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What’s New at MDOT
MDOT Insider is back here with the latest updates on transportation projects and initiatives across Maryland!
What to Expect on Your First Train Ride: Here’s My Experience
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but train rides are actually… nice? Before now, I had never taken a train; not back home in Nigeria, and certainly nowhere else. In my head, trains were either dangerous, confusing or straight-up chaotic. I had read way too many...
Meet Acting Secretary Samantha J. Biddle
There’s a new captain at the helm of the Maryland Department of Transportation. Acting Secretary Samantha J. Biddle stepped into her new role earlier this month after previously having served as Deputy Secretary, making her well known within the department. She first...
Francis Scott Key Bridge History: See 1970s Construction Photos
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore spanned the distance across the Patapsco River. But it...
MDOT Celebrates 10,000 Certified Small and Minority-Owned Firms
The Maryland Department of Transportation is thrilled to announce that there are now 10,000...
Completing Maryland’s Streets: New Implementation Plans to Drive Our Work
Did you know that Maryland has a goal of reducing deaths and injuries on our roads to zero by...
MDOT SHA archaeologists work to unearth possible homesite of Harriet Tubman’s father
As fog burned off the wetlands at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge one recent morning, Dr. Julie Schablitsky trudged deep into the muck. Water inundated the roads. Phragmites grew alongside. Trees that are succumbing to rising waters – collectively called...
MDOT Secretary Greg Slater commemorates Transit Driver Appreciation Day
I want to wish all of our drivers at the MDOT MTA and MDOT MAA a happy Transit Driver Appreciation Day! Know that I’m thankful every day for your commitment to public service. I encourage all of our customers and MDOT employees to let our transit drivers know just how...
Eagles return to MDOT MPA’s Masonville Cove
For the third consecutive year, a pair of bald eagles have chosen the Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center as their home. Bald eagles were first seen on the campus, which is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT...
MDOT Secretary Greg Slater’s statement on Day of Remembrance
“As today marks the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 confirmed cases in Maryland, I want to express my gratitude to all of the front-line workers at the Maryland Department of Transportation who have stood tall in the face of a harrowing and uncertain path...
‘We make things happen’: MDOT deputy secretary reflects on career during National Engineers Week
With Engineers Week upon us, Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Deputy Secretary R. Earl Lewis Jr. sat down to discuss the importance of engineering in transportation. Deputy Secretary Lewis holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of...