Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett on December 17 celebrated the five-year anniversary of his December 2007 Pedestrian Safety Initiative, which for the first time provided a blueprint for action to improve pedestrian safety based on measurable strategies. Since 2009, pedestrian collisions have decreased 12 percent and the most severe collisions, those where pedestrians are incapacitated […]

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation launched two pedestrian safety campaigns focused on “visibility.” First, the “Shop With A Cop” campaign to increase safety and awareness in shopping mall parking lots. Second, the “Hey You, I’m Looking At You,” campaign focuses on the idea “be safe, be seen.” The signs for the “Hey You, I’m […]

Tom Pogue, Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation Community Relations Manager, gives an update on the bus stop improvement program which is now in its 7th year. To date 2/3 of the county’s bus stops have been improved at a cost of $7 million. Some of the criteria used to determine needed improvements are; Can passengers […]

Montgomery County Police Captain Paul Starks provides practical safety and security tips to protect yourself from becoming a victim of crime during the holiday shopping season. Take a look. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County Police are offering the, “Shop with a Cop,” holiday safety initiative again this year. It begins the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 26, and will run through Thursday, December 23. “Shop with a Cop” was developed to help increase the safety of shoppers, pedestrians, and drivers in the county during this active holiday […]

Montgomery County Police Traffic Division announced this year’s Back to School Enforcement Campaign which is set to begin on the first day of school

Rockville Police Chief Treschuk talks about the dangers of jaywalking and the steps various city government departments are taking to improve pedestrian safety. Rockville is using the “three E’s” to reduce the safety issue caused by jaywalking: education, engineering and enforcement.

Tom Pogue, Community Relations Manager for Department of Transportation talks about a joint effort between Blair High School students and MCDOT to improve pedestrian safety at the Four Corners intersection. Blair students were rewarded for their creative approach to raising awareness of pedestrian safety.

Congratulations to Blair High School freshman, Cullen Morris, for winning the “See Them See You!” text message contest promoting pedestrian safety to high school students in the Four Corners area of Silver Spring. Cullen will be presented with an iPad Thursday, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:15 p.m. at Montgomery Blair High School Cafeteria. Morris was […]

A CountyStat review of Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett’s Pedestrian Safety Initiative showed that county efforts to improve pedestrian safety are having a positive effect. Since 2005, pedestrian collisions per 100,000 residents have fallen from 46.7 in 2005 to 40.5 in 2011, and the severity of those collisions decreased. The reductions in collisions are most […]