Montgomery Community Media

Changes to three routes on the Montgomery County Ride On service will begin on May 5. Minor schedule changes to bus routes 42, 45 and 94 will take place. Information on the changes is also available in Spanish. Riders are encouraged to use Ride On Real Time to get up-to-date information by computer, smartphone or […]

Ride On bus passengers can help needy families and receive a free bus ride by donating canned or nonperishable food during Ride On’s annual food drive. The food drive, started by a group of bus drivers over 20 years ago, goes from Sunday, April 22, through Saturday April 28, 2012. During the week, food collection […]

County Executive Isiah Leggett joined Manna Food Center Executive Director Minerva Delgado on April 25 to urge residents to participate in the upcoming “Give and Ride” food drive from April 28 through May 4. Ride On bus passengers can help needy families and ride free by donating canned or nonperishable food during Montgomery County Department […]

Ride On Bus is replacing paper tickets with convenient Smart Trip cards. Customers can still pay cash but Smart Card offers 40% off regular cash fare price. Customers can load $45 onto their Smart Card online or in person. Get all the details in this short video. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to […]

Beginning Sunday, January 13, the following changes will be made to Ride On bus routes to add service to new population centers and improve efficiencies.   Daily service will be added to Park Potomac, a new residential and commercial area off Seven Locks and Montrose roads and I-270.  The route 98 bus will expand to serve […]

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 […]

Starting in December, Ride On passengers will be able to purchase monthly passes with their SmarTrip cards. The $45 monthly pass will provide unlimited rides on Ride On buses for a month. Paper passes are being phased out and will not be available after January 31, 2013. Take a look at this short video to […]

UPDATED Montgomery County officials have released this video of the Ride On bus accident that occurred on Aug. 20. You can see what was happening in and out of the bus before and after the vehicle hit a house and a parked taxi cab. A Ride On bus crashed into the front door of a […]

At a July 30 press conference, MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke asked Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner about the reported millions the county is spending on replacement Ride-On buses. Berliner, the lead member of the county’s Transportation Committee, said he’s not happy about it. In fact, he said Montgomery County should be pursuing a lawsuit against […]

Ride On passengers: there have been schedule changes to weekday Routes 48, 49, 57, 58, 61, 64 and 74. Watch this video for more. View the entire episode of County Report this Week. Visit the Ride On Website for more information or Call 311.