U.S. Department of Transportation

Five Md. air traffic towers will remain open

2013-05-10 14:51:00

Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that are part of 149 "low activity" towers nationwide will remain open through the end of the September, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday. The towers, including those at Martin State...

Md. airport towers appear safe from federal cuts

2013-05-01 17:52:17

Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that had been scheduled to shut down in June as a result of federal budget cuts are now expected to remain open, lawmakers said Wednesday — easing fears that the closures could back up flights at BWI...

Distracted driving

2013-03-28 13:16:00

Strange as it may sound, only a few years ago Marylanders were heatedly debating whether to ban drivers from text-messaging on their cell phones while behind the wheel. The dangers of "distracted driving" were an illusion, opponents claimed,...

Harriet Tubman park to be on Maryland land she worked as a slave

2013-03-09 13:21:47

Abolitionist Harriet Tubman's struggle to help roughly 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad was remembered on Saturday at the groundbreaking of a Maryland state park in her honor. An escaped slave herself, Tubman toiled in bondage...

Clocks to spring forward this weekend for daylight savings

2013-03-08 07:13:00

Forward. It's more than a presidential campaign slogan. It's also a directive on the second Sunday of March — this weekend — for clocks in the United States to move forward one hour under daylight-saving time. This means more afternoon sun....

Lawmakers look past cuts to next budget battle

2013-03-03 17:01:00

Days after the Obama administration threatened widespread furloughs of government employees, one of Maryland's largest federal agencies, the Social Security Administration, said it might shoulder across-the-board spending cuts without sending any of its...

Md. lawmakers say budget cuts could harm BWI

2013-03-01 15:19:02

With the BWI Marshall Airport terminal as a backdrop, Democratic members of Maryland's congressional delegation took turns Friday bashing mandatory federal budget cuts they said could harm not only air travel but local businesses that rely on passenger...

Surcharges likely for gas pipeline replacement

2013-02-17 00:00:00

When Maryland utilities replace their gas pipelines, customers have had to fork out extra money afterward — not during. But that's poised to change. Both chambers of Maryland's General Assembly, citing safety concerns, approved measures this...

Bus companies scramble to handle Ravens game, inauguration

2013-01-18 14:47:00

By the time the phone calls started pouring in from Ravens fans seeking transportation to Sunday's conference championship game outside Boston, Superior Tours in Baltimore was already expecting a busy holiday weekend. The company had charter buses booked...

Seat belt enforcement in Towson nets 55 citations

2012-05-21 14:13:00

Baltimore County Police from the Towson Precinct issued more than 50 seat belt citations in four hours during a recent evening patrol in downtown Towson. According to the precinct, its Traffic Team unit conducted a "Night Time Seatbelt Enforcement...

As holiday nears, BWI moves to ease crunch on land, in air

2012-11-14 14:49:00

With the busiest travel period of the year just a few anxious days away, BWI Marshall Airport is in an all-out push to burnish its reputation as the "easy come, easy go" airport. Wednesday morning, federal security officials added BWI to a pre-...

BWI gets $12 million federal grant to repave runway

2012-07-18 13:05:07

BWI has received a $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help pay for the repaving of its longest runway, members of Maryland's congressional delegation announced Wednesday. Work on Runway 10-28, the 10,502-foot asphalt strip...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a $130,000 fine against United Airlines over failure to tell passengers they could leave a plane whose flight was delayed in May.

2013-02-11 16:07:00

Virgin America was fined by the U.S. Department of Transportation for a delayed flight of more than two hours in Chicago.

2013-01-02 09:50:57

If your vehicle is 2012 or newer, it must have electronic stability control. So says the U.S. Department of Transportation. The excellent 2013 Honda Accord has it.

2012-10-30 00:00:00