public transportation
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Despite loss of Red Line, Baltimore region needs a major transit boost to connect workers with jobs - The Maryland Transit Administration improperly raised fares on bus, subway and light rail users in the Baltimore region and should roll them back to the previous level, legislative analysts told lawmakers Wednesday.
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday she and other city leaders are still not sure who ordered state-run buses and a subway to be shut down the day rioting broke out near Mondawmin Mall.
- If you've ever used the Baltimore Beltway in rush hour to get from Owings Mills to Social Security headquarters or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Woodlawn, you know it's a nightmare.
- Right Rail Coalition's proposal for abbreviated light rail line deserves to move forward
- Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is asking the Baltimore Metropolitan Council to come up with new plans for dealing with transportation issues, in light of the state's move away from funding mass transit and urban road projects.
- Police say no one was injured when a commuter train struck a maintenance vehicle on the tracks in Silver Spring.
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- Wrong to criticize Maryland's governor for going after Baltimore light rail project
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- I've seen it three times now - most recently Friday afternoon - while waiting for the bus at St. Paul and 23rd in Baltimore: A young guy, fashionably urban, sporting a baseball cap, smartphone in hand, earbuds in ears, texting while skateboarding, living dangerously.
- The Baltimore City Department of Transportation advises motorists to be mindful of traffic modifications in the city during Artscape, Baltimore's annual arts festival.
- How can people escape poverty when effective public transit options are denied them?
- Thursday column on ramifications of Hogan Red Line decision, Rutherford's suggestion of rapid-bus system for Baltimore
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- The Maryland Department of Transportation is in the midst of a regional analysis in Howard and Anne Arundel counties and Laurel city to study any impacts of the redevelopment at the Laurel Park racetrack and discuss the future of the Laurel MARC train station.
- Gov. Larry Hogan is in Washington Tuesday for talks with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx about safety issues affecting the Washington Metro subway.
- In the absence of a Red Line, leaders who understand the value of a robust regional transportation system for Baltimore and Maryland's economy must achieve consensus regarding core bus service routes, sustaining the Circulator, accelerating bike trail build out and providing more accessible governance and accountability.
- Recent news about the Charm City Circulator bus, which I often use and will remain a free service, and the Red Line, which I won't be taking any time soon, made me take stock in public transit in the Baltimore region.
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- Gov. Hogan's announcement that plans for the Red Line transit route would be tabled was painful both personally and professionally. It represented years of work for so many dedicated residents, government workers and advocates, but the people of Baltimore can't let this be the final denial in the development of an equitable rail system that serves all of our communities.
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- The mayor bows to pressure and restores a route, in the process exposing the inequities at the heart of Baltimore's free shuttle system.
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- When the Maryland Transit Administration implemented fare increases across Maryland for public transit last month, the $1 increase for tickets on MARC trains garnered most of the attention. But for some local community assistance groups, the raise in the cost of bus fare was the most damaging part of the hike.
- About 200 MARC train passengers were stranded for 30 minutes in a tunnel near Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station Monday due to a locomotive malfunction, transit officials said.
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- Hard to believe Hogan looked at the considerable benefits of Red Line before he chose to cancel it
- People living outside Baltimore shouldn't be expected to pay for city transit
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- City transit users have been abandoned by the Hogan administration
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- The Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration will close West Friendship Road between Forsythe Road and MD 32 for five days beginning July 12 at 8 p.m.
- Loss of Red Line is a big blow to Baltimore that provides no cause for celebration
- Instead of Red Line, invest in Baltimore's Circulator bus and other existing systems
- Got $3 billion to spend? Baltimore could benefit by directing it elsewhere
- Representatives of the Harford County school bus contractors and the Harford school system made a last-minute resolution to their negotiations over contract matters Wednesday, which ensures no interruption in student transportation in the 2015-16 fiscal year.
- Baltimore leaders argued during an event Wednesday that the Red Line is a "visionary project" just like Camden Yards was.
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- If 94 percent of Maryland can get to work without a Red Line, why can't money be spent elsewhere?
- Recent Sunday night game turned into a nightmare for light rail passengers
- Governor likes D.C. and Delaware commuters but helping Baltimore? Apparently, that's a train too far
- Although the Maryland Department of Transportation said no plans are set in stone, Maryland state representatives are working with residents to save the historic Laurel train station from closing following Laurel Park station developers' proposal to move the stop closer to the racetrack.
- The owners of Laurel Park are requesting a commuter train stop closer to the race track. Such a shift would serve a transit-oriented development with retail and residential space being built near the track. The proposed new location, in Howard County about a half mile up the track, is currently a flag MARC station with limited service. Laurel city officials are reacting with alarm, and rightly so.
- Harford County Public Schools officials and local school bus contractors must wrap up negotiations on aspects of their six-year contract before the 2014-2015 fiscal year ends Tuesday night or some bus services typically provided in summer could be compromised.
- Proposed east-west light rail line through Baltimore never deserved to move forward
