For decades, the jobs that many Baltimoreans rely on have been moving to the suburbs. But most of the region’s transit routes haven’t been changed since before the Maryland Transit Administration took over local bus service in 1971.
Circulator and Campus Shuttles Alternative to MTA Buses
While the state’s MTA buses labor along their old routes, Baltimoreans at City Hall and on college campuses became so dissatisfied with the service that they created their own expensive transit systems to carry riders for free around downtown and from campus to campus.
Tech Community Sees Smartphone as Transit Improvement Path
When Elliott Plack, a geographic information systems specialist, began riding the Baltimore bus system, the bus would regularly fail to show up on time. Plack would wait at the stop without any way of determining when the next bus would arrive.
In Nod to History, Some Call for Return of Streetcars
The last streetcar made its way over Baltimore streets in 1963, done in, partly, by the rise of the automobile and the growth of the suburbs — all coming atop an antitrust scandal.
City Youth Worry About Bus Reliability, Safety
The bus figures large in the lives of Baltimore youth. It’s how they get to school. It’s how they travel to see each other. It’s how they get to movie theaters, the mall and after-school jobs.
Red Line Could Be a Catalyst for More Baltimore Jobs
The proposed Red Line, connecting Baltimore County in the west to the East Baltimore communities by light rail, “has the potential to be a transportation game changer if we get it right,” says Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
For Bus Photographer, More Than a Means of Transportation
Thomas Reaves looks out the coffee shop window every few minutes as he talks.
The Many Flavors of Mass Transit in Baltimore
There are many ways to get around Baltimore on mass transit: shuttles, buses, light rail, subway, even a water taxi. Some options offer a livelier ride than others.
Obama Orders Changes to NSA Telephone Data Collection
President Barack Obama ordered changes to the controversial NSA telephone data collection program.
Minimum Wage, “Rain Tax” and Marijuana: Md. Legislature 2014
Members of the House and Senate convened Wednesday to start the legislative session.