Newsroom

Sep 12, 2018

Crimes against persons and property—or total Part I offenses—declined for the fifth consecutive year in metropolitan Washington, according to the COG Annual Report on Crime and Crime Control.

Sep 10, 2018

Metrorail Safety Commission (MSC) authorized the submittal of its SSO Program Certification Application to the FTA, announced hiring of senior staff and subject matter experts, and approved staffing contracts to further build the independent oversight agency’s technical capacity.

Sep 4, 2018

We’ve been working on the region’s new long-range transportation plan for over a year and will be releasing it for public comment on Sept 7. If you want to learn more about the plan, we’re hosting three Open Houses for folks to learn more about what is in the draft plan.

Aug 10, 2018

In this Q&A, COG Planning Directors Technical Advisory Committee Chairman Eric Shaw discusses the committee’s focus for the year, which has included exploring how to bring jobs and housing closer together.​

Aug 9, 2018

Registration is now open for the region’s annual Car Free Day event sponsored by the COG's Commuter Connections program. This year, Commuter Connections has extended the event to two days—Friday, September 21 and Saturday, September 22.

Jul 31, 2018

COG public safety members traveled to Israel to learn firsthand from subject matter experts in the fields of counter-terrorism, cybersecurity, and emergency management.

Jul 26, 2018

New greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory results for metropolitan Washington show emissions decreased by 10 percent between 2005 and 2015, despite continued population and economic growth during that period. This puts the region just halfway to its goal of reducing GHG emissions by 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020; the region’s long-term goal is to reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050.

Jul 24, 2018

The TPB approved more than $1.2 million in funding for four bicycle and pedestrian projects in Maryland through the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). The TAP program provides funding to transportation projects other than traditional highway construction, including bicycle, pedestrian, trail, and Safe Routes to School projects.

Jul 24, 2018

At it’s July meeting, the TPB continued its ongoing discussions about how to support projects, programs, and policies to implement the seven initiatives it endorsed in the winter. At the meeting, board members held an open discussion of ideas from each jurisdiction with the goal of finding out what it would take to implement the seven ideas throughout the region.