public transportation

Schaefer saw the need for light rail and acted on it

Few traffic problems were reported in the Baltimore area as rush hour began Tuesday.

Potential benefits of Red and Purple light rail lines are modest compared to their multi-billion-dollar cost

Members of the public will have the opportunity next week to learn the latest developments in the ongoing project to replace Amtrak's aging Susquehanna River Rail Bridge, plus talk with members of the project team, officials from Cecil and Harford counties and members of a regional advisory board who are working with the project team, during a community forum at the Havre de Grace Community Center.

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.

Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn established a strong precedent for increased transparency within his department last week — Sunshine Week, as it were — when he rebuked the Maryland Transit Administration for withholding public records and initiated their release.

Maryland needs to better understand and regulate crude oil shipments by rail

With the first day of spring ushering in a wintry mix of rain and snow, state and local transportation departments warm motorists to keep speeds down and allow for extra braking distance during Friday morning's commute.

Gov. Larry Hogan appears poised to make the same 'penny-wise, pound-foolish' error with light rail that William Donald Schaefer made a generation ago

All lanes are open on Interstate 895 South in Baltimore City on Thursday morning with the clearing of a two-vehicle collision at the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Emergency roadwork on MD 26 West in Lochearn at Essex Road has closed the westbound right traffic lane and westbound right shoulder at 8:59 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

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Fewer travelers in Maryland chose public buses and trains last fiscal year than in each of the three years prior, adding pressure to the already beleaguered Maryland Transit Administration just as it prepares to saddle frustrated riders with a fare increase.

Do you ride public buses and trains as much as you used to?

A utility problem on MD 176 East in Severn at Hawkins Drive has closed the eastbound right traffic lane and eastbound shoulder at 8:52 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez said plans for a a new light rail line in Baltimore should move forward in a speech in Baltimore Monday that promoted the Obama administration's economic agenda.

A series of public meetings on several shortlisted options for the replacement or reconstruction of the Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel in Baltimore have been planned for next month.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a MARC train Saturday while standing on the tracks near Halethorpe station, the Maryland Transportation Administration said.

A collision on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in Catonsville at the Baltimore National Pike exit has closed the inner loop right traffic lane and inner loop right shoulder at 8:52 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Emergency roadwork on MD 45 North in Timonium between Bellona Avenue and Ridgely Road has closed the northbound right traffic lane at 8:32 a.m. on Thursday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

A decision by Gov. Larry Hogan to scuttle the Red Line or Purple Line, the long-planned light rail projects in Baltimore and the Washington suburbs that his administration is now reviewing, would be extremely unusual.

A local nonprofit has received more than $100,000 in grant funding to expand a state-funded project providing men and women in Baltimore with training in the maritime, transportation and logistics field.

Former Baltimore County executive and state transportation secretary Jim Smith has returned to his old law firm.

Emergency roadwork on MD 32 South in Eldersburg prior to Liberty Road has closed the southbound right turn lane and southbound right shoulder at 8:42 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.

The Maryland Transit Authority reported major MARC train Penn Line delays on Tuesday due to the termination of disabled Train 403.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and more than a dozen elected officials from the Washington suburbs led a rally of transit advocates in Annapolis Monday to call on Gov. Larry Hogan to fund the Red Line and Purple Line light rail projects.

Laurel commuters will have more options starting Monday morning, as the MARC train's Camden line expands its service in the morning, afternoon and evening.

The Maryland Transit Administration reported on Saturday morning that there is no commuter bus service.

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.

A vehicle struck a light rail train in Baltimore Thursday afternoon, Maryland Transit Administration officials said.

The Maryland Transit Administration on Thursday said that due to a winter storm that is expected to produce up to 10 inches of snow in the area, MARC train and commuter bus services have been canceled.

Former Baltimore County Del. John A. Olszewski Jr. will join the city's payroll to lobby the General Assembly on transportation issues.

Additional weekday MARC train service will be added to the Camden Line next week as part of an initiative to boost connections between University of Maryland's campuses in Baltimore and College Park, the Maryland Transit Administration said Tuesday.

All lanes are closed on MD 147 in Carney at Placid Avenue due to a two-vehicle collision with injury at 8:39 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

MTA data 'hack' is actually a success story

Light Rail service has been shut down Monday morning due to ice accumulation on overhead wires, Maryland Transit Administration officials said.

The Baltimore City Office of Emergency Management reported a collision involving a light rail train and a vehicle in the 2200 block of Kloman Street around 11 a.m.

A collision on Interstate 95 South in Rossville prior to the Baltimore Beltway has closed the southbound left shoulder at 8:16 a.m., on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Crews repairing damaged sump-pump discharge and water lines within the Fort McHenry Tunnel have made enough progress in recent days to limit ongoing bore closures to overnight hours, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.

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.

The MTA doesn't care about people

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

Self-described "civic hacker" Chris Whong got to work freeing Baltimore's real-time bus data from the confines of the Maryland Transit Administration's clunky website almost as soon as the agency started posting the data there earlier this month. It worked.

A collision on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in Arbutus at Southwestern Boulevard has closed the inner loop left traffic lane and inner loop left shoulder at 8:26 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Alternating closures of the two northbound bores of the Fort McHenry Tunnel will continue for the foreseeable future during off-peak traffic periods as crews continue emergency repairs to an underground sump pump and water line, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.