Maryland ranks dead last among states in quick commutes
Enrique Villa can walk from his condominium on Water Street to his job at St. Paul and Baltimore streets in about five minutes. In Maryland, that's rare. Villa and his...
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Many are frustrated by pace of plowing
Baltimore residents and those who travel into the city have been fuming about snowed-in side streets and ice-filled main routes. But city officials warned that conditions could get worse before...
Coast Guard is faulted in Lady D sinking
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded yesterday that a cascading series of errors by the Coast Guard permitted the water taxi Lady D to carry too much weight to withstand...
Lady D’s survivors rely on faith, work
Two years and a day after the water taxi Lady D flipped over in the frigid waters of Baltimore Harbor, the National Transportation Safety Board will meet in Washington on...
Water taxi lawsuit planned
Two insurance firms representing the company whose water taxi overturned in Baltimore's Inner Harbor in 2004, killing five people, said they plan to sue the U.S. Coast Guard today, alleging...
CSX to pay $2 million to Baltimore
Four and a half years after a derailment and fire in the Howard Street Tunnel created havoc downtown, CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed to pay Baltimore $2 million to settle...
NRC seeks to allay fear of transport
A new round of testing has found that casks used to transport dangerous nuclear waste are capable of surviving a catastrophe such as Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel fire with no...
Planned ICC tolls too high, foes say
A proposed east-west highway through the Washington suburbs would cost up to $1,500 a year in tolls for a daily rush-hour commuter, making the road too costly for many middle-income...
Commuters ride out bus system’s changes
James Casamassina had to walk more than twice as far to catch a bus to the hospital. Joe Garraway was hours late to work. Ron McComas spent about 3 1/2...
Bromwell was among state’s most powerful
In Annapolis, Thomas L. Bromwell invariably sported a huge gold ring he described as "big and gaudy and loud" - much like himself. A big man with a thick Bawlamer...