Public Transportation and Smart Growth

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,702 posts) Sun Oct 19, 2025, 06:40 PM Oct 2025

Maryland will provide free rail and commuter bus transit to federal workers during shutdown

Maryland will provide free rail and commuter bus transit to federal workers during shutdown

Jeffery Leon | jeffery.leon@wtop.com
October 19, 2025, 12:21 PM

Maryland will provide free MARC train and Commuter Bus service to federal workers for the duration of the government shutdown, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has announced.

Anyone with a federal ID badge can ride for free by showing their badge to the operator.

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Jeffery Leon
Jeff Leon joins WTOP as a digital writer/editor after workingfor the Bloomberg Industry Group as a legal reporter for several years, reporting hundreds of stories and deep dives into taxes and courts.
jeffery.leon@wtop.com

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Maryland will provide free rail and commuter bus transit to federal workers during shutdown (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 OP

Glad we're doing that. elleng Oct 2025 #1

Maryland state employees also ride free Bmoboy Oct 2025 #2

elleng

(141,926 posts)

1. Glad we're doing that.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 07:08 PM

Oct 2025

Hope we can we can afford it.

Bmoboy

(665 posts)

2. Maryland state employees also ride free

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 07:14 PM

Oct 2025

When I worked for Maryland I only needed my ID badge.

The trains and busses are already going. No additional cost to the state if some extra folks ride free.

That is what a society is supposed to do.

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