Montgomery Community Media

After more than 230 years of service, historic White’s Ferry has been shut down since December 2020 due to a legal dispute Poolesville leaders held a forum Wednesday evening at the Town Hall for residents to hear updates about the ferry’s future. “The ferry will run again,” said Chuck Kuhn, owner of White’s Ferry since […]

Metro’s Board of Directors approved changes in June that will increase the number of trains and buses, lower fares and add hours on weekends beginning Sept. 5. The Metro will reach 91% of pre-pandemic service levels and the buses will reach 97% with these changes. Officials took the public’s input into account when deciding to […]

Después de un cierre de 14 meses, el puente peatonal que conecta la estación de metro de Rockville con Rockville Town Center reabrió el lunes 16 de agosto. Según un comunicado de prensa de la ciudad de Rockville, el puente, que permite a los peatones cruzar la carretera Rockville Pike, se sometió recientemente a cinco […]

After a 14 month closure, the pedestrian bridge connecting the Rockville Metro station to Rockville Town Center will reopen Monday, Aug. 16. According to a press release from the City of Rockville, the bridge, which allows pedestrians to cross over Rockville Pike, recently underwent five months of repair work. The pedestrian bridge linking Rockville Town […]

Beach Drive, between Kensington Parkway and Old Spring Road, will close Aug. 30 and remain closed until mid-June of 2022 while the two-lane bridge that carries Beach Drive over Silver Creek gets replaced. Traffic will be detoured through MD 185 to MD 192 to Stoneybrook Drive and Beach Drive, according to a Montgomery County press […]

The Maryland Board of Public Works voted 2-1 Wednesday to award a public-private partnership to Accelerate Maryland Partners of Tysons, Va., to ease traffic congestion along Routes 270 and 495. Gov. Larry Hogan and Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot approved the plans that include replacing the American Legion Bridge and adding two high occupancy toll lanes […]

Construction for a new Pepco substation will cause major traffic disruptions on part of Randolph Road in Rockville beginning later this month. Per a press release from the county, the construction will extend from Parklawn Drive to Nebel Street. Work is slated to start the week of Aug. 30, spokespeople from Pepco and the County […]

In keeping with President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan that calls for half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 to have zero emissions, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and the county Department of Transportation launched a campaign to increase awareness about the availability of electric vehicle charging stations in Bethesda, Silver Spring and […]

The three members of the Maryland Board of Public Works will vote Aug. 11 on whether to move forward with Phase 1 South of a managed toll lane road widening project that would extend from the American Legion Bridge to 1-270 to 1-370. Gov. Larry Hogan, Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot will vote […]

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has given the MCDOT funding to create a Ride On Crowd Sourcing System (ROCSS) app that will show bus statuses and passenger amounts, updating every 20 seconds.  The FTA funding was allocated in order to support public transportation and its riders amid the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal […]