Transportation

As the Greater Baltimore Committee focuses on boosting this region’s economic competitiveness, it must also support programs to end the economic apartheid that now plagues the city’s disadvantaged Black neighborhoods, says Lawrence Brown, an author and research scientist in the Center for Urban Health Equity at Morgan State University.

The 78 new railcars will replace Metro’s original fleet of 100 railcars that are reaching the end of their lifespans.

The state is surveying residents about their driving behaviors around work zones and the best way to reduce work zone crashes in the wake of a collision on I-695 last spring that left six workers dead.

The threats posed by extreme weather have created challenges for operators of passenger and freight rail lines.

Road closures and parking restrictions abound in Baltimore City as its premier arts festival, Artscape, gets underway this week.