Montgomery County riders, get ready to navigate some new bus routes. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation rolled out phase one of the Ride On Reimagined plan last Sunday. This overhaul includes updates and schedule adjustments aimed to streamline connections to Metrorail and reduce redundancies with Metro Bus services.
The changes are meant to seriously improve transit for the county's reliance of public transportation. By avoiding overlap of bus routes serviced by both Ride On and Metro Bus, Montgomery County Department of Transportation hopes to offer more reliable service where the demand is highest. The timing of these adjustments ties directly with the launch of Metro Bus changes from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), who also commenced their service alterations on June 29.
County Executive Marc Elrich highlighted the importance of these changes saying, "We are implementing these changes to better use our resources in collaboration with WMATA." According to a release from the Montgomery County Department of Transportation , Elrich elaborated, "Based on extensive review of the routes and ridership, we have new lines and schedules that better use our resources to provide transit to those who rely on it most and to improve reliability so that more people will use it. This is one of the most significant overhauls of our transit system in decades, and it’s just the beginning of what we plan to do."
