Department of Transportation

Nico Francis and Rohan Pinnock clear sidewalks outside the Marlborough Apartments where many residents are elderly. Photo by Emily Hofstaedter/WYPR.

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Ahead of the big winter storm, how Maryland is readying for the worst

We ask a National Weather Service meteorologist and officials at BWI and the State Highway Administration to size up the weekend's looming winter storm and how travelers will be affected by the potentially dangerous arctic blast.

The remaining portions of the Francis Scott Key Bridge are seen, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Baltimore, before a commemoration service on the one-year anniversary of the collapse of the bridge. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

WYPR News

Maryland’s Wes Moore will meet US DOT secretary about Key Bridge

Scott Maucione

The two will discuss the cost and schedule of the structure.

Before becoming interim director, Johnson served as DOT’s chief engineer and deputy director for complete streets. (Daniel Zawodny / The Baltimore Banner)

WYPR News

Baltimore City DOT Director is latest exit from Scott administration

Emily Hofstaedter

Corren Johnson oversaw the Department of Transportation for 16 months before her abrupt departure Thursday.

A Hyundai sedan sits in the parking lot of East Bay Tow Inc., where Attorney General Rob Bonta held a news conference, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Berkeley, Calif., about the surge in thefts of KIA and Hyundai vehicles. Attorneys general in 17 states plus Washington, DC, on Thursday urged the federal government to recall millions of Kia and Hyundai cars because they are too easy to steal; a response to a sharp increase in thefts fueled by a viral social media challenge. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

WYPR News

Baltimore City youth referred to state’s attorney for auto crimes at higher rate than rest of state

Emily Hofstaedter

The department refers two-thirds of city youth auto-theft arrests to the state’s attorney and 97% of youth carjackings.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Dr. Mansoureh Jeihani, Director and Professor, National Transportation Center at Morgan State

WYPR News

Buttigieg visits Morgan State University

Callan Tansill-Suddath

He toured the school's state-of-the-art Urban Mobility and Equity Center and took part in a town hall.

WYPR News

City Audit Report Finds a Mess at DOT

Baltimore City’s Department of Transportation is in shambles, according to an audit released today.An audit from the 2016—2017 fiscal year found that the…