Flash BRT

Flash BRT
Overview
Owner	Ride On
Locale	Montgomery County, Maryland, U.S.
Transit type	Bus rapid transit
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	45 (approx.)
Headquarters	Rockville, Maryland
Website	http://www.ridetheflash.com
Operation
Operation will start	2020 (U.S. 29 only)
System map
U.S. Route 29
Maryland Route 355
Veirs Mill Road

Flash BRT is a Bus Rapid Transit network in Montgomery County, Maryland with one line under construction and two additional lines in the design phase.[1] When complete, the network will run along U.S. 29 from Silver Spring to Burtonsville, Maryland Route 355 from Bethesda to Clarksburg, and Veirs Mill Road from Wheaton to Rockville.[2]

Route

U.S. Route 29

The service will run from the Silver Spring Metrorail station along U.S. 29, before ending at the Burtonsville Park and Ride. The service will run along road shoulders along the northern end. The remainder of the service will run on mixed-traffic roadways. Buses will also receive signal priority at some intersections.[1] Howard County has also studied the possibility of extending the BRT line from Burtonsville to Maryland Route 99 in Ellicott City.[3]

Maryland Route 355

Once complete, this line will begin at Bethesda Station and run along MD 355 through the cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg before terminating at the Clarksburg Outlets shopping mall.[4]

Veirs Mill Road

Currently in the preliminary design phase, this line will run from Wheaton station to Rockville station and connect to the MD 355 line. The initial plan includes 11 stations, with a possible future extension to Montgomery College along that portion of the MD 355 line's route.[5]

Stations

There are approximately 45 stations proposed across the network. Stations will feature bus arrival signs, off-board fare collection, platform-level boarding, and all-door boarding.[1]

U.S. Route 29

Station Name	Location	Connections	Facilities
Silver Spring Transit Center	Level 2: Platforms 229 & 230 8400 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD 20910	Washington Metro Red Line MARC Train: Brunswick Line Purple Line (future) Metrobus: 70, 79, F4, J1, J2, J4, Q1, Q2, Q4, S2, S4, S9, Y2, Y7, Y8, Z2, Z6, Z7, Z8, Z11 Ride On: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28 MTA Maryland Bus: 915, 929 Shuttle-UM: 111 Peter Pan Bus	Transit center (existing) Capital Bikeshare
Fenton Street	Colesville Road & Fenton Street Silver Spring, MD 20910	Metrobus: F4, Z2, Z6, Z7, Z8, Z11 Ride On: 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 28 MTA Maryland Bus: 305, 315, 325
University Boulevard	Northbound: US 29 & Lanark Way Southbound: US 29 & University Boulevard Silver Spring, MD 20901	Northbound: Metrobus: C2, C4, Z2, Z6, Z8 Ride On: 9, 21, 22 Southbound: Metrobus: C2, C4, Z2, Z6, Z7, Z8, Z11 Ride On: 21, 22
Burnt Mills	Burnt Mills Shopping Center Silver Spring, MD 20901	Metrobus: Z2, Z6, Z8, Z11 Ride On: 21, 22	Capital Bikeshare
Oak Leaf Drive	Northbound: Lockwood Drive & Northwest Drive Southbound: Lockwood Drive & Oak Leaf Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901	Metrobus: Z2, Z6, Z8	Capital Bikeshare
White Oak Transit Center	Lockwood Drive north of New Hampshire Avenue White Oak, MD 20904	Metrobus: K6, Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10	Capital Bikeshare
Stewart Lane	Stewart Lane & April Lane White Oak, MD 20904	Metrobus: Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10	Capital Bikeshare
Tech Road	US 29 & Tech Road Silver Spring, MD 20904	Metrobus: Z7, Z8 Ride On: 10	130 parking spaces
Castle Boulevard	Castle Boulevard & Castle Ridge Circle Silver Spring, MD 20904	Metrobus: Z6, Z8, Z11	Capital Bikeshare
Briggs Chaney Park & Ride	Gateshed Manor Way & Briggs Chaney Road Silver Spring, MD 20904	Metrobus: Z6, Z8, Z11 Ride On: 21, 39	Capital Bikeshare 240 parking spaces Public restrooms
Burtonsville Park & Ride	National Drive & US 29 Burtonsville, MD 20866	Metrobus: Z6, Z7, Z11 MTA Maryland Bus: 201, 202, 203, 305, 315	Bus loop/drop off 500 parking spaces

References

Shaver, Katherine (November 26, 2017). "Montgomery shares designs for Bus Rapid Transit stations on U.S. 29". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
"WHERE WILL IT BE?". Ride the FLASH. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
https://www.howardcountymd.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=d7DOB9h5TvU%3d&portalid=0
"Bus Rapid Transit On MD 355 | Get On Board BRT". Ride the FLASH. 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
"FLASH on Veirs Mill". Ride the FLASH. 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2019-08-03.

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[designs-1] Shaver, Katherine (November 26, 2017). "Montgomery shares designs for Bus Rapid Transit stations on U.S. 29". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-10.

[2] "WHERE WILL IT BE?". Ride the FLASH. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2019-08-02.

[3] ttps://www.howardcountymd.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=d7DOB9h5TvU%3d&portalid=0

[4] "Bus Rapid Transit On MD 355 | Get On Board BRT". Ride the FLASH. 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-08-03.

[5] "FLASH on Veirs Mill". Ride the FLASH. 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2019-08-03.

Transit in Metropolitan Washington, D.C.
Agencies	WMATA MTA DDOT NVTC PRTC
Washington Metro	Red Line Orange Line Yellow Line Green Line Blue Line Silver Line List of stations
Commuter rail	MARC Train Brunswick Line Camden Line Penn Line Virginia Railway Express Fredericksburg Line Manassas Line
Regional rail	Amtrak
Bus	Annapolis Transit Arlington Transit CUE Bus DASH DC Circulator Fairfax Connector Loudoun County Transit Frederick TransIT Fredericksburg Regional Transit Metrobus (list of routes) MTA Maryland Commuter Bus PRTC OmniRide Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland Ride On Shuttle-UM TheBus MetroAccess (paratransit)
Bus rapid transit	Metroway
Streetcar	DC Streetcar
Aviation	Heliports
Future projects	Purple Line Corridor Cities Transitway Pike Transit Initiative West End Transitway Route 7 BRT Flash BRT