Rockville Metro Station Study

The City of Rockville collaborated with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Montgomery County to conduct a study of Rockville Metro station. The process identified opportunities to increase transit ridership by improving site access and incorporating mixed-use development on WMATA-owned property at the station.

Rockville Metro station, which opened in 1984, is a critical part of the city’s transportation network and was designed at a time when the City of Rockville was more car-centric and less developed than it is today. This study explored options for incorporating new services like the planned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) along Rockville Pike and Veirs Mill Road, and considered how to better connect the station with Rockville’s downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.

Community visioning workshops offered the public an opportunity to help establish guiding principles for the station area. The results of the community workshops were presented to the Mayor and Council before the study proceeded to the development and analysis of potential concept designs.

The goal of the study was to explore how to best integrate existing and new transit service with development on WMATA property, as well as to establish the City of Rockville’s vision and goals for the station area. This information will be used to support coordination between the City of Rockville, Montgomery County, the State of Maryland, and WMATA for future planning of infrastructure and development at the site and surrounding area.

The following are past studies and city planning documents that helped inform the Rockville Metro Station Study:

• WMATA Rockville Metro Station Access Improvement Study (August 2005)
• WMATA Rockville Metro Station Access and Capacity Study Final Report (April 2008)
• Rockville 2040 Comprehensive Plan (Adopted August 2021)

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