MCDOT is seeking public feedback on proposed changes to MCDOT Ride On bus routes 10, 34, 42 and a new route 40, as well as weekend service changes to Metrobus routes L8 and T2. These changes are planned to take effect on Sunday, June 29. Public feedback has the potential to impact these changes.
The following changes are related to the Year 1 implementation phase of the County’s Ride On Reimagined study recommendations and WMATA’s Better Bus network redesign:
- Ride On Route 10 (Twinbrook Station-Hillandale): Discontinue and replace with new Metrobus Routes M42, M44 and M60.
- Ride On Route 34 (Aspen Hill-Friendship Heights): Realign to Connecticut Avenue between University Boulevard and Veirs Mill Road, to serve portions of Connecticut Avenue that Metro Bus Route M22 will not serve. Discontinue service to Wheaton and Friendship Heights Metro Stations and move the southern endpoint to Bethesda Metro Station.
- Ride On Route 40 (new): This new bus route will replace portions of Metrobus Routes Q2, Q4 and Q6 between the Wheaton Metro Station and Montgomery College-Rockville campus.
- Ride On Route 42 (North Bethesda/White Flint-Montgomery Mall): Move the northern endpoint to Twinbrook Metro Station. Discontinue low-ridership service to Boiling Brook Parkway and to the William F. Bolger Center/U.S. Postal Service training facility.
- Metrobus Route L8 (Aspen Hill-Friendship Heights): WMATA will replace Route L8 with Metrobus Route M22 and provide service on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Ride On will no longer provide weekend service on this route.
- Metrobus Route T2 (Rockville-Friendship Heights): WMATA will replace Route T2 with Metrobus Route M82 and provide service on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Ride On will no longer provide weekend service on this route.
Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to speak at the public forum are asked to submit testimony in writing by mail or email on or before Sunday, Feb. 16. The testimony should include the participant's full name, home address, telephone number, e-mail address and organization, if applicable.
Testimony can be submitted to the MCDOT Division of Transit Services, Ride On Public Forum at mcdot.rideonpublicforums@montgomerycountymd.gov. Individuals who have signed up to speak in person must provide a printed copy of their testimony for the record by Monday, Feb. 17.
Written testimony will carry the same weight as spoken testimony. Comments may be written, faxed or e-mailed on the proposed service changes to the Division of Transit Services by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28. Send comments to:
MCDOT Division of Transit Services
Ride On Public Forum
101 Monroe Street, 5th Floor
Rockville, Maryland 20850
240-777-5800 (phone)
240-777-5801 (fax)
mcdot.rideonpublicforums@montgomerycountymd.gov
Interpreter services, including sign language, will be provided upon request with notice as far in advance as possible but not less than five (5) business days prior to the date of the forum. Large print format is available upon request. All comments will be considered before any changes are finalized. Public feedback and information provided will become a matter of public record.
