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Transportation impacts health.

"Luckily, policies like the Transportation and Climate Alignment Act (TCA) that will be introduced again next year by Delegate Mark Edelson and Senator Shelly Hettleman can help combat these issues."

Op-Ed by Megan Weil Latshaw

marylandmatters.org/2025/12/12/t...
The way we plan highway projects overlooks health. We can fix it. - Maryland Matters
Building more roads is one way to move people, but it's not the best, or healthiest, writes Megan Weil Latshaw, who says a focus on getting people to destinations safely and conveniently -- not just q...
marylandmatters.org
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thank you Speaker Jones for your leadership.
"When elected speaker, I never intended this to be forever," says Maryland Del. Adrienne A. Jones, who is stepping down immediately as speaker of the House of Delegates.

A successor will be picked by House Democrats on Dec. 16.

www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones stepping down
Jones, 71, has been a member of the legislature since 1997 and ascended to the top position in 2019 following the death of longtime House Speaker Michael E. Busch.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Baltimore parents and caregivers: PCAB is asking for feedback on your child's/children's transit experience.

Bit.ly/PCABtransportation

Cc @drberger.bsky.social @carolsott.bsky.social @onetjesse.bsky.social @elipousson.bsky.social @jogadsby.bsky.social @mskerrygraham.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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"The density regulations roughly matched the existing density of each neighborhood, sort of, more or less. That was it. No science. No public health data. Just numbers written into a chart decades ago with the sole goal of preserving the status quo."
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congratulations to the Blue Jays. I’m crushed. But I was visiting Toronto in April when the team signed Vlad Jr to a long term deal and it was fun to see fans in the city excited. The team took off after that.
Mariners Blue Jays October baseball 😉.

As a kid as we would walk the ramps of the Kingdome after a game I’d pick up any ticket stubs that people dropped. I kept them in a shoe box.

Go M’s!!!
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Mariners Blue Jays October baseball 😉.

As a kid as we would walk the ramps of the Kingdome after a game I’d pick up any ticket stubs that people dropped. I kept them in a shoe box.

Go M’s!!!
October 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thank you On the Record and @wypr.bsky.social. I heard many interesting and often uplifting things and was honored to be a guest on your show.

www.wypr.org/show/on-the-...
'On the Record' signs off with reminisces and thanks
After more than nine years, On the Record signs off. Thank you to our listeners, and to everyone who trusted us with your ideas, stories and to amplify the work you do for Maryland, and for Baltimore.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Found: TCL Phone

Found on a southbound #WMATA D70 bus on Sunday 9/28 in Washington DC.

If it’s yours, call it and I’ll make a plan to get it back to you.

#LostandFound
September 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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cmon man, Astros fans can’t read
September 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Speaking officially as the host of Jeopardy!, Cal Raleigh is the correct MVP vote.
September 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Last weekend I rode the new Sound Transit 2 Line (East Link) through places where I grew up. Amazing to see the changes.

I want similar expansion of options for greater Baltimore.
September 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I commute on MARC into Penn Station Baltimore. Today was the first time I’ve arrived at the new platform. Nice upgrade to this gateway to the city.
July 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“That’s a choice. We could choose to implement the MARC plan.”

The 4-year spending programs for the Washington & Baltimore regions include >40 road and highway expansion projects (widening costs more than just resurfacing). MDOT is widening I81 and US15.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Cash-strapped Maryland revives plan for trains to Virginia and Delaware
The long-delayed rail plan would also include more frequent train service between D.C. and Baltimore.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Catch me if you can
June 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I’m excited to see how the new routes perform, but part of me is sad to say goodbye to the L8 bus, the H8 bus, and the D8 bus. I laughed every time I saw them.
wmata.com Metro @wmata.com · Jun 27
We’re back in the lab to show you how the new bus network came to life - from public input to design breakthroughs. It’s time for the new network to do what it was built to do: deliver faster, more frequent, and more reliable service!
June 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It was a joy to watch him in the FIFA Club World Cup
"I think I’m still playing at a high level, and I hope that I’ve changed a couple of perspectives about myself."

Cristian Roldan showed out during the FIFA Club World Cup!🤩

READ ⬇️
Cristian Roldan shines in FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, hints at potential USMNT return | Seattle Sounders
Sounders FC's Cristian Roldan makes his case as one of the top midfielders in the U.S. during CWC competition
sndrs.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
etsc.eu
June 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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OSS 117, urban planner extraordinaire.
Based on the famous quote by @brenttoderian.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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What's interesting is that in 2019, Boring Co submitted plans to build a 35-mile underground loop between Baltimore and DC, claiming the project would be done in two years. Nothing of note was ever built and the co removed the project from its site in 2021: www.washingtonpost.com/local/traffi...
Elon Musk’s Boring Company removes D.C.-Baltimore tunnel from list of projects on website
The company hasn’t indicated to the Federal Highway Administration that it plans to move forward with the project after drafting an environmental assessment.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Sent my review of the copy-edited manuscript back to the publisher late last night!
This is starting to feel real. Due out in February!
#slavery #bskystorians
April 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
April 16 was National Canadian Film Day. My daughter chose Turning Red to watch together. I chose this. We used to beg our elementary school teachers to let us watch it again on film strip. www.nfb.ca/film/paddle_...
Paddle to the Sea
Based on Holling C. Holling's book of the same name, Paddle to the Sea is Bill Mason's film adaptation of the classic tale of an Indigenous boy who …
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April 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Important legislation. Thank you House members. Let’s go Maryland Senate!
March 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Rallying for #BetterTransitNow
February 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM