The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MDOT MVA) reopened select branches Monday morning as part of the state’s effort to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. More than a dozen branches across the state reopened to serve customers by...
Mark Crampton is used to managing transportation projects. But these days, the assistant secretary for operations at the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been focusing more on medicine than transportation. Since mid-April, Crampton has been working...
Nearly 93 percent of Maryland communities depend exclusively on trucks to deliver goods that residents and businesses rely on in their daily lives. But the trucking industry is facing a shortage of commercial drivers, said Louis Campion, president and CEO of the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) encourages Marylanders to follow COVID-19 health precautions. MDOT is taking a system-wide approach to fight the spread of the virus and keep Maryland moving. Transportation Secretary Gregory Slater said frontline MDOT...
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) delivered on Governor Larry Hogan’s directive to expedite the project—once slated to last up to two years—and last month reopened the right lane of the westbound Bay Bridge more than a year ahead of schedule. This was...