Current Members of the  

The members of the Silver Spring TMD Advisory Committee are listed below.

VOTING

Edward Furgol -  Representing residents of Kemp Mill, Four Corners, Silver Spring East and Takoma Park
Rukiyat Gilbert - Southern Management
Arnetta Haines - Social & Scientific Systems
Everton Latty - iDeal Decisions, Inc.
Samantha L. Mazo - Chevy Chase Bank (Co-Chair)
Michael Meszaros -  Digital Industry, Inc.
Michael Price - Discovery Communications
Andrew Wexler  - Representing residents of the Central Business District (Co-Chair)

NON-VOTING

Arthur Holmes - Director, Montgomery County Department of Transportation
- Designee: Sandra L. Brecher, MCDOT-Commuter Services
Reemberto Rodriguez - Director, Silver Spring Regional Services Center
Cherian Eapen - Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Sgt. Thomas Harmon - Montgomery County Police Department

COMMUTER SERVICES STAFF

James Carlson, Planning Specialist, MCDOT-Commuter Services

For information about the Silver Spring TMD, please contact:

James Carlson or or Sheila Wilson or Sandra L. Brecher
Montgomery County Commuter Services, 240-773-BWTW (2989) 
james.carlson@montgomerycountymd.gov
sheila.wilson@montgomerycountymd.gov
sandra.brecher@montgomerycountymd.gov

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Silver Spring
Transportation Management
District
TMD Legislation

TMD GOALS:

• Cut traffic congestion
• Increase transportation capacity
• Reduce air and noise pollution
• Promote bicycle and pedestrian access and traffic safety

Area Description:
Bethesda is renowned throughout the greater Washington, D.C. area for its multitude of ethnic restaurants, boutiques, home décor shops, artistic /trendy spots and events. Bethesda is a bustling, urban center during workdays, with more than 400 employers with 25 or more employees, and a lively entertainment, arts, and dining district during evenings and weekends.

The broader Bethesda/Chevy Chase area is also known as the leading global center of healing and the home to internationally known federal institutions such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Naval Medical Center. More than 1,000 health-related businesses are located there. Altogether, more than 33,000 employees comprise the workforce in downtown Bethesda, which offers excellent public transportation and other commuting solutions.

Functions of the Transportation Management District:
The Bethesda Transportation Management District (TMD) is one of five TMDs in Montgomery County. The four others are Friendship Heights, Silver Spring, North Bethesda and Greater Shady Grove. The Bethesda TMD is operated by the Bethesda Urban Partnership (BUP) under the name Bethesda Transportation Solutions (BTS).

Bethesda Transportation Solutions (BTS) provides free services to employers, employees, residents and visitors in downtown Bethesda.

BTS will help design and carry out a Transportation Benefits Program for your worksite. For more information please call 301-656-0868 and visit www.bethesdatransit.org.

Bethesda Transportation Solutions Staff:

Kristen M. Blackmon, kblackmon@bethesda.org
Anne Kaiser, akaiser@bethesda.org
Allison Kemp, akemp@bethesda.org
Thomas V. Robertson, trobertson@bethesda.org

Commute Options:
On an average weekday, more than 15,000 persons use Metrorail. There are 11 Ride On bus routes, including the popular, free Bethesda Circulator Trolley, six Metrobus routes, taxi service, and opportunities for carpools, vanpools, biking, walking, and teleworking, and flextime.

Traffic Mitigation Plans:
Employers in Downtown Bethesda are encouraged to contact the Bethesda TMD office to obtain assistance with their Traffic Mitigation Plan (TMP). For more information, go to TMD Legislation, and Sample TMP.

Also see Downtown Bethesda TMD Presentation for Employers - Working Together to Curb Gridlock.

Under County legislation, these "TMPs" are required of employers of 25 or more employees in TMDs, to assist with achieving the congestion reduction objectives for the area. With these plans, employers can ensure their employees are aware of their commuting options while discouraging solo driving. TMD staff can show employers how they can offer these benefits at little or no cost, providing assistance to their employees while at the same time helping their bottom line and the community.

