The state’s Board of Public Works unanimously approved a modified Purple Line Public-Private Partnership Agreement yesterday that will allow the project’s new design-build team to complete the line.
The county’s Department of Transportation announced it would temporarily reduce Ride On bus service beginning Sunday, Jan. 16 due to the number of employees either sick with, or exposed to, COVID–19.
The County Council has extended the Ride On fare holiday again, through July 2, 2022.
The Maryland Transit Administration yesterday announced that its bike policy has been expanded to allow personally owned e-scooters and e-bikes on MARC Trains, effective December 1.
The county’s Department of Transportation is looking to immediately hire full-and part-time Ride On bus drivers, officials announced.
Metro today announced that Metrorail service has improved on the Red Line with trains arriving every 12 minutes, down from 15 minutes.
The Purple Line Transit Partners have chosen a new contractor to complete the 16-mile light rail system that will connect Bethesda and New Carrollton, passing through downtown Silver Spring. Maryland Transit Solutions, a partnership between Dragados USA Inc. and OHL USA Inc., is expected to begin full-scale construction on the line in the spring of 2022.
Faregates will be upgraded this month at the Silver Spring Metro station, according to an announcement from WMATA.
Changes to 64 Ride On bus routes will take effect this Sunday, October 10, county officials announced. 25 routes that have higher ridership will see increased trips, and service after midnight will be reinstated for all routes which operated those hours prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.