NEWS
By Alisa Samuels and Alisa Samuels,Evening Sun Staff | September 17, 1990
State Police reported that 12 people died in traffic accidents on Maryland roads over the weekend.The deaths brought to 531 the number of people killled on state roads so far this year, compared with 503 at the same time last year, police said.About 12:30 a.m. yesterday, the driver of a motorcycle was injured and his rider killed when the vehicle skidded on loose gravel on a curve on Camden Avenue at Old Mill Lane in Salisbury, Wicomico County, police said. Both riders were thrown from the motorcycle.
NEWS
By Richard Irwin and Richard Irwin,Evening Sun Staff | July 29, 1991
Two people died on state roads over the weekend, bringing the number of traffic-related deaths so far this year to 368, compared with 412 at the same time last year.Both accidents were in Prince George's County.The latest fatal accident occurred about 11:45 p.m. Saturday when Ciscero Plummer, 53, of Landover, was driving south on Md. 202 near Kenmoor Road in Landover when he lost control of his 1973 Buick and struck the median strip.State Police said Plummer's car then crashed into the rear of a Metro bus that had stopped to take on passengers.
NEWS
By Jill Hudson and Jill Hudson,SUN STAFF | December 11, 1996
More than a year ago, Howard County's Traffic Engineering Division ordered $69,000 worth of sensors to trip traffic signals for county rescue vehicles.But now, C. Edward Walter, head of the division, says he doesn't have the staffing to install the devices.And the State Highway Administration (SHA) says the county can't use them on state roads because they differ from a state-approved system used in every other Maryland jurisdiction.The county was supposed to submit a study on the new system in hopes of winning state approval to use it, but the traffic department now says it doesn't have enough employees to pull together the report.
NEWS
July 28, 1998
GOV. PARRIS N. Glendening's "smart growth" initiative calls for more than development in the right places. It encourages the right kind of development, including commercial growth that is attractively and safely integrated into downtown areas. This cannot be done without changing laws and policies that have for decades encouraged sprawling, ugly, unsafe corridors.Unfortunately, state laws governing the right of property owners to access state roads are at odds with "smart growth." While the governor puts millions into anti-sprawl programs such as neighborhood revitalization, the State Highway Administration contradicts this goal by granting property owners direct access onto state roads.
NEWS
By PAUL MCCARDELL and PAUL MCCARDELL,SUN RESEARCHER | November 11, 2007
As reported Nov. 16, 1967, in The Sun: More than 10 miles of new state highways in Howard and Baltimore counties were opened to the public yesterday afternoon at a brief but cold dedication ceremony. Among the audience of about 75 persons were several dozen construction workers, contractors, Howard and Baltimore county politicians and State Roads Commission officials. Construction of six miles of Interstate Route 70N, which will connect the Baltimore Beltway and Route 29, and 4.5 miles of a dualized Route 29 from I-70N to Route 108 costs slightly more than $14,000,000, most of which was paid for by the Federal Government.
NEWS
By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | November 26, 2012
Concerned about drunken driving on a holiday weekend notorious for the crime, Maryland State Police pulled over more than 8,900 motorists this past weekend — and nearly 100 were drunk or impaired by alcohol. Troopers from all 22 state police barracks "made their presence known" by conducting stops targeting drunken, distracted, aggressive and lead-footed drivers, as well as those without seatbelts on, state police said Monday. Of those pulled over, 96 were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, 56 were arrested on drug violations and 133 were arrested for other crimes, police said.