Beginning Feb. 1, 2026, students must tap a Youth Cruiser SmarTrip card to ride Metrobuses fare-free across Montgomery County.
MCDOT's Ride On Trip Planner app, built with Moovit, has exceeded 73,000 downloads and 3.3 million trips planned since launch.
WMATA is replacing bus shelters A–D at Shady Grove East in two phases through Feb. 6, temporarily closing affected bays and rerouting multiple routes.
MCDOT will place Rosa Parks commemorative placards on all Ride On buses and mark Transit Equity Day on Feb. 4, 2026.
Metrorail construction will close the Medical Center Metro bus loop on three Sundays through spring 2026, rerouting Ride On Routes 34 and 46.
Public garage, lot, and curbside meter parking in Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Wheaton will be free on MLK Day, Jan. 19, 2026.
County transit services operate on holiday/weekend schedules for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.
MCDOT adds on-demand Flex shuttle zone connecting Ednor, Sandy Spring, Cloverly, and White Oak Transit Center starting Feb. 2.
Over 250 residents joined Councilmember Glass Saturday to discuss safer streets after 678 pedestrian and cyclist crashes and 18 fatalities in 2025.
Montgomery County's Call-n-Ride program provides subsidies to offset on-demand taxi costs for eligible residents; contact info available.
All county public parking garages, lots, and curbside meters are free on Monday, Jan. 19.
Ride On, Ride On Flex, extRa, and Pink lines run holiday schedules Jan. 19; Flash Bus Blue Route suspended.
Ride On, Metrorail, Metrobus, and MARC will run holiday schedules; Bethesda, Silver Spring, Wheaton parking is free.
SHA and District 18 legislators held a road safety meeting on University Blvd in Kensington/Wheaton following two pedestrian fatalities this fall.
MCDOT holds hybrid meeting Jan. 28 on proposed 10-foot shared-use paths along MacArthur Blvd from Old Anglers Inn to Falls Road.
COG and WMATA brief Council on DMVMoves plan committing $460M/year in new transit funding by FY29, with $152M from Maryland.
Montgomery County's Call-n-Ride program continues to provide subsidies to offset on-demand taxi costs for eligible residents.
All Montgomery County taxicabs, including wheelchair-accessible vehicles, will charge $2.50/mile starting Feb. 1, 2026, up from $2.
Metrorail runs weekend hours 5 a.m.–midnight, Metrobus on Saturday-plus schedule, and MARC on R schedule Jan. 19.
Ride On, extRa, Flex, and Ride On Flash bus services shift to holiday or weekend schedules for MLK Day on Jan. 19.