By Charlie Youngmann, Capital News Service
Unpaid federal employees feeling the effects of the government shutdown will receive free rides from Maryland Transportation Administration services, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Thursday at Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
Starting Friday morning, all MTA services will be available for free to unpaid employees upon showing a federal ID, according to state Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn.
“We’re going to waive all fees to these impacted federal employees for all MTA services,” Hogan said. “So if they’re riding the MARC train, if they’re riding MTA, Baltimore Metro, BusLink, BaltimoreLink, every single state transportation service is going to be free.”
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