Editing Gaithersburg, Maryland (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Police===
{{Main|Gaithersburg Police Department}}
Being a city, Gaithersburg also has its own police department, which was created in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/services/police-services/police-department-history|title=Police Department History|location=Maryland|publisher=City of Gaithersburg|access-date=October 18, 2016}}</ref>

===Transportation===
====Roads and highways====
[[File:2019-07-12 11 49 53 View south along Interstate 270 (Washington National Pike) from the overpass for the ramp from southbound Interstate 270 to eastbound Interstate 370 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|right|I-270 southbound at the interchange with I-370 in Gaithersburg]]
The most prominent highways serving Gaithersburg are [[Interstate 270 (Maryland)|Interstate 270]] and [[Interstate 370]]. I-270 is the main highway leading northwest out of metropolitan Washington, D.C., beginning at [[Interstate 495 in Maryland|Interstate 495]] (the Capital Beltway) and proceeding northwestward to [[Interstate 70 in Maryland|Interstate 70]] in [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]]. I-370 is a short spur, starting just west of I-270 in Gaithersburg and heading east to its junction with [[Maryland Route 200]]. Via MD 200, I-370 connects Gaithersburg with [[Interstate 95 in Maryland|Interstate 95]] near [[Laurel, Maryland|Laurel]].

[[Maryland Route 355]] was the precursor to I-270 and follows a parallel route. It now serves as the main commercial roadway through Gaithersburg and neighboring communities. Other state highways serving Gaithersburg include [[Maryland Route 117]], [[Maryland Route 119]] and [[Maryland Route 124]]. [[Maryland Route 28]] passes just outside the Gaithersburg corporate limits.

====Transit====
[[File:MARCtrainGaithersburgmd.jpg|thumb|upright|A MARC train stopped at Gaithersburg station in Montgomery County MD.]]
Gaithersburg is connected to the [[Washington Metro]] via [[Shady Grove (Washington Metro)|Shady Grove station]], which is located just outside the city limits and is the north-western terminus of the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red Line]].

Maryland's [[MARC Train|MARC]] system operates [[commuter rail]] services connecting Gaithersburg to [[Washington, D.C.]], with two stations in the city, at Old Town [[Gaithersburg (MARC station)|Gaithersburg]] and [[Metropolitan Grove (MARC station)|Metropolitan Grove]], and a third station — [[Washington Grove (MARC station)|Washington Grove]] — just outside city limits.

Bus service in Gaithersburg consists of [[Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)|Metrobus]] routes operated by [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority|WMATA]] and [[Ride-On]] routes operated by [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]], as well as [[paratransit]] service provided by [[MetroAccess]]. 

Two [[bus rapid transit]] lines are proposed in Gaithersburg, but as yet unbuilt: A [[Flash BRT]] line along Frederick Avenue ([[Maryland Route 355]]) in the eastern half of the city, and the [[Corridor Cities Transitway]] in the western half of the city.