Action Committee for Transit

Action Committee for Transit Montgomery County's Advocates for Better Transportation The Action Committee for Transit has a vision of better communities and better transit.

We believe fundamental changes are needed in transportation and land use policies to give the people of Montgomery County and Maryland the quality of life we deserve. Our broad membership and active volunteers give us the ability to make the voice of transit riders -- and those who would like to ride transit if it were more available -- heard in Rockville, Annapolis, and Washington. At the same ti

me, we continue to educate the public about the needs of transit. Our organization is democratically governed and we are sustained financially by our members.

> Maryland voters would like to have better access to public transit and safer, more convenient walking and biking optio...
01/28/2025

> Maryland voters would like to have better access to public transit and safer, more convenient walking and biking options — and they want to see the state investing more money in these kinds of infrastructure projects.
Those are the results of a statewide poll recently commissioned by the Maryland chapter of the Sierra Club, the environmental group.
Support for these priorities is pretty much across the board in the state electorate — even in rural areas and from a significant portion of Republican voters.

Maryland voters would like to have better access to public transit and safer, more convenient walking and biking options — and they want to see the state investing more money in these kinds of infrastructure projects, according to a recent state poll.

Thank you to Sarah Kline for her levelheaded and inspiring presentation last night and thank you also to  all those atte...
01/15/2025

Thank you to Sarah Kline for her levelheaded and inspiring presentation last night and thank you also to all those attendees who braved the cold to join us in person -- we had a great turnout and hope to see you at our next meeting on February 11. (Last night’s meeting was also live-streamed and you can watch the recording on our YouTube channel.)

If you missed last night's excellent program by Sarah Kline at our monthly ACT meeting, it is posted now at
01/15/2025

If you missed last night's excellent program by Sarah Kline at our monthly ACT meeting, it is posted now at

was joined by Sarah Kline on January 14, 2025, to discuss the state of transit and transportation advocacy and progress in light of the incomi...

01/15/2025

Action Committee for Transit was joined by Sarah Kline on January 14, 2025, to discuss the state of transit and transportation advocacy and progress in light of the incoming second Trump Administration and Republican majority Congress.

Ms. Kline is a consultant at SK Solutions LLC. She has formerly served as counsel to the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; as Director of Government and Policy Relations at WMATA; and as a leader of policy development and research at two leading national transportation non-profits: Transportation for America and Reconnecting America. She is member of the Board of Directors for WMATA. (Note that Ms. Kline will not be speaking at the ACT meeting in her capacity as a member of the WMATA Board of Directors.)

01/01/2025

The January 2025 issue of TRANSIT TIMES is now printing and mailing. Those who have opted to get it as an email, should see it in their inboxes shortly.

Inside This Issue:
- Nomination Committee Report
- President’s Letter
- Modernization of DC’s Union Station
- Meeting on Georgia Avenue Bus Lanes

You can read it online anytime at -
https://assets.nationbuilder.com/actfortransit/mailings/1502/attachments/original/TransitTimes-Jan2025_ONLINE.pdf?1735770102

Please share the issue link with anyone you know who might be interested in local transit issues.

Thank you to MCDOT for the continuing effort to slow driver speeds on Waters Landing Road in Germantown- in this case, b...
12/31/2024

Thank you to MCDOT for the continuing effort to slow driver speeds on Waters Landing Road in Germantown- in this case, by repainting and widening the fog lines.

Hurray!
12/23/2024

Hurray!

Bus-only lanes spanning nearly seven miles near the...

Thank you to Councilmember Evan Glass for speaking at our meeting last night on a variety of topics from purple line pro...
12/11/2024

Thank you to Councilmember Evan Glass for speaking at our meeting last night on a variety of topics from purple line progress to pedestrian safety initiatives. It was great to end the year on such positive news. The meeting was live-streamed and is available on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/live/7_SnhFSIRKg?si=3NK0jiAPB2XAWy7k

12/11/2024

Action Committee for Transit is joined on December 10, 2024 in Silver Spring, MD, by Councilmember Evan Glass to discuss measures he and Montgomery County are taking to grow bus ridership and increase bike usage.

12/06/2024

ACT was invited to be part of the Rosa Parks Day proclamation and ACT Board Member Shanika Whitehurst made remarks on our behalf. See the clip here:

Time to end this [car] lane pilot! Nobody uses it.
12/01/2024

Time to end this [car] lane pilot! Nobody uses it.

There's a new concrete-and-steel bollard in the median pedestrian refuge across Great Seneca Highway on the north side o...
11/27/2024

There's a new concrete-and-steel bollard in the median pedestrian refuge across Great Seneca Highway on the north side of Quince Orchard Road in Gaithersburg. Does anyone know what it's supposed to be doing?

Some people have said that everyone in Germantown drives everywhere, but we know that's not true.
11/22/2024

Some people have said that everyone in Germantown drives everywhere, but we know that's not true.

Who is responsible for checking that accessible beg buttons are actually accessible? On River Road, next to American Pla...
11/19/2024

Who is responsible for checking that accessible beg buttons are actually accessible? On River Road, next to American Plant, across from the Kenwood Station shopping center, near Sarah Langenkamp's ghost bike.

Luis Rios Chirinos, 28, was  critically injured by a driver on westbound Veirs Mill Rd/MD 586 on Wednesday, October 30, ...
11/17/2024

Luis Rios Chirinos, 28, was critically injured by a driver on westbound Veirs Mill Rd/MD 586 on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, ~5:24 am. He died on November 11. He was the 17th pedestrian, 19th non-motorist, and 43rd person killed on a road in Montgomery County MD in 2024.

Look at us in the Silver Spring Thanksgiving Parade this morning!
11/17/2024

Look at us in the Silver Spring Thanksgiving Parade this morning!

Pics from today’s Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade. Thanks to all who joined ACT to march with us.  See comments th...
11/16/2024

Pics from today’s Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade. Thanks to all who joined ACT to march with us. See comments thread below for some video clips.

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