transit projects have traditionally produced mediocre performance for their massive costs. But Maryland now has the opportunity to take a leading role in transportation.

This schedule will be in effect Monday, Sept. 4 as Maryland observes Labor Day

Two weeks of free service on the BaltimoreLink bus lines is coming to an end, and fares will return 10 cents higher than before the promotion began.

Construction of the four-story building, located at Reisterstown Road and Liberty Heights Avenue, is expected to cost $15.9 million.

By Sarah Gantz

Jun 29, 2017

Gunfire had burst out around 5:45 p.m. Friday, in the middle of it all in West Baltimore, and now cops were everywhere, too.

By Kevin Rector

Jun 23, 2017

UM medical school scientists studying bacteria found on subways

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jun 21, 2017

Transportation policymakers have been largely overlooked in Maryland's efforts to stop sex trafficking. As part of a systematic review of the policy and enforcement efforts ongoing in the state, we found that overlapping and uncoordinated law enforcement jurisdictions, lack of training, information sharing and a simple lack of awareness of the links between transportation and trafficking leave a significant gap and open up a new opportunity to make progress in the fight to eradicate sex

A federal judge Monday ordered Maryland officials to further scrutinize the potential impact of Metro's declining ridership on the future Purple Line, further

Transit fares in Maryland will rise this summer by ten cents for regular and elderly one-way tickets, an increase the Maryland Transit Administration said Thursday is mandated by legislation.

Many cities across the United States have recently added modern streetcar lines, which have long been a staple in the cities of Europe and Asia, to their existing public transit systems, including Portland, Ore.; Cincinnati; Seattle; Salt Lake City; Atlanta and nearby Washington, D.C. These new streetcars are helping to revive the convenience and excitement of city life. They are also serving as essential links to employment both for people who depend on public transportation and for those who