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On June 25, 2015, when Governor Larry Hogan cancelled the Red Line light rail project, he sent a clear message to Baltimore City and the broader region: if we want a prosperous and equitable city, we will have to stand up and fight for it. The Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition was formed out of the Baltimore Red Line Title VI Initiative, a group of community economic development advocates in West

Baltimore who contributed thousands of collective hours of time to plan the Red Line as a successful transportation and community development project. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits the disparate and adverse impacts on African-American and low income communities accompanying the Red Line’s cancellation. While the Federal Transit Administration’s Title VI investigation is ongoing, the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition has been formed to build a broad political coalition in Baltimore City and beyond that will reinstate and ultimately construct the Red Line light rail. We are on the right side of history — and reinstating, funding, and constructing the Red Line in the near term is much more possible than it might seem. The Governor’s pattern of conduct related to transportation, and including the Red Line, makes it clear that the Red Line cancellation was more than a simple adjustment in the policy priorities of the state. If you can’t contribute, we need your help as a volunteer, or to connect us to volunteers and donors.

07/31/2026

One day after Holly Arnold announced she was stepping down from leading the Maryland Transit Administration, the governor’s office announced Wednesday her replacement will be former Del. Tony Bridges.

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07/31/2026

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One day after Holly Arnold announced she was stepping down from leading the Maryland Transit Administration, the governor’s office announced Wednesday her replacement will be former Del. Tony Bridges.

07/31/2026

Former state Del. Tony Bridges, a Baltimore Democrat who represented Maryland’s 41st district from 2019 to 2023, will take the driver’s seat of the MTA starting Sept. 1. He’s a Baltimore native and graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute who previously held multiple roles at the Maryland D...

07/30/2026

🏘️ Join Us for Community Convos in Penn-North!

Community redevelopment is about more than rebuilding neighborhoods it's about investing in the people who call them home.

Join Associated Black Charities for our August Community Convos, co-hosted by Nicole Earle of Dominion Real Estate.

Together, we'll explore the opportunities, challenges, and collaborative solutions surrounding community redevelopment, while discussing how residents, organizations, and local leaders can work together to create stronger, more vibrant neighborhoods across Baltimore and Maryland.

📅 Thursday, August 20, 2026
📍 Doxa Ministries
2520 Pennsylvania Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217
📍 Neighborhood: Penn-North

Whether you're a resident, advocate, community leader, or simply someone who cares about the future of our communities, we invite you to join the conversation.

No registration required. Just show up.

Bring your resources. Bring your voice. Be part of the change.

A day after Maryland Transit Administrator Holly Arnold announced her resignation, Gov. Wes Moore has named her successo...
07/29/2026

A day after Maryland Transit Administrator Holly Arnold announced her resignation, Gov. Wes Moore has named her successor.

Former state Del. Tony Bridges, a Baltimore Democrat who represented Maryland’s 41st District from 2019 to 2023, will take the driver’s seat of the MTA starting Sept. 1. He’s a Baltimore native and graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute who previously held multiple roles at the Maryland Department of Transportation.

He’ll have a tall task ahead of him.

Bridges is taking the helm of an agency struggling to hit its operational goals on Baltimore’s core bus network while overseeing massive ongoing capital projects on the city’s subway and light rail.

There’s also the ongoing saga of the Purple Line, a 14-mile light rail project in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, and plans to expand Baltimore’s sprawling transit network.

And more changes are coming. This year, Annapolis lawmakers passed a law to create new MTA oversight boards, and Bridges will be the first administrator to work with them.

“Tony Bridges brings a rare combination of hands-on transit experience, legislative insight, and an unwavering commitment to Maryland,” Moore, a Democrat, wrote in an emailed statement to the Banner.

“He understands that transit is the ultimate connector to opportunity, and I am confident that under his leadership, the Maryland Transit Administration will build a safer, more reliable, and more equitable transportation network for our entire state,” Moore said.

Bridges, who will leave his role as Moore’s deputy legislative officer to lead the MTA, first worked for MDOT as a senior advisor in 2013 under then-Gov. Martin O’Malley, and later served as MTA’s chief of staff until 2015.
In Annapolis, Bridges was a member of the Environment and Transportation Committee and the Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus. He advocated for more local control of Baltimore’s transit system, laying the groundwork for what would become a regional advisory body to the MTA. He was co-chair of that advisory council while also serving as assistant state transportation secretary in 2024 and 2025.

06/02/2026

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A couple of weeks ago, BTEC members Niesha McCoy and Rev. Laurel Mendes did an interview with the Baltimore Sun about th...
05/29/2026

A couple of weeks ago, BTEC members
Niesha McCoy and Rev. Laurel Mendes did an interview with the Baltimore Sun about the Red Line Light Rail.

“They’re telling communities like Baltimore City to just accept mediocre,” said Niesha McCoy, a member of the local activist group Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition. McCoy said she lived in West Baltimore for several years, recently moved to Towson, and relies on paratransit to get around.

Laurel Mendes, another member of the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition who attended a Red Line open house this month, said the state’s willingness to possibly abandon the first local rail line serving East and West Baltimore was disappointing, even reminiscent of failures to deliver on the original Red Line over a decade ago.

LINK BELOW: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/29/baltimore-red-line-rapid-bus/

04/30/2026

Despite TWICE being elected to head Local 44, Baltimore sanitation worker Stancil McNair has been barred from entering the union hall without an appointment . . . relegated to assembling trash cans, while an insider assumes many of his duties.

Amid potential Baltimore DPW layoffs, members met Friday and cried foul, demanding answers from AFSCME Council 3 . . . including wanting to know what ever happened to the $1 million in members' money lost to a phishing scam in 2022?

At the meeting, union members voiced support for the man they elected who has been sidelined and fumed over the silence of the insider who refused to answer them.

“Honestly, the union is our biggest enemy right now,” Local 44 Executive Board Member Teresa Best said. https://tinyurl.com/8sa3u7fe

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