Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Council President Sidney Katz met with media today to talk about pressing issues for the council. He discussed the pedestrian, bicycle and traffic safety town hall that took place at Wheaton High School on Sunday. About 200 people attended the town hall to suggest ways to reduce pedestrian and bicycle accidents in the […]

The Montgomery County Council will host a pedestrian, bicycle and traffic safety town hall meeting on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring. So far in 2020, there have been three pedestrian deaths in the County, and two of these deaths occurred on Maryland Route 355 (Rockville Pike). In […]

El Concejo del Condado de Montgomery organizará una reunión comunitaria para los residentes del condado con el fin de discutir el tema de seguridad peatonal. La reunión se llevará a cabo el domingo 9 de febrero a las 2 p.m. en Wheaton High School ubicado en el 12401 Dalewood Drive, en Silver Spring. El Concejo […]

In a effort to prevent severe and fatal traffic-related accidents, the Vision Zero initiative has been put in place. The goal is to eliminate severe and fatal collisions by 2030 throughout the county by using an Action Plan that is geared toward keeping pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers safe. During a press conference on Monday, Montgomery […]

Only two weeks into the new year and already three people have died in pedestrian-related collisions on Montgomery County roads. The latest happened on Rockville Pike, near Wootton Parkway, around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 16. This incident came 24 hours after a pedestrian was hit and killed on Rockville Pike Wednesday night. These pedestrian […]

El concejal del condado de Montgomery Will Jawando está organizando un evento especial como parte de la iniciativa “Driving It Home” con el fin de promover una conducción segura tras el volante, la seguridad de los peatones y los ciclistas. El evento se llevará a cabo el jueves 9 de enero a las 9:15 a.m.en […]

A pedestrian was struck and killed in Montgomery County around 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 6 at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Aspen Hill Road. Police released a statement about the incident noting that Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision. According to the Montgomery County Police Department, the preliminary investigation revealed that […]

Únase al concejal Evan Glass el sábado 14 de diciembre a las 10:00 a.m., en las oficinas del Concejo 100 Maryland Ave. en Rockville, para discutir sobre los esfuerzos de mantener las calles seguras para los peatones, ciclistas y conductores. Los líderes del Departamento de Transporte, la Administración de Carreteras del Estado y otras agencias […]

Un camión de correos atropelló y dejó sin vida a una mujer alrededor de las 6:46 p.m. del día lunes. La víctima fue atropellada mientras intentaba cruzar la University Boulevard dirección oeste, según un comunicado de la policía del condado de Montgomery. El camión de correo, Chevrolet USPS de 1990, estaba siendo  conducido por Thanh […]

A mail truck struck and killed a woman about 6:46 p.m. Monday trying to cross University Boulevard West, a Montgomery County police statement said. The mail truck, a 1990 Chevrolet USPS mail truck, was driven by Thanh Van Cao, 57, of Gaithersburg, police said. He was traveling westbound on University Boulevard when the truck hit […]