King’s Words Still Inspire After Half a Century

More than 200,000 people participated in the march held on the National Mall. It was during that rally that King delivered his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech.

County Drug Task Forces Now Led By Local Police, Not Troopers

Maryland State Police have transferred the administration of county-wide drug task forces to local police, but some lawmakers are concerned.

Obama Orders Changes to NSA Telephone Data Collection

President Barack Obama ordered changes to the controversial NSA telephone data collection program.

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.

For Bus Photographer, More Than a Means of Transportation

Thomas Reaves looks out the coffee shop window every few minutes as he talks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.