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Daniel Zawodny

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Daniel Zawodny covers transportation for the The Baltimore Banner as a corps member with Report For America. He is a Baltimore area native and graduated with his master's degree in journalism from American University in 2021. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and previously covered immigration issues.

Latest content by Daniel Zawodny

The Better Transit Now campaign, a group of local advocates pushing for more investment at the Maryland Transit Administration, held rally in Annapolis on February 4, 2025. Students from Moravia Park Elementary, a Baltimore City school, rode the bus for two hours to attend. Sarah Atewogbola holds up a sign in front of the Maryland State House.
Better transit now: Baltimore students and advocates rally in Annapolis
Roughly 100 students and advocates gathered just steps from the State House Tuesday afternoon with a simple message displayed on signs and reverberating through the air — Baltimore needs better transit, and now.
Increased reports of ICE sightings stoke fear across Maryland
Reports of sightings and raids are all over the internet. Some immigrant advocates say they are causing more unnecessary harm, especially in Maryland.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore at the Port of Baltimore following an announcement of funding for carbon reduction at U.S. ports by President Joe Biden. Some fear how such funding will be treated by President Donald Trump's administration.
How Trump could hobble Maryland’s plans to curb climate change
Cars parked along Wildwood Parkway during a street cleaning window in West Baltimore.
Want to park illegally in Baltimore? You probably won’t get a ticket
In 2024, transportation officers wrote almost one-third fewer parking tickets than what they wrote two years prior, according to enforcement data.
An industrial-looking building that reads "CHARM CITY MEADWORKS" at the top is in the background and a small yellow bird feeder that reads "BAWLMER" swings from a tree branch in the foreground.
Charm City Meadworks appears closed amid ongoing rent issues
Pages for the beloved meadery brewery on Facebook and Google Maps list the business as “permanently closed.”
Cars drive past the “Charm’tastic Mile” sign in downtown Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, November 27, 2024.
Almost been hit by a car in Baltimore? Transportation officials want to know where
Baltimore’s transportation department has created an interactive map of the city for residents to report near misses.
Traffic travels on the outer loop of I-695 at Falls Road as rain falls on the region.
Maryland road fatalities decreased in 2024, but number still ‘ridiculously high’
Maryland’s roads claimed 572 lives last year, preliminary state data shows. That number is 49 fewer than in 2023 but likely to rise.
A yellow street sign that says "SPEED HUMPS AHEAD" in front of a roadway with a speed hump in the background.
Baltimore installed hundreds of speed humps last year. But the backlog still got bigger.
The backlog of residents asking the city and its transportation department to do something to curtail dangerous speeding and aggressive driving has grown — by a lot — since right before the pandemic, when such behaviors starting getting worse across the country.
A man crosses the street on S. Highland Ave. in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
Inside the Baltimore communities that backed Trump’s return to the White House
A pattern that played out nationally also held in Maryland. Trump performed better in almost all of its 23 counties and Baltimore than he did four years earlier.
Last year, officials announced a $213 million federal grant that the Maryland Transit Administration would put toward brand new light rail cars.
Baltimore’s light rail to survive cuts amid Maryland’s budget gap
The state’s finalized six-year transportation spending plan includes previously deferred rehabilitation projects for the 32-year-old train line.
The Pedego Ridge Rider — a versatile, do-it-all, monster of a bike that can get up to 28 mph on fat, mountain-bike-like tires.
Scared to e-bike around Baltimore? Here are 6 tips for staying safe
Taking two wheels into car traffic can be daunting — here are some pointers for how to do it safely.
Cars travel down U.S. Route 40 in Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
Highway to Nowhere: Baltimore to get $85 million to help transform blighted section of roadway
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation will receive an $85.5 million federal grant to further its efforts to transform a blighted section of U.S. 40 in West Baltimore dubbed the “Highway to Nowhere.”
Penny Parish, front, and Joy Duncan sled down the stairs at Wyman Park Dell on the morning after the first lasting snowfall of the winter, in Baltimore, MD on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Kids, and grown-ups, too, hit sledding hills after morning snowfall
Kids and adults pulled out their sleds, toboggans and skis after a winter storm dropped 4 to 5 inches of snow on the Baltimore region.
Passengers board an MTA Metro SubwayLink train in the Johns Hopkins Station.
Will new railcars be enough to restore faith in Baltimore’s subway?
In 2025, the first of 78 new railcars will go into service as the Maryland Transit Administration begins replacing the original fleet. It’s a nearly $557 million investment, mostly funded by the federal government.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, watches as state Treasurer Dereck Davis speaks during a meeting of the state Board of Public Works on July 5, 2023. Also sitting on the board is state Comptroller Brooke Lierman.
Frustration with the Purple Line boils over as officials split over $96M contract
Gov. Wes Moore and Comptroller Brooke Lierman let out some frustration at today’s Board of Public Works meeting with the over budget and overdue transit project in the D.C. suburbs.

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