Montgomery Community Media

In the city of Rockville last year, the Rockville Mayor and Council met with elected officials from Gaithersburg and Montgomery County to discuss plans for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system that would run through Rockville. So what is BRT? Find out more in this report from Rock 11 Now: Visit our PEG partner Rock […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal, speaking today in Rockville about Rapid Transit at the Rapid Transit Roundtable sponsored by the White Flint Partnership, said, “I believe BRT offers great promise, but we must take a step-by-step approach to new projects or risk losing the already tenuous public support for transit.” You can read his […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett announced today that he has reconvened the County’s Transit Task Force. In an April 6 letter to Task Force Chair Mark Winston, Leggett asked the Task Force to make recommendations relating about how to “… establish a plan for the implementation of as much of the [high quality bus […]

The city of Rockville recently hosted a meeting on the proposed Bus Rapid Transit with city of Gaithersburg and Montgomery County elected officials. Rockville 11 reports. Visit our PEG partner Rockville11 to view more of its programming.   Related:

Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports about pedestrian safety in parking lots, county road standards, a recent Bus Rapid Transit meeting in Rockville and more.

If there is one thing politicians can rally around, it’s traffic. So when the Rockville City Council invited neighboring Gaithersburg and Montgomery County elected leaders to a discussion on the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system, it was a full house.   The group met on Wednesday night to get an update on the corridor planning study […]

Montgomery County Department of Transportation and the Maryland Highway Administration are seeking volunteers to serve on Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Advisory committees. The deadline to apply is Nov. 21. Learn more in Tom Pogue’s Transportation Update video. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Learn more or make […]

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation and the Maryland State Highway Administration are seeking volunteers — residents, businesses and community organizations — to serve on Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Advisory Committees. The two agencies are seeking public input as they develop concepts for a Rapid Transit System, a network of rapid transit routes that is […]

At the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair Monday, it was a rapid transit vehicle that took center stage outside the main gates. This particular bus was headed to Denver, Colo., but was an example of the kind of vehicle that might be used in the proposed bus rapid transit plan. MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick reports:

Members of the Councils of Montgomery County and Washington, D.C., hosted the first ever joint meeting of their respective Transportation and Environment Committees and had in-depth discussions on how to enhance coordination on key issues that impact both of the neighboring jurisdictions. The July 16 meeting marked the third in an on-going series of meetings, […]