The U.S. Department of Transportation has closed a complaint alleging that Maryland officials discriminated against African Americans when they canceled a light-rail line in Baltimore. The Washington Post reports that a letter sent to state officials Thursday states that the agency ...

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We thought that the Baltimore Red Line was dead. Of course, we are referring to the proposed 14-mile light rail line serving the core of the region from Woodlawn in the west to Bayview at its eastern terminus. This transit ...

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has expanded its investigation of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to cancel a railway line, saying the probe will now include all of the state transportation agency’s programs to determine whether federal law was violated. ...

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Investment in fixed-line mass transit, such as the now abandoned Red Line project, would not have much impact on Baltimore’s population, according to a recent report. The study, “Subways and Urban Growth: Evidence from Earth” by Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, of the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan’s reprioritizing transportation spending, including the cancellation of the multibillion-dollar Red Line project in Baltimore, has some state legislators pushing for changes. The proposed legislation is the latest battle over transportation spending that started last summer, ...

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Local leaders from three heavily Democratic areas will meet with reporters to offer a contrarian view of last year under Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.

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The nearly $70o million Creating Opportunities for Renewal and Enterprise proposed by Gov. Larry Hogan to address blight in Baltimore is nice, but it’s not what the residents of West Baltimore need. That’s the argument laid out by the online urban ...

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A series of transportation decisions made by Gov. Larry Hogan, in particular his controversial cancellation of the proposed Red Line in Baltimore, is giving rise to a debate in Annapolis over how projects are added or removed from the state’s ...

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Advocacy groups are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to determine if the Hogan administration violated federal law earlier this year when plans for the $2.9 billion Red Line were scrapped and funds were shifted to road and bridge projects ...

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Nearly four months after a controversial decision to end Baltimore's Red Line light rail project, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is set to make a transit-related announcement Thursday.

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