Ride On Service Changes to Begin Sunday, September 16

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Beginning Sunday, September 16, Ride On will make changes to 19 bus routes. New service will be added to Routes 43 (new Sunday service), 76 (new Saturday service) and 90 (new midday service). Most other changes modify bus schedules to more accurately reflect the time it takes for a bus to run its route based on traffic and other conditions.

Highlights of the changes are listed below:

• Route 90 – New midday service on weekdays to Milestone and new service to the Clarksburg community via Skylark Road, Newcut Road and Snowden Farm Parkway
• Route 76 – New service on Saturdays between Shady Grove Station and Quince Orchard High School
• Route 43 – New service on Sundays between Shady Grove Station and Traville Transit Center and Shady Grove Hospital
• Route 101 – New stop at Templeton Place and Rockville Pike; service will operate every 10 minutes from 5:30 – 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 – 7:30 p.m.
• Route 301 – Effective October 4, 2018: Schedule changes, with additional trips added to and from the expanded Glenstone Museum
• Route 30 – Service extended with the addition of 10:10 p.m. and 10:40 p.m. trips
• Route 57 – Trip time changes on Saturday only
• Route 58 – Early afternoon service added to and from Multi-Agency Service Park on Turkey Thicket Drive
• Route 64 – Service runs later all days; service starts earlier on Saturday

These routes will have time changes so that the schedule reflects the actual travel time along the route: 6, 7, 8, 21, 33, 46, 55, 56, 100, 129.

See the new schedules: 6, 7, 8, 21, 30, 33, 43, 46, 55, 56, 57, 58, 64, 76, 90, 100, 101, 129, 301.

More information about Ride On is available online or by contacting MC311.

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Release ID: 18-663
Media Contact: Lorraine Driscoll 240-777-6533