Residents are encouraged to check on older neighbors who may need assistance clearing snow and ice. Learn more about the city’s volunteer snow shoveling for seniors.
Parking Restrictions Take Effect at 10 P.M. Wednesday
The City of Rockville has declared a snow emergency that will begin at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, when a winter storm is forecast to bring an accumulation of snow and ice to the region.
The emergency declaration requires that all vehicles be removed from roads within the city, including neighborhood streets, by 10 p.m. Wednesday.
To check whether an address is within the city limits, use the interactive Address and Residency Check map at www.rockvillemd.gov/maps.
Recycling and trash will be collected as scheduled Tuesday. Learn more about Rockville’s recycling and trash collection, including what can and can’t be recycled, at https://www.rockvillemd.gov/recycling-trash, call 240-314-8568, or email recyclingrefuse@rockvillemd.gov.
City’s Prioritization Policy Allows Residents to Petition for New Path
Know a neighborhood that could use a sidewalk?
The city’s Sidewalk Prioritization Policy helps determine if, and in what order, the city constructs sidewalks.
A missing sidewalk is any existing or potential pathway that, were it hard surfaced, would be used by pedestrians in their routine educational, recreational, business, shopping, working, civic and social pursuits. Sidewalks are along streets and are typically built within city rights of way.
Construction on a project to improve safety and access along Baltimore Road, a major east-west connection between the city’s east side and Rockville Town Center, is expected to begin later this winter.
The project will improve convenience, accessibility and safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists, including pedestrian safety measures at several intersections and easier access to the Rockville Metro Station.
Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, fair mobility for all.
Vision Zero is a strategy for a safer community.
Sets a goal of reducing, and eventually eliminating, traffic-related deaths or serious injuries.
Recognizes that people make mistakes and crashes will occur, but also that no one should lose their life or suffer life-altering injuries because of such mistakes.
Acknowledges that many factors contribute to safe mobility and requires an approach to examine the whole system.
Recognizes that while transportation safety benefits everyone, some members of the community are more at risk for experiencing a serious crash.
Uses data to target the cause of crashes before they occur, in order to lessen the severity of injuries.
Maryland General Assembly’s 90-Day Session Begins Jan. 13
Rockville’s 2021 state legislative priorities include education funding, opposition to the state’s plan to widen Interstate 270, a noise barrier, combating climate change, an independent congressional redistricting commission and more.
The 2021 state legislative session runs from Jan. 13-April 12 in Annapolis.
Under priorities approved by the Mayor and Council on Nov. 2, the city will advocate for:
Rockville will have a new option for traveling one of the city’s busiest corridors with the arrival of a 7-mile, premium, branded, limited-stop bus rapid transit service along Veirs Mill Road.
The project, which is in the planning stages, will improve transit travel time and connect a significant number of minority and low-income riders to high-density housing and jobs along the highly congested MD 586 corridor.