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

Almost forty 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 calls on County Council to include more frequent buses & bikeshare expansion in budget.
• ACT asks Planning Board to zone for more housing near Purple Line in East Silver Spring Communities Plan.
• ACT and partner groups tell County Council to build bus lanes on US 29 without widening the highway.
• ACT says plan for bus lanes on MD 355 during summer Red Line shutdown is insufficient; calls for extension of bus lanes, camera enforcement, and priority at traffic signals.

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:

• April 14, 2026: Montgomery County Executive Candidate Forum
  • NOTE: This will not be at the Silver Spring Civic Center. This event will be at the Montgomery Planning  Department building in Wheaton from 7:00-8:30pm.
  • Register with this form.
  • The building is near the Wheaton Metro Station, and is accessible via the Red Line and multiple bus lines.
• May 12, 2026: Transit Workers' Vision for the Future of Metro (Rescheduled from March)
  • Speaker: Matt Girardi, Amalgamated Transit Workers Local 689
• June 9, 2026: TBD
• July 14, 2026: Metro's Transit Oriented Development Program
  • Speaker: Nia Rubin, WMATA Vice President of Real Estate
• August: TBD
• September: Are complete streets dead? How complete streets apply to Montgomery County
  • Speaker: Dustin Robertson, Smart Growth America