Mission Statement

The mission of the Department of Transportation (DOT) is to provide an effective and efficient transportation system that ensures the safe and convenient movement of persons and vehicles on County roads; to plan, design, and coordinate development and construction of transportation and pedestrian routes; to operate and maintain the traffic signal system and road network in a safe and efficient manner; and to develop and implement transportation policies to maximize efficient service delivery. DOT's supported programs include the Division of Traffic Engineering and Operations, the Division of Parking Management, the Division of Highway Maintenance, the Division of Transportation Engineering, the Division of Transit Services, and the Director's Office.

Budget Overview

The total approved FY25 Operating Budget for the Department of Transportation is $63,647,476, an increase of $4,034,376 or 6.77 percent from the FY24 Approved Budget of $59,613,100. Personnel Costs comprise 49.57 percent of the budget for 456 full-time position(s) and four part-time position(s), and a total of 268.44 FTEs. Total FTEs may include seasonal or temporary positions and may also reflect workforce charged to or from other departments or funds. Operating Expenses account for the remaining 50.43 percent of the FY25 budget.

In addition, this department's Capital Improvements Program (CIP) requires Current Revenue funding.

County Priority Outcomes

While this program area supports all eight of the County Result Areas, the following are emphasized:

• Thriving Youth and Families
• A Greener County
• Easier Commutes
• Safe Neighborhoods
• Effective, Sustainable Government

Program Performance Measures

Performance measures for this department are included below (where applicable), with multi-program measures displayed at the front of this section and program-specific measures shown with the relevant program. The FY24 estimates reflect funding based on the FY24 approved budget. The FY25 and FY26 figures are performance targets based on the FY25 approved budget and funding for comparable service levels in FY26.

Initiatives

• Enhance residential resurfacing slurry seal to provide additional lane miles of improvements.
• Enhance Vision Zero efforts by increasing funding for the Safe Routes to School Program.

Innovations and Productivity Improvements

• Created an internal tracking system to organize review requests and submissions to the Office of the County Attorney.
• Hosted bi-monthly meetings with the Office of County Attorney to ensure legal counsel is kept informed on project development/negotiation status, and reviewed case studies/Right of Way scenarios and best practices.
• Added a Property Acquisition Section deadlines calendar to ensure important deadlines, dates, and reminders can be tracked in a central location.
• Initiated development of "Sorry We Missed You" door hangers for Property Acquisition Section (PAS) staff to leave on residential properties in the event contact could not be made via mail, email, or phone for upcoming projects that require land acquisition or easements to their property. This innovation will aid PAS in ensuring efforts to contact property owners regarding these necessary actions are documented prior to seeking alternative methods of settlement.

Program Descriptions

  Transportation Services General Administration

The Director's Office provides overall leadership for the department and its five divisions, including policy development, planning, accountability, service integration, customer service, and the formation of partnerships. It also handles administration of the day-to-day operations of the department, including direct service delivery, budget and fiscal management oversight (capital and operating),...

  Parking Outside the Parking Districts

This program administers, operates, and maintains the parking program outside the Parking Districts. Included in this program are residential permit parking and peak hour traffic enforcement. The residential permit parking program is responsible for the sale of parking permits and parking enforcement in these areas. Participation in the program is...

  Transportation Policy, Planning, and Project Development

This program formulates transportation and related environmental policy and provides leadership in developing a Capital Improvements Program that achieves policy goals. In addition, this program provides coordination with regional entities to ensure compliance with environmental requirements and reviews developer plans to ensure that transportation infrastructure constructed by the private sector...

  Community/Transportation Safety

This program provides engineering studies and investigations that evaluate pedestrian and traffic operations and safety deficiencies. The studies and investigations identify the need for alternative pedestrian crossing signalization or beaconing; parking conflicts; streetlighting conditions, upgrades, and maintenance; additional traffic signing and pavement marking; and sight distance deficiencies on neighborhood streets,...

  Transportation Infrastructure Construction & Maintenance

This program provides an effective and efficient transportation system, ensuring the safe and convenient movement of persons, bicycles, and vehicles throughout Montgomery County. The primary focus of this program is to proactively identify and address infrastructure within the County right-of-way that is in need of maintenance and to utilize industry...

  Non-Roadway Right of Way Maintenance

Elements supported under this program provide positive value to the quality of life for residents and visitors through green infrastructure maintenance activities located in the County right-of-way.Through scheduled maintenance and emergency response to hazardous conditions, efforts to ensure the safety of all pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists traveling within the County...

  Transportation Management, Operations and Emergency/Storm Response

This program supports the department's mission to provide an effective and efficient transportation system to ensure the safe and convenient movement of persons, bicycles, and vehicles throughout the County through daily traffic management operations, as well as its response to emergency events such as winter snow storms, severe wind/rain storms,...