Montgomery County, MD - Dept. of Transportation

Paying your fare is more than just avoiding fines. Your fare directly supports service and customer experience improvements on Metro Bus, Rail, and Access. 🚍🚇🚐 Fines for fare evasion are $50 (DC) and $100 (MD and VA). Thank you for doing your part! 🤝

🎨✨ Check out the amazing artwork from our 2026 MCDOT Pedestrian Safety Art Contest: K–3 Winners! 🎨✨This slideshow highlights the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and their creative designs promoting safer streets for everyone. Thank you to everyone who entered. @MontgomeryCoMD

Discover the new ePaper displays popping up at bus stops across Montgomery County! They run on solar power, hold up great in all kinds of weather, and can even read info out loud. 📢 Keep an eye out for them next time you’re waiting for a Ride On bus! 🚌

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Here we go, AGAIN! It’s time for a weekly challenge! We’ll drop a photo of one of our cruisers somewhere in the community, and it’s up to YOU to figure out where it is. Look closely… we’ll leave a hint in every picture. All locations are right here in Montgomery County. Think you know it? Drop your guess in the comments! Got a spot we should feature next? Send us a message! Bragging rights are on the line… can you crack the case? #MCPNews #MCPD #WhereInTheCounty

🅿️NEW🅿️ MCDOT Division of Parking Management is preparing to transition Lot 10 – Leeland Street Lot & Lot 24 – Farm Women’s Market Lot to a new Pay-by-Plate parking system. (Effective on or about June 2, 2026) ▶️tinyurl.com/58a9dha9 #mdcommuters #bethesdamd #parking

The MCDOT Commuter Store is in the shop🛠️ but, our reps will be at these locations today! ❎6:00am-10:00am➡️Germantown Transit Center in #GermantownMD ❎10:30am-12:45pm➡️Village of Friendship Heights Community Center in #ChevyChaseMD #mdcommuters #commuting

🥫🚍The 2026 #RideOn #FoodDrive is underway🚍🥫 You can donate non-perishable food items on any RideOn bus, County facilities, or at select County libraries. Every contribution helps support neighbors across #MontgomeryCounty who are facing food insecurity ow.ly/G71p50Z4bam

Wayne Ave between Flower Ave & Sligo Creek Parkway closes overnight on or about May 26-29 & June 7-16, 2026, for catenary wire installation. ow.ly/Bxsq50Z4oaL. Crews continue work on Wayne Avenue on or about May 30-June 6 & June 17-24. Details ow.ly/Bxsq50Z4oaL.

🚇Reminder🚇 From May 26 through May 28, after 10:00pm, Red Line Trains will be single tracking between the Friendship Heights and Van Ness stations due to a scheduled tunnel leak repair project. ⏩ow.ly/Vkq950Z398V (📸 from #wmata) #montgomerycountymd #mdcommuters

🚧Update🚧 MCDOT Highway Services contractors continue to work on the Rock Creek Manor Phase II Neighborhood Repair Project in #RockvilleMD. ▶️ow.ly/Rqr550Z4jyB @MontgomeryCoMD @MoCoCouncilMD @311MC311 #mdroads #mdtraffic #mdcommuters

⚠️🟣🚆NEW🚆🟣⚠️ In June 2026, @PurpleLineMD crews will begin 'Live Wire' testing of light rail tracks & systems with a Light Rail Vehicle between the Lyttonsville Operations & Maintenance Facility & #BethesdaMD Station ▶️ ow.ly/4p0C50Z3arp @MontgomeryCoMD @MoCoCouncilMD

Your travel matters! If you receive the Regional Travel Survey postcard in your mailbox, help plan the region’s transportation future. Take the survey and let them know how you travel around the metro Washington region. Press Play 📹youtu.be/gWS8WVl1_N0?si… via @YouTube

Follow @ParkPolice for parkway closures. Stay safe on the roads.

Last week @MontgomeryCoMD and @HoCoGov broke ground for an extension of our @RideOnMCT Flash 29 route. The project will add four additional bus stops on the north end of the route in #HowardCounty and provide Flash BRT service to these stops during weekday rush-hour periods.

Patchy, Dense Fog.,Stay aware of sudden changes in visibility & 🚗Driving in fog & on wet & slick roads requires adjustments: 1. Time - Give yourself more 2. Lights - On 3. Following Distance - Increase 4. Speed Limit - Reduce/drive to conditions 5. Windshield Wipers

The MCDOT Mobile Commuter Store representatives will be at these locations, today. Stop by and let them help you find a less complicated way to work! ❎6:00am-9:00am⏩Burtonsville Crossing Park & Ride ❎10:00am-1:00pm⏩Wheaton Mall #WheatonMD (JC Penny lot)

🚍🚇ICYMI🚇🚍 WTOP's Nick Iannelli spoke with Metro CEO and General Manager Randy Clarke about upcoming plans for the transit agency. wtop.com/tracking-metro… #mdcommuters #commuting

How much do you spend at the pump? 🚗⛽️ We crunched the numbers to determine the monthly cost comparison between taking Metro or driving from West Falls Church to Washington, DC. Here are the monthly expense totals we found: 🚗 $1,100 for car, 🚇🚌 $236 for Metro. More below ⬇️

🚵‍♂️ICYMI🚵‍♂️ TPB approves funding for 12 new Transportation Land-Use Connections and Regional Roadway Safety projects - TPB News - News | Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments⏩ ow.ly/PSuc50Z2QPO #montgomerycountymd @VisionZeroMC #mocobikes #greenway @MWCOG

Life happens. When it does, it’s good to know you can get home with Guaranteed Ride Home! For more details and to sign up for this #FREE service, click here ▶️ ow.ly/YWKQ50VZghx #MDCommuters #Commuting #MontgomeryCountyMD