A Vision of Better Transit and Better Communities
The Action Committee for Transit has a vision of a Montgomery County where it is easier to travel and more pleasant to live — a county built for people and not for automobiles.
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Years of experience have shown, and studies prove, that building highways leads to more traffic and more congestion. Affordable, convenient transit gives us a way to get past the traffic jams and fosters a better quality of life in our neighborhoods.
It is time to change priorities:
- Connect our communities with a network of rail lines.
- Redesign our streets to make it easier and safer to walk and to ride a bike.
- Create the kind of neighborhoods we want to live in.
The Purple Line from Bethesda to New Carrollton, now under construction, is the key to creating a livable, transit-oriented future for our county, but it is only a first step. The next steps for Montgomery County are:
- Run trains all day on the MARC line to Frederick as part of a comprehensive rail network for Maryland.
- End traffic deaths through Vision Zero.
In the long run, we will need a Red Line extension to Germantown, the Corridor Cities Transitway from Shady Grove to Clarksburg, streetcars on Route 355, and light rail on U.S. 29.
Latest Updates
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Lev Boonin has joined ACT staff as our organizer, Twenty ACT members and supporters joined in our Cross-In at the corner of Colesville Road and Spring Street in Silver Spring May 19. We walked across Colesville in the unmarked crosswalk to demand marking of that crosswalk and to educate drivers & pedestrians about pedestrians' right-of-way in unmarked crosswalks. The County Council selected ACT vice-president James Hedrick for a vacancy on Montgomery County Planning Board. MoCo Council amends the County's Transportation Priorities Letter to seek immediate action for more MARC trains, as requested by ACT. Support the Tuckerman Lane and Little Falls Parkway safety improvements. Email to the Parks Department for Little Falls Parkway and the County Dept. of Transportation for Tuckerman Lane, in support of road diets that make these roads safer for all users. |
Meetings
We have returned to in person meetings at Silver Spring Civic Center
ACT's monthly meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month, at the Silver Spring Civic Center, One Veterans Place. Meetings begin at 7:30pm.
The Silver Spring Civic Center faces the ice rink and Ellsworth Avenue. It is an eight minute walk north from the Silver Spring Metro Station. Many bus routes can take you to and from the meeting. Ride-On #15 and #19 stop at the corner of Wayne Ave. & Fenton St.; Metrobus routes Z6 and Z8 and Ride-On routes #9 and #12 stop along Colesville Road; Ride-On #16, #17, and #20 pass by on Fenton St. If coming by car, plentiful evening parking is available at the Town Square garage on Ellsworth Drive and at the Wayne Avenue garage, both at reasonable cost.
- April 11 - Challenges to Placemaking in Suburban Montgomery County
Speaker: Tracy Hadden Loh, Brookings Institution - May 9 - A Bold New Transportation Plan for Maryland
Speaker: Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller - June 13 - Speaker to be announced
- July 11 - Speaker to be announced