Motorists ring a peal over tolls

October 6, 2008

To say that Bryan D. Fischer of Timonium wasn't persuaded by my Sept. 15 column suggesting variable tolls to relieve congestion on the Bay Bridge is putting it mildly.

Recent columns

• Soliciting I-70 suggestions from amateur highway engineers: yep, that's you, motorist

  September 22, 2008

  Getting There readers had plenty to say about my column on interchange design and motorcycle safety.

• Toll incentives could make northern 'land bridge' No. 1 route for beach

  September 15, 2008

  The emergency repairs that caused those massive Bay Bridge traffic jams are done for now.

• Ellicott City residents take aim at site of fatal crash

  September 8, 2008

  Interstate 70 and U.S 29 in Ellicott City meet at one of the more puzzling interchanges around Baltimore. To many who live nearby, it looks like a death trap.

• A new route to a green arena

  September 1, 2008

  My colleague Dan Rodricks has made a persuasive case for replacing 1st Mariner Arena with a world-class facility - built to the highest "green" standards and capable of drawing professional sports teams and top-flight entertainment events.

• Compassion for driver in fatal crash — and accountability

  August 25, 2008

  My Aug. 11 column about the death of Charles Stoecker on a country road just south of the Pennsylvania line - and the devastation it caused his family - brought some interesting reaction.

• Bridges need tougher policing

  August 18, 2008

  The Maryland Transportation Authority owns and operates seven toll facilities on behalf of the people of the state. All seven are all critical to Maryland's prosperity and mobility, but the crown jewel is the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge - the Bay Bridge.

• Death on a quiet road

  August 11, 2008

  Death came for Chuck Stoecker in a beautiful place.

• Finding funds in tolls and taxes

  August 4, 2008

  At the far end of the Capitol Raceway property in Crofton, out by the gravel pit, a big, ugly metal structure called a gantry frames a roadway used by the firm that runs the E-ZPass program to test toll-collection technologies.

• Caution, tips for MARC trips

  July 28, 2008

  So you've just said goodbye to your job in Baltimore and have accepted an exciting new position in Washington. The nation's capital beckons, but not its inflated real estate market.

• Fast talk from a highway expert

  July 21, 2008

  Tom Hicks knows almost everything there is to know about Maryland highways. He's 75, and has been the State Highway Administration's chief traffic safety engineer for 40 years. He's as frisky and energetic as a new recruit and isn't planning to retire "till I get it right."

• A to-do list for road safety

  July 14, 2008

  The president of the Baltimore City Council was there, promising to work on her bad habit of texting while driving.

• ICC opponents can keep project honest

  November 26, 2007

  The toothpaste is out of the tube. The fat lady has not only sung; she's cooling down with a post-operatic beer. The Rubicon has been crossed - by a six-lane toll bridge.