Maryland
After rider backlash, Maryland changes course to retain all MTA commuter bus routes
The state has acceded to public demand to retain all 36 of its commuter bus routes but at reduced frequencies, the Maryland Department of Transportation and Maryland Transit Administration said in a news release Wednesday.
In February the department said it would cut eight routes and reduce service on 26 more, including 10 in the Baltimore region.
“Due to overwhelming feedback from commuters, and a strong commitment to funding our transportation systems by the Moore-Miller Administration and the General Assembly, the Commuter Bus system will remain intact,” Maryland Transit Administrator Holly Arnold said in the release. “Our updated schedule balances our riders’ need for reliable public transit with available funding levels.”
The agency said in the release that it received nearly 830 public comments at a handful of public hearings between Feb. 1 and April 29.
The department said a new schedule will go into effect July 1 that has a decrease in bus trips across all routes while retaining the current span of service hours and geographic coverage. Ridership is at 43% of pre-pandemic levels, the department said in the release.
In December, Gov. Wes Moore said the state would reduce $3.3 billion in planned transportation spending over the next six years. The department said in February that daily ridership had dropped from 12,000 to 5,100 before and after the pandemic.
The proposed cuts would have discontinued service on eight routes: Columbia to Bethesda, Annapolis to Washington, Kent Island to Washington, Severna Park and Davidsonville to Washington, Churchville to Baltimore, Hickory to Baltimore, Pindell to Washington, and Prince Frederick and Dunkirk to Suitland,and Washington.
Police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
The driver of a car involved in a crash with a Prince George’s County school bus in Accokeek, Maryland, on Friday has been identified.
Prince George’s County police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Bryans Road in Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive around 7:20 a.m. when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
Investigators said the crash happened in the intersection, causing the school bus to flip onto its side. Gravely died at the scene.
The school bus driver was transported to a hospital and treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Police said no students were on the bus at the time of the crash.
Investigators said they believe debris from the collision damaged a third vehicle. The driver of that vehicle “declined medical attention,” police said.
The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 301-731-4422.
WTOP’s Acacia James contributed to this report.
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A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Talk about a birthday surprise! A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Maurice Williams, a school bus driver in D.C., claimed the first top prize on a $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off. He had used his $50 winnings from a previous LUXE scratch-off ticket to buy a new one the next day.
In a release from the Maryland Lottery, Williams said he didn’t know he had won until he scanned the ticket: “It’s crazy because the matching number was 59 and I just turned 59 the other day.”
Williams said he sat in shock for a while before calling his mother.
He said he plans to buy his mother a house with the winnings and then save up.
Two more top prizes from the scratch-off have yet to be claimed, the Maryland Lottery said, as well as nine $200,000 prizes, 10 $50,000 prizes and thousands of prizes ranging from $50 to $10,000.
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