🚧Metropolitan Branch Trail Update🚧

MDCOT's Division of Transportation Engineering contractors installed fencing and water barriers, constructed a concrete footer, and curb, gutter, and sidewalk work was finished near Philadelphia Ave.
💻Project Website▶️ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/metropolitan-branch-trail-phase-2a
#montgomerycountymd #mdcommuters #bethesdamd #silverspringmd #purplelinemd #mocobikes #bikemoco

⚠️🟣🚆NEW🚆🟣⚠️
Starting June 2026, Purple Line crews will begin Live Wire testing of light rail tracks & systems with a Light Rail Vehicle between the Lyttonsville Operations & Maintenance Facility & #BethesdaMD Station.
🌟Details▶️ https://purplelinemd.com/media/cmolukbs/notice-section7-testing-update-051926.pdf #purplelinemd #transit #transportation #silverspringmd
🅿️ICYMI🅿️
MCDOT's Division of Parking Management is scheduled to begin a waterproofing project at the Kennett Street Garage (Garage 9) in #SilverSpringMD on May 4, 2026.
🅿️▶️ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/department-transportation/about-mcdot/divisions/division-parking-management-dpm/parking-news-events #montgomerycountymd #maryland #parking #construction

💮Spring has Sprung, and the latest🟣#PurpleLine🟣 #Newsletter has been published! See the latest 🟣#PurpleLine🟣 progress with construction updates, a business spotlight with Roxana Floral, and information on Beyond the Rails Community Grants.

🗞️English🔗 https://purplelinemd.com/media/qtue4vgj/pl_newsletter_april-2026.pdf

🗞️Spanish🔗 https://purplelinemd.com/media/lhqo3vzb/pl_newsletter_april-2026_spanish.pdf

#mdcommuters #montgomerycountymd #maryland #silverspringmd #bethesdamd

🟣TONIGHT🟣
Silver Spring, MD Purple Line CAT Meeting
🗓️Tuesday, April 28, 2026
🕰️6:00pm
👩‍💻This will be a Virtual Meeting
The Purple Line team will provide the latest updates on the project and field questions from community members.
Details ▶️ https://www.purplelinemd.com/public-meetings-events/silver-spring-cat-meeting-16/
(📸 from MTA)
#montgomerycountymd #transit #purplelinemd #virtualmeeting #maryland #MTA #futuretransit #transportation #SilverSpringMD
🔌⚡️🚙⚡️🔌
With 83 #chargepointnet
ports🔌and 16 @pepcoconnect
ports🔌, there's a total of 99 ports at parking facilities in downtown #BethesdaMD, #SilverSpringMD and #WheatonMD.
🔌For locations▶️ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-parking/ElectricVehicle.html #montgomerycountymd #mdcommuters #commuting #EVCars #EVCharger #parkingspace #mygreenmc #gogreen
🚌🚏Small improvements that have a big impact.
The @RideOnMCT bus🚌🚏stop at Tenbrook Drive & Forest Glen Road in #SilverSpringMD, has been upgraded to better serve our riders with a safer, more accessible space. Investing in our transit system means investing in the people who rely on it every day.
▶️https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-transit/index.html
#montgomerycountymd #maryland #mdcommuters #commuting #transportation #transittooter
The⚡️FLASH⚡️Spring Guide is Now Available!
US 29 Flash is the first of the County’s planned, high-frequency Bus Rapid Transit routes. See the new Spring Guide featuring all the great places you can go, riding the ⚡️Flash⚡️!
🚍 ▶️ https://montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Transit/Resources/Files/Flash/2026_Spring_Guide_DIGITAL.pdf #weekend #silverspringmd #montgomerycountymd #ridetheflash #zerofares #transit #transportation #mdcommuters
🚸NEW🚸
On Thursday, March 26, at 7:00pm, MCDOT will hold a virtual public meeting to present plans for new sidewalks at various locations within the Glen Haven ES in #WheatonMD and Sligo MS in #SilverSpringMD walksheds.
🚸For more details▶️ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot/calendar.html?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D198569056 #montgomerycountymd #visionzero #maryland #silverspringmd #wheatonmd
🚌🚏NEW🚌🚏
#RideOnbus will discontinue a #Route38 Bus Stop on Veirs Mill Road in #SilverSpringMD beginning on Friday, March 13, 2026.
📑Details🔗 https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDMONTGOMERY/bulletins/40aafb6 #montgomerycountymd #maryland #rideonbus #mdcommuters