Montgomery Community Media

More than a dozen roads and two parking garages in Silver Spring will be closed on Nov. 20 due to the Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade. From 6 a.m. until about 1 p.m., the following roads will be closed: North and Southbound Georgia Ave. between East-West Highway and Colesville Road Cedar Avenue between Colesville Road and […]

Montgomery County introduced a bill Wednesday that would regulate the speed of electric scooters and how they must be stored after use. The council attempted to regulate e-scooters last year but the bill expired before any action was taken as they weren’t being used as often during the pandemic, explained Councilmember Sidney Katz. A public […]

Montgomery County will resume collecting late fees on parking tickets starting August 1, after months of suspended payments due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) stopped collecting late fees on parking tickets in March 2020 in order to prevent “undue hardship” on customers. Late fees accumulated on parking tickets between […]

Montgomery County announced their offices will be closed Friday, June 18 in observance of the new federal holiday, Juneteenth. Thursday, President Biden signed into law Juneteenth as a national holiday to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States, which took place on June 19, 1865 in Texas. County Executive Marc Elrich said, “I […]

Here is what is open and closed on Thanksgiving weekend. County offices – closed. State offices and courts – closed. Libraries – closed. Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) – closed. Recreation – all facilities closed. No programs held. Ride On/On extRa / Flash – operate on a Sunday schedule. Metrorail and Metrobus MARC Train and Commuter […]

Rockville City Police Department announced Monday that drivers can officially pay for parking via the ParkMobile app at more than 500 metered parking spaces in the City of Rockville. The news comes more than three months after the parking app MobileNOW! announced they were ceasing operation because of the coronavirus. ParkMobile will be replacing city […]

MobileNOW! publicó una actualización en su sitio web, diciendo: “los clientes que tengan una tarjeta de crédito válida asociada con su cuenta en línea serán acreditados automáticamente de forma proporcional a su saldo acreedor, sin necesidad de una solicitud”. En otras palabras, los clientes de MobileNOW! que utilizan una tarjeta de crédito en su cuenta, […]

Update (May 20, 10:50 a.m.): MobileNOW! posted an update on its website, saying, “customers that have a valid credit card associated with their online account will be recredited automatically such proportion of their credit balance as may be payable to them, without any need for a request.” In other words, MobileNOW! customers with a credit […]

Metro announced some major changes to parking beginning Monday, Feb. 5, including ending free parking on Saturdays. Parking on Sundays and federal holidays will remain free except when special event parking rules are in effect. Metro will expand hours when parking fees are charged, lower parking fees at two stations as part of a pilot program, […]

[Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to clarify that Montgomery County residents will still be able to use the MobileNow! app to pay for parking.] The popular ParkMobile, a popular parking app used widely in the DC metro area, will soon be available for use by Montgomery County residents, Bethesda Beat reports. The county […]