Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED, Jan. 6, 4 p.m. – Police have identified the man hit and killed by a MARC train on Monday as 18-year-old Mario Ernesto Hernandez of Gaithersburg. Police said at about 4:12 p.m. on Jan. 5, officers from the 6th District , the Gaithersburg Police Department and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded for the report […]

Transportation was the theme of the night at the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board meeting, where locals pitched in their thoughts on the major projects aimed at connecting the community. See our “MyMCMedia On Location” coverage of the board’s March meeting below: Earlier this year, the board looked at the redevelopment of White Oak, Wheaton […]

Presentations and updates on major transportation projects in the area was the focus of the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board meeting on March 10. The Purple Line, the Takoma/Langley Bus Terminal, and the DC Trolley were the hot topics discussed as dozens of residents asked for more information on what’s next for transportation development in […]

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) announced the creation of Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) Area Advisory Committees. Committee members will partner with the MTA and representatives from Montgomery County, the City of Gaithersburg, and the City of Rockville to plan the proposed station areas along the CCT corridor. Residents, community organization members, area employees, and business […]

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is hosting a public open house Oct. 30 for the Corridor Cities Tansitway (CCT) Project. The CCT will be a state-of-the-art Bus Rapid Transit line operating on a fully dedicated 15-mile corridor from the COMSAT facility near Clarksburg, Maryland to the Shady Grove Metro Station. Engineering and environmental analysis for […]

The Action Committee for Transit (ACT), issued a statement claiming the Town of Chevy Chase aims to keep outsiders away as the town continues to fight against the Purple LIne. “With their arguments against the Purple Line blown away by the state’s new environmental study, opponents in Chevy Chase are falling back on undisguised stalling […]

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), in coordination with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), has extended the time period in which residents can comment on the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation (FEIS) on the proposed Purple Line from 30 days to 45 days. The comment period, which began on September 6 and […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley announced the appointment of James T. “Jim” Smith, Jr. as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) on May 29 at the site of a new $90 million project to widen I-695 (Baltimore Beltway) from US 40 to Frederick Road (MD 144) in Baltimore County – part of a vision […]

The Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) proposed the elimination on August 1 of three MTA bus commuter routes that utilize the Inter County Connector (ICC): Nos. 202, 203, and 205. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett wrote today (May 24) to the MTA stressing the importance of the routes to the Bethesda BRAC and Shady Grove Life […]

Montgomery County Council member Phil Andrews is requesting the Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA) to cut in half the tolls on the Inter-County Connector  (ICC) to significantly increase use of the underused highway. Andrews has sent a letter to the Acting Chairman of MTA with his proposal. The full ICC highway connecting I-270 in Gaithersburg to […]