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Bethesda
Transportation Management
District
TMD Legislation

TMD GOALS:

• Cut traffic congestion
• Increase transportation capacity
• Reduce air and noise pollution
• Promote bicycle and pedestrian access and traffic safety

Area Description:
North Bethesda is home to major employers, such as Marriott Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation and is also a prominent retail center featuring Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, Nordstrom, and other fine shops and restaurants. More employees work in North Bethesda than in any other Montgomery County jurisdiction. Altogether, a total of 70,000 employees are based in North Bethesda, which offers public transportation and other commuting solutions.

Functions of the Transportation Management District:
The North Bethesda Transportation District is one of five TMDS in Montgomery County. The four others are Friendship Heights, Silver Spring, Bethesda and Greater Shady Grove. The North Bethesda TMD is operated by the Transportation Action Partnership (TAP) under the name "North Bethesda Transportation Center" (NBTC).

TMD staffs work primarily with employers and employees within the TMD to promote adoption of commuter benefits programs by employers and to inform employees about their commuting options. Transit subsidy programs such as Super Fare Share offer employers and employees discounted transit passes. TBTC also works to improve transit service in the area, to increase ridership, and to provide transit-friendly amenities.

The North Bethesda Transportation Center provides free services to employers, employees, residents and visitors in Grosvenor, White Flint, Twinbrook, Executive Boulevard, and Rock Spring Park.

The North Bethesda TMD office will help you a Transportation Benefits Program for you worksite. Please contact the TMD staff for more information:

North Bethesda Transportation Center

 

Peggy Schwartz, pschwartz@nbtmd.org

Mirza Donegan, mdonegan@nbtmd.org

Darlene Nader, dnader@nbtmd.org

 

Telephone: 301-770-8108

On the Web: www.nbtc.org

Commute Options:
Three Metro Stations serve the North Bethesda area - Twinbrook, White Flint, and Grosvenor. On an average weekday, more than 25,000 trips are made in and out of these Metrorail stations. There are 13 Ride On bus routes, 6 Metrobus routes, and shuttlebus service to North Bethesda's 3 Metro Stations, including the popular White Flint shuttle, taxi service, and opportunities for carpools, vanpools, biking, walking, and teleworking. and flextime.

Traffic Mitigation Plans:
Employers in North Bethesda are encouraged to contact the North Bethesda TMD office to obtain assistance with their Traffic Mitigation Plan (TMP). For more information, go to TMD Legislation, and Sample TMP.

Also see North Bethesda TMD Presentation for Employers - Working Together to Curb Gridlock.

Under County legislation, these "TMPs" are required of employers of 25 or more employees in TMDs, to assist with achieving the congestion reduction objectives for the area. With these plans, employers can ensure their employees are aware of their commuting options while discouraging solo driving. TMD staff can show employers how they can offer these benefits at little or no cost, providing assistance to their employees while at the same time helping their bottom line and the community.

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Transportation Management
District
TMD Legislation

 TMD GOALS:

• Cut traffic congestion

• Increase transportation capacity

• Reduce air and noise pollution

• Promote bicycle and pedestrian access and traffic safety

Area Description:
Greater Shady Grove is the largest of the County’s five TMDs, spanning more than 6,400 acres.  It includes portions of the cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg in addition to unincorporated sections of Montgomery County, and is the culmination of years of planning for the Great Seneca Science Corridor. As a vital component of the Science Corridor Master Plan, the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center (LSC) anchors the third largest biotech cluster in the United States and contains more than 200 private companies and over 45,000 professionals employed in the public and private sectors. The 300-acre park houses healthcare facilities, research and educational centers, R & D facilities, laboratories and a business incubator.

Not sure if your organization is located in the Greater Shady Grove TMD?  You can verify whether or not your organization is in the Transportation Management District with this mapping tool.

Functions of the Transportation Management District:
The Greater Shady Grove Transportation Management District (TMD) is one of five TMDs in Montgomery County. The four others are Silver Spring, Bethesda, Friendship Heights and North Bethesda. The TMD staff works primarily with employers, employees and residents within the TMD to promote adoption of commuter benefits programs by employers and to inform employees and residents about their commuting options.  The TMD staff also works to improve transit service in the area, to increase ridership, and to provide transit-friendly amenities. The Greater Shady Grove TMD provides many free services to help Montgomery County employers, employees and residents find "Better Ways to Work."

