Take a Virtual Ride on Ride On by Watching Route Videos

Check out Ride On's route videos on its YouTube page and enjoy a virtual ride. Follow along as a bus travels a particular route from starting point to final destination and see exactly where it goes and what it serves, including schools, libraries, shopping centers and neighborhoods. Read more.

Ride On Lauded as Early Adopter of Transit Technology that is Enticing People to Use Transit

Montgomery County's Ride On bus system was featured in a National Public Radio story about the way transit systems across the country are using technology and data to improve service and information access for customers. Ride On is a midsize bus system that according to the story's reporter Franklyn Cater is "...an early adopter of these technologies, ahead of most agencies its size.”

Ride On tracks the location of its 343 buses and uses the data to provide real time bus arrival

information to customers. Recently, Ride On installed new signs at nine bus shelters that let riders track their bus on a map and also shows when the next bus will arrive. Rider feedback has been very positive, including one woman who started stopped driving and started using Ride On's Route 47 bus. She said in the story, "I'm a fairly recent convert, but ... now I'm so pro-47 bus, it's ridiculous. I wish every bus stop was like this."

Learn more about the real time signs online.

Ride On Seeks Student Videos to Promote its Special Youth Fares

Ride On is looking for middle and high school students who want to create fun and educational videos that spread the word about Ride On’s free and discounted kids programs: the Youth Cruiser SmarTrip Card, the Youth Monthly Pass, and the Youth Summer Pass. The deadline for entries is November 15.

The Youth Cruiser SmarTrip Card allows those 18 years of age or younger to ride free on Ride On weekdays from 2 to 8 p.m. The Youth Monthly pass provides kids unlimited rides for only $11 a calendar month. The Youth Summer Pass provides unlimited rides from June 1 through August 31 for $18.

Contact Jennifer Davis at Montgomery County Transit at jennifer.davis2@montgomerycountymd.gov for more information. 

Ride On Sponsors Teen Video Contest; Entries Due May 1

Montgomery County's Ride On bus system is looking for middle and high school students to help spread the word about its free and discounted kids programs by producing a fun and educational video about the Youth Cruiser SmarTrip Card, the Monthly Pass, and the Summer Pass. Winners could win bus passes for an entire year, Ride On gear, and the opportunity to have the video featured on the County's website, Montgomery County Cable Television and Ride On's YouTube channel.

Email entries to rideon.customerservice@montgomerycountymd.gov or upload them toDrop box by May 1.

For more information, including the contest flyer, rules, and entry form, visit Ride On Kids Ride Free webpage.

County Cable Montgomery Offers Enhanced Traffic Coverage

Viewers of County Cable Montgomery’s rush hour traffic coverage should appreciate enhancements that will make it easier to more quickly review traffic conditions around the County.

Instead of viewing just one traffic camera at a time, viewers can see four cameras at once organized by category: interstates; major arterials west of and including MD 355; major arterials east of MD 355; and the remaining cameras.  Major traffic incidents will also be listed.

This improvement will make it possible to view every one of the County’s 200 traffic cameras every four minutes. 

The cameras are operated by the Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s Transportation Management Center.  Watch County Cable Montgomery on cable television (channel 6 for Comcast and RCN subscribers and channel 30 on Verizon) or on the County’s website at http://montgomerycountymd.gov/ccm.