public transportation

On a recent Sunday afternoon, my son and I were in Penn Station to catch a MARC train to D.C. Every bench in the waiting room was full. We backed out and looked for a place to sit on the pair of long benches perpendicular to the ones in the waiting room, where I spotted a couple of spaces. But on one space was a soda can belonging to a young black man in the adjacent space. As I stood in front of the bench, I remembered two recent headlines in The Sun. One was about "gang killers" of a

All lanes are open on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in Woodlawn on Friday morning with the clearing of a two-vehicle collision past the Security Boulevard exit, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Riders on select MARC trains will be able to bring full-sized bikes aboard with them for the first time starting on Saturday, according to the Maryland Transit Administration.

A single-vehicle crash on MD 175 West in Columbia at Waterloo Road has closed the westbound left traffic lane and westbound left shoulder at 8:56 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.

As U.S. Supreme Court justices wrestle with whether or not Amtrak, as a quasi private corporation, should have the right to set performance standards that would also affect the freight services with which it shares lines, the rail system is facing gridlock. America's outmoded railroad policy leading to this situation was created in a crisis atmosphere 50 years ago. It is counter-productive today and, if not revised, potentially disastrous for the future. A look at the past can better inform the

Maryland will see hundreds of millions in federal cash to build the Red Line, dredge the Port of Baltimore and to clear a backlog of rape kits, among other provisions in a massive budget deal reached by congressional negotiators on Tuesday.

City neighborhoods have suffered as an important redevelopment project has stagnated

Public meeting on Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. to discuss Towson Circulator changed to Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce offices.

Five people were injured in a "serious" crash in Middle River Monday morning and drivers were advised to avoid the area, Baltimore County police said.

The state Department of Transportation reported a collision with injury on MD 140 in Finksburg at MD 91 at 9:02 a.m. on Friday. No additional information was given.

Shipping shale oil by train is too hazardous for Baltimore and the nation

DOT also reported a disabled vehicle on Interstate 70 East in Marriottsville at the Marriottsville Road exit at 9:06 a.m. on Thursday.

The Maryland Transit Administration has extended its deadline for Purple Line bids to give Gov.-elect Larry Hogan more time to assess the project — which he has previously criticized as too expensive to build.

The state Department of Transportation has reported a disabled vehicle on Interstate 97 North at MD 100 at 8:52 a.m.

Plans for free bus service via the proposed Towson Circulator will be discussed during a community meeting on Dec. 9 in County Council chambers.

After spending six weeks in treatment following DUI and excessive speeding charges, Michael Phelps is back in the pool and training.

The state Department of Transportation has reported a disabled vehicle on the northbound Baltimore Washington Parkway in the Baltimore Highlands at Daisy Avenue at 8:29 a.m. on Friday.

A single-vehicle crash on MD 173 North in Riviera Beach at Chestnut Cove Drive has closed the northbound right shoulder at 9 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.

This schedule will be in effect Thursday, Nov. 27.

Amtrak ridership is at record highs but the nation's rail system is facing gridlock unless action is taken soon

Emergency roadwork on MD 45 North/South in Cockeysville between Padonia Road and Highview Street has closed the northbound traffic lane at 5:49 a.m., on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Terry Goddard and his wife Cindy watched as the small scale model train circumvented its scenic track during the Westminster Train Show at the Carroll County Agriculture Center.

Emergency roadwork on MD 45 South in Cockeysville, just south of Padonia Road, has closed the southbound right traffic lane at 6:44 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Officials plotting a faster route for passenger and freight rail through Baltimore have landed on two options, one of which would likely displace many of the remaining residents in a largely abandoned West Baltimore neighborhood.

A disabled vehicle on Interstate 95 North in Baltimore City at Bore 3 of the Fort McHenry Tunnel has closed the southbound right tunnel lane and southbound right shoulder at 9:02 a.m on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The Maryland Transit Administration has agreed to lease a Remington site once slated for a Walmart-anchored shopping development as a temporary bus depot until a new facility under construction at its current location is complete.

All lanes of U.S. 1 at Sunshine Avenue in Baltimore County remain closed in both directions for a three-car crash that was first reported at around 6:30 a.m., state transportation officials said.

Two disabled vehicles on U.S. 40 East in Rosedale at 68th Street have blocked the eastbound right traffic lane and eastbound right shoulder at 7:20 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

All lanes are open on Interstate 95 South in Elkridge on Thursday morning with the clearing of a two-vehicle collision prior to MD 100, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Larry Hogan should bring some reality to the Red Line discussion.

With the clearing of a disabled vehicle on the Baltimore Washington Parkway North at Nursery Road in Linthicum, state and local transportation departments reported no unscheduled road closures at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

An incident on U.S. 29 South in Columbia at Broken Land Parkway has closed two southbound off-ramp lanes and the southbound right shoulder at 8:36 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

A four-vehicle crash has closed two of four inner loop lanes on Interstate 695 at Wilkens Avenue at 9 a.m. Monday, state transportation officials said.

This schedule will be in effect Nov. 11

A two-vehicle collision on the outer loop of Interstate 695 at Old Court Road in Lochearn has closed the outer loop left traffic lane and outer loop left shoulder at 8:45 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

In recent years, Howard County has been working to create an infrastructure for the growing number of electric vehicle owners in the area.

A collision on the Baltimore Washington Parkway North in Linthicum, just north of the Baltimore Beltway, has closed the northbound right shoulder at 9:04 a.m. on Thursday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Michael Phelps' trial for drunken-driving charges has been postponed from later this month until Dec. 19 at the request of the swimmer's attorney.

All eastbound traffic on MD 198 in Laurel at Old Portland Road is closed due to emergency roadwork at 8:28 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

All lanes on Interstate 97 North in Annapolis are open on Tuesday morning with the clearing of a four-vehicle collision at Hawkins Road, according to the state Department of Transportation.

All lanes are open on Interstate 95 South in North Laurel on Saturday morning the clearing of a two-vehicle with injury prior to the Scaggsville Road (MD 216) exit, according to the state transportation officials.

I am preparing my plea for leniency in the matter of a $77 parking fine and it looks like, for the first time in my life, I will have to enter the Rodricks Plea.

Can Baltimore continue to do what it takes to become a thriving metropolis like Boston and San Francisco, or are we destined to be stuck in the Detroit-Cleveland post industrial doldrums?

A two-vehicle collision on Interstate 795 North in Owings Mills prior to Owings Mills Boulevard has closed the northbound right off-ramp lane and northbound right shoulder at 8:50 a.m. on Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Robinson is charged with two counts of bribery concerning a program that received federal funds, and one count of money laundering. The free Baltimore City Circulator and Water Taxi programs have been under Robinson's purview, and part of the alleged scheme involves payments for advertising on Circulator buses, while he also allegedly took a $70,000 bribe to sell unused city bus shelters. If convicted, Robinson could face up to 20 years in prison for money-laudering and 10 years for each of the two bribery counts.

The state Department of Transportation reported a disabled vehicle on the outer loop of Interstate 695 in Lochearn at the Northwest Expressway exit at 8:42 a.m. on Thursday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Resolution seeking 'transit protection' for the county gives ignorant racism a bad name

Emergency roadwork at Southwestern Boulevard North in Arbutus at Washington Boulevard has closed the northbound right shoulder at 8:27 a.m., according to DOT.