Please contact the TMD staff for more information:
Sheila Wilson or James Carlson
(240) 773-BWTW (2989)
sheila.willson@montgomerycountymd.gov
james.carlson@montgomerycountymd.gov

Commute Options:
Greater Shady Grove has many transit options including, the Shady Grove Metrorail station, Ride On and Metrobus routes, and many opportunities for carpools and vanpools, bicycling or walking, and teleworking.

Traffic Mitigation Plans:
Employers in Greater Shady Grove are encouraged to contact the Greater Shady Grove TMD office to obtain assistance with their Traffic Mitigation Plan (TMP). For more information, go to TMD Legislation, and Sample TMP. The TMP can now be conveniently submitted online. Under County legislation, these "TMPs" are required of employers of 25 or more employees in TMDs, to assist with achieving the congestion reduction objectives for the area. With these plans, employers can ensure their employees are aware of their commuting options while discouraging solo driving. TMD staff can show employers how they can offer these benefits at little or no cost, providing assistance to their employees while at the same time helping their bottom line and the community.

Change in Parking Controls in Life Science Center Area: With the adoption of the County's FY13 Operating Budget, County Council decided to charge for parking on several streets in the Greater Shady Grove Transportation Management District.

Beginning this spring, parking meters will be installed on several streets in the Life Sciences Center area as shown on this map. Payment will be required from 7:00 am until 7:00 pm, Monday through Friday. The meters will operate at a rate of $0.65 per hour. For additional information, see the Frequently Asked Questions.

Frequent users may purchase a Parking Convenience sticker for $123 per month online from the Division of Parking Management.

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District
TMD Legislation

TMD LAW AIMS TO REDUCE GRIDLOCK

An important Montgomery County law affects employers with 25 or more full- or part-time employees in Downtown Bethesda, North Bethesda, Downtown Silver Spring, and Friendship Heights. These are the County's Transportation Management Districts (TMDs).

The law's purpose is to reduce traffic congestion and encourage use of commuting options for more than 100,000 employees in business districts.

The law requires that these employers:

• Implement a Traffic Mitigation Plan (TMP)
• Participate in the County's Annual Commuter Survey
• Submit an Annual Report of Activities.

Watch for Notification by Mail -

50 or more employees in a TMD
If you are an employer with 50 or more employees, you will receive a letter of notification from Arthur Holmes, Jr., Director, Department of Transportation (MCDOT).

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett     

Once you receive your notification letter, you have 90 days to submit a Traffic Mitigation Plan (TMP). The TMD Staff for your area is available to assist you in preparing your TMP.

When you receive your notification letter -

Your local Transportation Management District - staff will be ready to help you design and carry out your Traffic Mitigation Plan (TMP). After submission, your TMP will be reviewed by the TMD staff and the TMD Advisory Committee. Recommendations will be made for approval or for additional strategies to be included in your TMP. The Director of dot has final approval authority.

For information and assistance, please contact your local TMD office

Friendship Heights TMD 

Montgomery County Commuter Services
240-773-BWTW (2989)
Jim Carlson - james.carlson@montgomerycountymd.gov

Sheila Wilson - sheila.wilson@montgomerycountymd.gov

www.montgomerycountymd.gov/commute

Downtown Silver Spring

Montgomery County Commuter Services
240-773-BWTW (2989)
James Carlson - james.carlson@montgomerycountymd.gov
Sheila Wilson - sheila.wilson@montgomerycountymd.gov
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/commute

Downtown Bethesda

Bethesda Transportation Solutions

301-656-0868

www.bethesdatransit.org

 

Kristen M. Blackmon, kblackmon@bethesda.org

Anne Kaiser, akaiser@bethesda.org

Allison Kemp, akemp@bethesda.org

Thomas V. Robertson, trobertson@bethesda.org

North Bethesda

North Bethesda Transportation Center (NBTC)
Grosvenor, White Flint, Twinbrook, Executive Boulevard and Rock Spring Park
301-770-8108
http://www.nbtc.org/

