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🚌🗞️ICYMI🗞️🚌
The April 2025 edition of the #RideOn newsletter has been released. To view this month's issue, click here 🗞️🔗https://tinyurl.com/p8z4cvph
#montgomerycountymd #earthday #earthday2025 #transportation #newsletter #transitnewsletter #busnews #bus #transitTooter #transit

April 2025 Ride On Newsletter

Montgomery County Maryland

MCDOT 23h ago

🚲 Bikeshare Beat🚲: Peak bloom broke CaBi records in March via @ggwash https://ggwash.org/view/99137/bikeshare-beat-peak-bloom-broke-cabi-records-in-march
#captialbikeshare #spring2025 #washingtondc #transportation #transit #transitTooter

MCDOT 1d ago

Celebrate🎉 #EarthDay 🌎with free fares on ALL of our #RideOn buses🚌 ALL Day!
#montgomerycountymd #earthday2025 #freetransportation #publictransportation #transitTooter #taketransit #freerides

MCDOT 3d ago

All bicyclists are welcome to join one of the #free #BikeToWorkDay convoys 🚴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️ which are led by experienced volunteer #bicyclecommuters.
🔔Although you need to register for #BTWD, you don’t have to✍️to participate in a convoy.
🔗https://www.biketoworkmetrodc.org/bicycle-convoys #BIKEMOCO #MOCOBIKE #BTWD2025 #mongomerycountymd #convoy #bicycles #biketowork #transportation #transit #transitTooter

Bicycle Convoys – BTWD

Elliot 5d ago

Congestion pricing works in small metros, too
https://cityobservatory.org/pricing_in_small_metros/

#Urbanism #TransitTooter #CityObservatory

Congestion pricing works in small metros, too – City Observatory

MCDOT 6d ago

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To encourage local travelers to try the bus🚌, MCDOT is waiving the $1 bus fare on all #MontgomeryCountyMD buses🚌including Ride On, Ride On extRa, Ride On flex and Flash on #EarthDay 🌎, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
🚌 🔗 https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=46893&Dept=50
#earthmonth #earthday2025 #maryland #mdcommuters #commutingforfree #freerides #bus #bustransportation #transitTooter

Montgomery County Ride On Buses Offer Free Fare on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22

Elliot 6d ago

Electric trains are quieter, more reliable than diesel. New study finds they’re healthier, too.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/16/electric-trains-are-quieter-more-reliable-than-diesel-new-study-finds-theyre-healthier-too/

#Caltrain #TransitTooter #ucberkeley

Electric trains are quieter, more reliable than diesel. New study finds they’re healthier, too. - Berkeley News

A new study found that electrifying the San Francisco Bay Area’s Caltrain commuter rail line reduced riders’ exposure to carcinogenic black carbon by an average of 89%.

Berkeley News

MCDOT Apr 15

🚨REMINDER🚨
#BikeToWorkDay is a month from today! Have you registered? What are you waiting for? Not only will you receive a spiffy t-shirt👕but your name will be entered into a raffle for a new bicycle🚲!
👨‍💻🔗 https://www.biketoworkmetrodc.org/register #montgomerycountymd #transitTooter #BTWD2025 #MWCOG #bicyclecommuting #mdcommuting #commuters #mdcommuters

Register – BTWD

Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Apr 15

"High frequency also makes transfers feasible, meaning that people can make anywhere-to-anywhere journeys rather than being constrained to going to wherever their local bus happens to go." - Exactly. Excellent article on why "“Transit ridership is off the charts in Brampton, Ontario, despite its typical low-density suburban layout. Here’s how the city got residents to get on the bus.” H/T @BrentToderian

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/the-toronto-suburb-where-the-humble-bus-is-king

#transitTooter #headwaysmatter #bus #transit

MCDOT Apr 12

🚌 🚏 🚇 ICYMI🚇 🚏 🚌
Metro's Board of Directors approved its 2026 budget of $4.96 billion on Thursday, which hopes to improve and extend service without raising fees again.
🔗 https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2025/04/metro-approves-nearly-5b-budget-that-extends-weekend-hours-starting-in-june/ #montgomerycountymd #mdcommuters #commuting #buscommuting #transitTooter

Metro approves nearly $5B budget that extends weekend hours starting in June

Metro’s Board of Directors approved its 2026 budget of $4.96 billion on Thursday, which hopes to improve and extend service without raising fees again.

WTOP News