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Marking History: Honoring the Women Who Organized the 1938 Crab Pickers Strike
The triumphant fight for fair pay that lasted five turbulent weeks and led strikers to seek refuge in a church, now has its own spotlight. The former untold story is among Maryland’s latest roadside historical markers and proudly displayed on the Eastern Shore for...

Transit Travels: Utilizing MTA’s Multiple Services
Sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic is exhausting. Wouldn’t you rather bypass the backups and have someone else drive? It’s possible thanks to the Maryland Transit Administration’s robust transit network.
MDOT archaeologists find West African spirit cache at Harriet Tubman’s birthplace
Maryland Department of Transportation archaeologists were searching for homes of enslaved people...
Maryland reaches milestone of more than 60,000 registered electric vehicles
There’s some “electrifying” news from the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) as more...
MDOT MDOT MVA encourages drivers to learn more about safety features in new vehicles
Remember when the backup camera was a premium option found only in select models of cars? Invented...

Archaeology team led by MDOT SHA discovers homesite of Harriet Tubman’s father
Deep in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on the Eastern Shore, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) has made an important archaeological discovery. On Tuesday, Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford, MDOT Secretary Greg...

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...