OCEAN CITY — Gov. Larry Hogan called on leaders of 157 incorporated local governments in Maryland to partner with him to push his transportation agenda, vowing that his success would in turn help them. Hogan made his comments Tuesday night ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a $5.6 billion contract to build the Purple Line in the suburbs of the nation’s capital. The contract was approved 3-0 on Wednesday for the light rail project in Montgomery ...

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WASHINGTON — The board chairman of Washington’s Metro subway system says it may be necessary to shut down entire rail lines for months at a time for maintenance work. Metro chairman Jack Evans made those comments Wednesday at a discussion ...

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Several west Baltimore residents are opposing a plan that would re-route a train tunnel beneath their homes, businesses and neighborhood centers. The Baltimore Sun reports over 60 residents attended Saturday’s public hearing, urging Amtrak and state, federal, and local transportation ...

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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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ANNAPOLIS — The federal government has awarded nearly $28 million in seed money to a private venture that seeks to build a high-speed magnetic-levitation train between Washington and Baltimore. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced the grant on Saturday. Maryland officials ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan this morning unveiled what he called a “transformative” $135 million plan to create a modern bus and transit system in Baltimore to replace an “antiquated and broken” network. Hogan, who has come under criticism from city officials ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan’s $135 million proposal is a good plan for overhauling the city of Baltimore’s embarrassment of a bus system. And it’s an excellent start to better integrating bus service into the larger transit infrastructure. But it’s not a ...

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The major challenge facing the Baltimore region’s transportation infrastructure is the same confronting other major metro areas — federal funding. As states and cities grapple with crumbling transportation infrastructure and demand for new public transit projects increases, federal transportation funds ...

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ANNAPOLIS — State transit officials used bad math in setting new bus fares and, as a result, those new fares should be reduced, according to a review conducted by legislative budget analysts. Steven D. McCulloch, a transportation analyst for the ...

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