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.

Years of experience have shown, and studies have proven, that building and widening more highways leads to more traffic and more congestion. Affordable, convenient, frequent, reliable 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 and bus lines
  
  
• Redesign streets for easy, safe walking and cycling
  
  
• Create diverse neighborhoods where all are welcome

ACT LEADS THE WAY

Thirty five years ago, ACT's first six members gathered in a living room to plan the light rail line that eventually became the Purple Line. After decades of struggle, we will soon be riding these long-needed trains from Bethesda to New Carrollton, but it is only a first step. Today, ACT is building on our past success with a broader vision for a more livable Montgomery County:

• Run MARC trains all day, both ways, connecting Silver Spring, Kensington, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Germantown and beyond.
• Make walking and cycling safe and convenient in all our neighborhoods
• Build more homes near transit so that everyone can afford to live here
• Create a network of frequent bus lines spanning the county
  
  

You can help make that vision a reality. Join the Action Committee for Transit today.

Latest Updates

• ACT members voted to endorse Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate at the September meeting.
• The County Council is holding listening sessions on the planning board's recommended changes to zoning laws, which advocate for allowing more "missing middle" housing in single-family neighborhoods.
• MDOT announces cuts to the budget, reducing the number of planned construction projects.
• Delegate Vaughn Stewart, a former ACT Board member and officer, becomes chair of the Motor Vehicle and Transportation Subcommittee of the House of Delegates. Delegate Robbyn Lewis of Baltimore, a long-time transit advocate, will chair the Land Use and Ethics Subcommittee.

Meetings

ACT's monthly meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month, at the Silver Spring Civic Center. Meetings begin at 7:30pm and are livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube.

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 Wayne Avenue garage.

Upcoming meetings:

• December 10 - Building Bus and Bike Travel in Montgomery County
  
  • Speaker: Councilmember Evan Glass
• January 11 - Annual membership meeting
  • Election of officers