Press Releases - Department of Transportation

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Join the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) at one of two open houses in January to learn about planned modifications to Ride On bus service along the US 29 (Colesville Rd/ Columbia Pike) corridor. The changes will better align regular Ride On service with the new, higher frequency, limited-stop service called the FLASH when it begins operation later this year.

Provide your input and get your questions answered. Your feedback and comments will be welcomed.

The open houses will be held:

January 27 6:30 pm
Montgomery Blair High School
51 University Blvd E
Silver Spring, MD, US 20901

January 29 6:30 pm
East County Regional Service Center
3300 Briggs Chaney Road
Silver Spring, MD 20904

The routes that may be modified include:

Route 8 – Wheaton-Forest Glen-Silver Spring
Route 9 – Wheaton- Four Corners-Silver Spring
Route 10 – Twinbrook-Glenmont-White Oak-Hillandale
Route 12 – Takoma-Flower Avenue-Wayne Avenue-Silver Spring
Route 13 – Takoma-Manchester Road-Three Oaks Drive-Silver Spring (this route will be covered by 12 and 19)
Route 14 – Takoma-Piney Branch Road-Franklin Avenue-Silver Spring
Route 19 – Northwood- Four Corners-Silver Spring
Route 21 – Briggs Chaney-Tamarack-Dumont Oaks-Silver Spring
Route 22 – Hillandale-White Oak-FDA-Silver Spring

FLASH is a 13.5-mile, limited stop service that will operate between the Silver Spring Transit Center and Burtonsville along the US 29 corridor and between the Silver Spring Transit Center and Briggs Chaney via White Oak. It will feature off-board fare collection, priority signaling, Wi-Fi and level-boarding through all doors to provide a faster ride. Stations will have real-time travel information. Learn more about the FLASH at RidetheFLASH.com/us29.