Montgomery Community Media

Nearly a third of the county’s pedestrian collisions are occurring in parking lots or garages. That’s why County Executive Isiah Leggett has launched a pedestrian safety campaign to raise awareness of this issue. Community Relations Manager Tom Pogue of the Department of Transportation has details. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more […]

The city of Rockville is studying ways to improve pedestrian safety. Rockville 11’s Chris Peifer has more about what the city is doing to decrease the number of accidents on area roads involving pedestrians. Visit our PEG partner Rockville 11 to view more of its programming.

A wind chill advisory remains in effect until noon on Jan. 22. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials have some tips for staying safe in this bitterly cold weather. With gusty winds and temps with wind chills predicted to drop well below zero, it’s important to be prepared, monitor the weather, be safe and take […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will launch a new public education campaign about the consequences of failing to practice safe pedestrian behaviors at a 11 a.m. press conference on Dec. 18. The conference will take place in the parking lot of Carroll Apartments at the intersection of Piney Branch Road and Carroll Avenue, Silver Spring. […]

The county recently launched a “Heads Up in Parking Lots” campaign. Department of Transportation’s Tom Pogue has an update on this pedestrian safety initiative. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. For more information, visit montgomerycountymd.gov/walk

Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is launching the “Walk Your Way” project as part of an initiative to educate high school students about the importance of pedestrian safety. The County will award up to $2,000 to teams of high school students for creating, designing and implementing a pedestrian safety education program at their high […]

With the holiday shopping season approaching, County Executive Isiah Leggett Nov. 21 launched an education campaign to address the growing number of pedestrian collisions occurring in parking lots and garages in Montgomery County. In 2012, parking lot and garage collisions comprised nearly one-third of all pedestrian collisions in the County. What is even more surprising […]

The months of October, November and December are the scariest time of the year for pedestrians in Montgomery County because pedestrian collisions have typically spiked during these months by nearly 40 percent. With the end of daylight savings time on November 3, less daylight hours contribute to the problem. According to federal safety officials, 70 […]

City of Gaithersburg staff attended a meeting on Oct. 9 with State Senator Jennie Forehand, three residents, and State Highway traffic engineers at Great Seneca Highway and High Gables Drive to discuss pedestrian safety at that location. According to a daily briefing email sent to the city’s elected leaders, the meeting stemmed from a complaint […]

To mark National Walk to School day, the Action Committee for Transit (ACT) will leaflet at the intersection of Arlington Road and Edgemoor Lane the morning of October 9 to advocate making it safer for children to walk to school. Wendy Leibowitz, a Bethesda Elementary School parent, will join the leafleting effort at 8:30 a.m. […]