Peggy Schwartz, pschwartz@nbtmd.org

Mirza Donegan, mdonegan@nbtmd.org

Darlene Nader, dnader@nbtmd.org

Greater Shady Grove

Montgomery County Commuter Services
240-773-BWTW (2989)
James Carlson - james.carlson@montgomerycountymd.gov
Sheila Wilson - sheila.wilson@montgomerycountymd.gov
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/commute

Your TMD office will help you prepare a Traffic Mitigation Plan that is custom-tailored to your needs and those of your employees.  Here is a sample Traffic Mitigation Plan.

IMPORTANT TIPS about your TMP

• The TMP form is easy to fill out. Be sure to work with your TMD staff to complete your TMP.
• You may already be offering alternative transportation options to your employees.
• You can custom-tailor your TMP to the needs of your organization.
• The 2-page TMP form lists traffic mitigation strategies employers may adopt.
• Many strategies can be provided at little or no cost.

Required strategies
Also see Sample TMP

• Contact person
• Post transit/pooling options
• Permanent display for TMD transit
• TMD presentations to employees
• Guaranteed Ride Home promotion
• ADA information provided
• Annual Commuter Survey

Elective strategies
Also see Sample TMP

• Attend workshops about commuting options
• Inform new employees.
• Free/reduced carpool/vanpool parking
• Preferred/reserved carpool/vanpool parking
• Alternative work schedules
• Flextime or Compressed Work Week
• Telework
• Job Sharing
• Pre-tax monthly transit benefits
• Maryland Commuter Choice Tax Credits
• Bike Amenities
• Transit/Pedestrian Amenities
• Carpool matching
• Air Quality Action Days
• See How Employers Implement TMPs

 

Annual Commuter Survey

Employers receive the Annual Commuter Surveys from Commuter Services for distribution to their employees in the Spring.

Employers are required to circulate the Commuter Surveys to their employees within 45 days for their completion.

The completed Annual Commuter Surveys are submitted to the Employers' TMDs.

These surveys are used to create a database of employee commuting patterns in the TMD and to monitor progress toward reaching any commuting goals set in the County's Annual Growth Policy. They help dot determine what changes to programs and services are necessary.

Employers are asked to make a good faith effort to achieve at least an 80% response rate from their employees.

Annual Report of Activities
Once a year, employers are asked to summarize the activities they have undertaken to implement their plans. Employers who successfully encourage "better ways to work" are eligible for local and national recognition and awards.

Enforcement
An employer or owner that does not submit a traffic mitigation plan or provide survey data within 30 days after a second notice has committed a Class C violation. See TMD Legislation.

Transportation Management District Fees

TMD fees were originally adopted by County Council in 2006.  Near the end of each fiscal year, as part of the County’s process for adopting the budget for the following fiscal year, County Council puts forward a resolution establishing all transportation-related fares, fees, and charges.  The TMD fees are established in that resolution. 
 
Beginning with the Council resolution of 2006 these fees have been 10 cents per square foot Gross Floor Area of commercial space.  The fees apply to commercial developments first occupied after the effective date of the legislation (July 1, 2006) and to commercial developments occupied before that where payment of the fees was made a condition of the development approval.  Commercial developments are invoiced for the fees at the beginning of the last quarter of each fiscal year, with payment due before the end of that fiscal year (June 30).  Fees were most recently implemented in the Greater Shady Grove TMD where fees apply to commercial space occupied before July 1, 2011 where payment of TMD fee was a condition of subdivision or optional method approval and to commercial space first occupied on or after July 1, 2011.
 
Fee revenue is used to support Transportation Demand Management efforts in each TMD.  These efforts are designed to address traffic congestion, air quality, and safety concerns by reducing single occupant vehicle travel and increasing use of other transportation options.  They result in these highly-urbanized areas of the County being able to support more urban development with fewer traffic-related impacts than would otherwise be the case.
 
View pdfs of the enabling legislation authorizing the fees and of the most recent resolution establishing the rates. 

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