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WaPo columnist supports RF goals acknowledges difficulties in implementation

Aug 16, 2010
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Roger K. Lewis author of The Washington Post’s “Shaping the City” column wrote about the need for greater regional cooperation to handle current and future challenges such as the provision of affordable housing improving an increasingly congested transportation system and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the region.

While noting that Region Forward is a laudable effort Lewis notes that many barriers will have to be broken down for the RF goals to be realized. To read the column click here.

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