Montgomery Community Media

Joseph Bostic Jr., the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School teacher named Montgomery County Public Schools Teacher of the Year for the 2021-2022 academic year, has officially picked up his final prize—a new car. Traditionally, Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Rockville provides the MCPS Teacher of the Year winner with a brand new car. For Bostic, […]

Officers from Montgomery County Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday evening starting at 10 p.m., weather permitting. The enforcement is intended to curb impaired driving and underage. Police will not disclose the location of the checkpoint in advance. The police encourage county residents to drive responsibly and ride with a sober driver. Sobriety […]

Los líderes del condado de Montgomery lanzaron el jueves un nuevo programa piloto llamado “20 is plenty” (20 es suficiente) para reducir el límite de velocidad en carreteras seleccionadas a 20 millas por hora. El programa tiene como objetivo ayudar a mejorar la seguridad vial para peatones, ciclistas y automovilistas. Las cinco carreteras piloto están […]

Montgomery County leaders on Thursday launched a new pilot program called “20 is Plenty” to reduce the speed limit on select roads to 20 miles per hour. The program is intended to help improve road safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. The five pilot roads are in North Bethesda, Germantown and Long Branch. They are: […]

Wednesday’s vote by the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board to remove the state’s proposed I-270, I-495 express toll lanes project from its air quality analysis dealt a serious blow to the future of the project. “In order to meet federal requirements and advance to the construction phase, regional projects must be included in the […]

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration announced it is testing a new ramp metering system on the ramp from northbound MD 118 to southbound I-270 in Germantown and will add more flashing yellow signals on other I-270 ramps in the near future. The system uses sensors to detect traffic conditions in real time […]

El condado de Montgomery reanudará el cobro de cargos por pagos atrasados en multas de estacionamiento a partir del 1 de agosto, después de meses de pagos suspendidos debido a la pandemia de coronavirus. El Departamento de Transporte del Condado de Montgomery (MCDOT) dejó de cobrar cargos por pagos atrasados en las multas de estacionamiento […]

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board voted Wednesday to remove the I-270 and I-495 express lanes from its Air Quality Conformity Analysis, following a request from the Montgomery County Executive’s office. Now that the planning board will not conduct an environmental study of this project, Maryland will have to submit a revised plan if […]

El programa de calles compartidas del condado de Montgomery continuará durante todo el verano, anunció el condado en un comunicado el 11 de junio. El Departamento de Transporte (MCDOT) inició el programa de Calles Compartidas cuando comenzó la pandemia de COVID-19. Cerró algunas carreteras a los automóviles para permitir actividades al aire libre como caminar […]

Montgomery County’s Shared Streets program will continue throughout the summer, the county announced in a June 11 statement. The Department of Transportation (MCDOT) began the Shared Streets program when the COVID-19 pandemic started. It closed some roads to cars to allow outdoor activities like walking and dining. Areas like the Bethesda Streetery offer outdoor in-street […]