The Biden administration announced it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
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Read More »April 13, 2022 Comments Off on CDC extends travel mask requirement as COVID rises
The Biden administration announced it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
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Read More »September 10, 2021 Comments Off on Work to begin on smart energy bus depot in Montgomery County
AlphaStruxure will begin construction on the Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot, an electric bus charging infrastructure project in Montgomery County.
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Read More »August 21, 2021 Comments Off on Hogan says ‘bold’ transportation proposal is on the way
OCEAN CITY — Gov. Larry Hogan promised county leaders a bold consolidated transportation plan as a sign the state is shifting focus from responding to the pandemic to dealing with more traditional needs. The governor’s 15-minute address at the Maryland ...
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Read More »July 1, 2021 Comments Off on House approves $715B transportation, water bill
The Democratic-led House approved a sizable $715 billion transportation bill Thursday, a potential investment in roads, rail, public transit and water over five years.
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Read More »May 19, 2021 Comments Off on Reversing Trump, Buttigieg reinstates local hiring program
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday reinstated an Obama-era pilot program that aims to aid minorities and disadvantaged people by ensuring local hiring for public works construction projects, reversing a decision by the Trump administration.
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Read More »October 4, 2018 Comments Off on Joseph F. Consoli: Baltimore needs an economic development master plan
The Baltimore region has historically failed due to its lack of action or poor decision-making on transportation issues, both transit and highways.
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Read More »July 20, 2018 Comments Off on Port Covington developer plans for shifting transportation demand
Plans for the $5.5 billion Port Covington redevelopment are designed to adjust to how residents will get around Baltimore in the future, according to executives of the lead developer.
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Read More »July 12, 2018 Comments Off on Baltimore grapples with including poor residents in smart city ambitions
There’s a particular image Sheri Parks recalls from researching what residents in Baltimore’s low-income neighborhoods want from smart cities technology: children, crowded around school buildings after dismissal, with cellphones out, doing homework because of limited access to fast, reliable Wi-Fi at home or in their neighborhood.
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Read More »May 24, 2018 Comments Off on Panel: Transportation woes hamper Baltimore’s economic development
Baltimore is still licking its wounds from losing the Red Line light rail project, and transportation woes remain a hurdle to economic development in Maryland’s largest city. Nonprofit executives, developers and academics repeatedly discussed the lack of investment in Baltimore’s transportation ...
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Read More »April 20, 2018 Comments Off on Hogan calls for new highway contract; Rahn recuses himself from process
Gov. Larry Hogan ordered his state transportation secretary Friday to seek a new contract to oversee the largest public-private highway project in the country saying a recent contract that was put on hold lacked public transparency.
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