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 7, 2005
The study focuses on the proposed base closings effect on future employment, traffic congestion and air quality in 2010 and 2020.
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June 8, 2005
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) will examine the potential regional impact of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recommendations for...
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February 2, 2005
Hundreds of area leaders came together for "Reality Check on Growth." Held at the Reagan Building and International Trade Center, the summit focused on a...
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July 30, 2004
Members of the COG Board came together for a weekend in July to discuss growth in metropolitan Washington. During its annual summer planning conference, the...