This project provides for the installation and improvement of bus stops in Montgomery County to make them more accessible and attractive to users, and improve pedestrian safety for County transit passengers. These enhancements can include items such as sidewalk connections, improved pedestrian access, bus shelters, benches, area lighting, paved passenger standing areas, and other safety upgrades. This project also includes funding for the installation and replacement of bus shelters and benches along Ride On and Metrobus routes in the County. Improvements may require property acquisition or easements. Through FY25, approximately 3,781 stops with 1,360 curb ramps; 442 concrete kneewalls for safety and seating; 103,235 linear feet of sidewalk; and 901,940 square feet of ADA concrete pads have been modified or installed. In 2025, MCDOT conducted a field assessment of all bus stops for ADA compliance. Future improvements will be based on the outcome of that assessment.

Cost decrease reflects adjustment to the work plan for bus stop accessibility and safety improvements.

Many of the County's bus stops have safety, security, ADA, or right-of-way deficiencies since they are located on roads which were not originally built to accommodate pedestrians. Problems include: lack of drainage around the site, sidewalk connections, adequate passenger waiting areas or pads, lighting or pedestrian access, and unsafe street crossings to get to the bus stop. This project addresses significant bus stop safety issues to ease access to transit service. Correction of these deficiencies will result in fewer pedestrian accidents related to bus riders, improved accessibility of the system, increased attractiveness of transit as a means of transportation, and greater ridership. Making transit a more viable option than the automobile requires enhanced facilities as well as increased frequency and level of service. Getting riders to the bus and providing an adequate and safe facility to wait for the bus will help to achieve this goal. The County has approximately 5,400 bus stops.

Expenditures will continue indefinitely.

Funding for this project includes general obligation bonds with debt service financed from the Mass Transit Facilities Fund. $560K in Federal Aid in FY26 and FY27 to develop Vision Zero standards for bus stops and construct related improvements.

A pedestrian impact analysis will be performed during design or is in progress.

Civic Associations, Municipalities, Maryland State Highway Administration, Maryland Transit Administration, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Commission on Aging, Commission on People with Disabilities, Montgomery County Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee, Citizen Advisory Boards