Long-range forecasts provide data necessary for analyzing the effects of growth, developing policy responses to regional issues, ensuring air quality conformity of transportation plans, and determining the demand for public facilities.
COG provides regularly updated population, household, and employment forecasts for use in its planning and modeling activities as well as by the Transportation Planning Board and other state, regional, and local agencies. COG's Growth Trends report provides a summary and highlights of the forecasts. Established in 1975, the cooperative forecasting program enables local, regional, and federal agencies to coordinate planning activities using common assumptions about future growth and development. Each series of forecasts constitutes a “Round”, and each round covers a period of 20 to 30 years.
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July 12, 2006
New reports show the region’s population and job growth is continuing to climb, although at a somewhat slower pace than in previous years.
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January 18, 2006
The TPB released preliminary findings of a study illustrating what the region would look like if area officials embraced different land use and transportation...
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October 12, 2005
The region’s latest forecast for population and household growth reveals a robust economy that will continue to experience steady employment and population...
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September 14, 2005
A new report released today by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) shows continued regional growth in population, jobs, federal spending,...
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July 13, 2005
During its July meeting, the COG Board of Directors adopted the analysis of the regional impacts of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Base Realignment and...