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Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Acting Director Al Roshdieh today announced organizational changes designed to focus greater attention on alternative transportation choices and streamline the development approval process. According to a county news release, the changes will also allow the Division of Transit Services to better focus on its core mission of providing Ride […]

UPDATED One man was killed and another was injured in a crash on the ICC near Layhill Road on Wednesday afternoon, according to Maryland Authority Transportation Police. Montgomery County officials said the driver of a MCDOT vehicle was fatally injured in this collision. In a statement, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett identified the county employee […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will celebrate the Ride On bus system’s 40th anniversary today. The celebration at the Executive Office Building in Rockville will include a bus operator who’s been with Ride On since the 1970’s, a passenger of Ride On since 1975 and Ride On’s first division chief. Also expected to join Leggett […]

Federal and county officials participated in a “Stand Up For Transportation” event to promote the passage of a long-term federal transportation authorization bill. Lorna Virgili reports.   Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

On April 9, U.S. Representatives John Delaney (left) and John Sarbanes (second from right) joined Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Acting Director Al Roshdieh and MCDOT Division of Transit Services Chief Carolyn Biggins at a “Stand Up For Transportation” event to promote enactment of long-term federal transportation authorization. Speakers noted that sustainable federal support […]

Ride On bus passengers can help needy families and ride free with the “Give and Ride” food drive April 19 through 25. During the annual food drive, Montgomery County Ride On bus passengers can donate food for area families who don’t have enough to eat. During “Give and Ride,” food collection bags will be placed […]

U.S. Representatives John Delaney and John Sarbanes are scheduled to join Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Acting Director Al Roshdieh, MCDOT Division of Transit Services Chief Carolyn Biggins and other federal and county officials at a “Stand Up 4 Transportation” event, one of more than 100 such efforts being organized nationwide by the American […]

Starting April 13, Montgomery County’s residential roadways will get a spring cleaning with the launch of the annual street sweeping program on about 4,000 of the county’s 5,000 curb miles of roads. This joint effort between the Department of Transportation (MCDOT) and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) removes abrasives and other debris left behind after […]

UPDATED The new acting director of Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is sharing some of his goals and vision for moving the county forward in an interview posted online on Dec. 29. Al Roshdieh says the county’s “road network is essentially built out” in an online interview with Esther Bowring, the editor of Go […]

Montgomery County Chief Administrative Officer Tim Firestine announced this week that Al Roshdieh, Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Deputy Director will be named Acting Director of MCDOT following the retirement of Arthur Holmes, Jr. later this month. In his announcement, Firestine stated that, “Mr. Roshdieh brings a wealth of experience in developing County policy […]