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A Conversation With the Women Overseeing the Safety and Security at the Port of Baltimore
There is always something happening at the Port of Baltimore, and Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police Captain Michelle Mount and Maryland Port Administration (MPA) Director of Security Kathleen Bowen know that better than most. We recently spoke with the...
Work Zone Safety: How Portable Flagging Stations Help Keep Workers Safe
Each day in Maryland there are 300 highway construction, maintenance and utility work zones with more than 1,000 workers. From 2019-2023, there were 7,110 work zone-related crashes in Maryland – an average of more than 1,400 each year – resulting in 2,587 injuries and...
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...
MDOT, DNR present archaeological findings about Newtowne’s enslaved community
Discoveries of items ranging from Native American pottery to tobacco pipe stems are providing...
MDOT, DNR dig uncovers hidden history of industrial slavery at two small cabins at Elkridge Furnace site
Two cabins on the historic Elkridge Furnace site in Howard County likely housed enslaved workers...
Highway response teams continue to help motorists during pandemic
It was a chilly spring morning when a driver with the MDOT State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART) came across a disabled vehicle on the side of I-695. While the disabled vehicle wasn’t unusual – CHART personnel...
MDOT MTA Police, MDTA Police team with Maryland State Police for Red Cross blood drive
As COVID-19 continues to impact communities across the country, blood supplies at the American Red Cross have dropped dramatically. Now, Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police and Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT...
MDOT purchases hand sanitizer from St. Michaels distillery to protect frontline workers
When Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Secretary Greg Slater pulled into Windon Distilling in St. Michaels one recent afternoon, he wasn’t thinking about the spirits normally distilled inside. Instead, Secretary Slater had safety on his mind. The secretary...
BWI badging agents deliver so goods can keep being delivered during pandemic
It was mid-January when a representative from Amazon contacted BWI Marshall Airport with news that the company would need badges for an influx of new employees. The coronavirus was devastating countries overseas, and health experts predicted the United States was...
Dignified Transfer pays tribute to fallen U.S. Marine
As the remains of a fallen U.S. Marine were loaded onto a plane one recent morning at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, travelers pressed their faces against the windows above and peered down at the tarmac. There, dozens of members of the BWI family had lined up to...