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Apr 21, 2014

The Washington region's annual Bike to Work Day is coming up Friday, May 16, and organizers are hoping to get as many as 17,000 commuters to register to bicycle to work that day.

Apr 17, 2014

Street Smart urges drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians to exercise caution. Officials from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia gathered in Woodbridge, VA to kick off the Spring 2014 campaign.

Apr 16, 2014

At its meeting today, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) voted to include ten projects in an air quality analysis required as part of the annual update to the financially Constrained Long Range Transportation Plan (CLRP).

Apr 15, 2014

Water specifically metropolitan Washington’s drinking water system was the focus of the Council of Governments’ first in-depth discussion on regional infrastructure in 2014. As Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Penny Gross noted while people see infrastructure all around them the vital water system is “buried and hidden from view.”

Apr 14, 2014

For the second year in a row, the Transportation Planning Board will select a number of local capital improvement projects throughout the Washington region to receive funding under the federal "Transportation Alternatives" program.

Apr 10, 2014

The COG Animal Services Committee hosted its biennial awards ceremony on March 28, 2014 to honor animal control officers, rescuers, volunteers, and other dedicated animal service and care providers for their outstanding service to animals, animal owners, and the local communities within the region. The ceremony was hosted by Liz Crenshaw of NBC4.

Apr 7, 2014

Warmer weather and longer days bring more Washington area residents out on foot and bicycles, whether for their daily commute, to run errands, or for exercise or recreation.

Apr 4, 2014

The Transportation Planning Board Chairman's op-ed in the Washington Business Journal highlights the region's coordinated approach to transportation planning and the recently approved TPB Priorities Plan that includes strategies related to roads, mass transit, bicycling, and walking. He also appeared with Commuter Connections Director Nicholas Ramfos on NewsTalk on News Channel 8 to encourage residents to register for the region’s Bike to Work Day on May 16.

Apr 2, 2014

If the metropolitan Washington region were to get 5 percent of its electricity from solar it would reduce carbon emissions the equivalent of taking 789000 cars off the road and would generate $5.3 billion in economic activity . To help local governments realize the benefits of solar power COG is participating in the U.S. Department of Energy Sunshot Initiative Rooftop Solar Challenge.

Mar 31, 2014

Both Maryland and Virginia have announced updated plans to keep their respective commuter rail systems in a state of good repair and to expand capacity on existing routes to serve more riders. The states submitted the updated plans for inclusion in the 2014 update to the region's Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan, or CLRP, which identifies hundreds of regionally significant projects and programs that area transportation agencies expect to be able to afford to build or implement by 2040.​