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COG’s Climate, Energy, and Environment Policy Committee (CEEPC) developed a plan to meet the region’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals. The third edition of the Regional Climate and Energy Action Plan, adopted by the committee in March 2017, offers a variety of voluntary and flexible actions for local jurisdictions to implement between 2017-2020 to help reduce GHG emissions.

TPB Chairman Bridget Newton paid a special visit to the TPB’s Citizen Advisory Committee meeting on March 8. She thanked committee members for their service and talked about how important public involvement is in the regional transportation planning process.

The Transportation Planning Board’s March meeting was rescheduled to Wednesday, March 29, due to inclement weather. An updated agenda and meeting materials will be posted on the Thursday before the meeting. Here’s a recap of what's coming up

The military uses them. So do aerial photographers and filmmakers. And this year they featured prominently in the Super Bowl halftime show. But will unmanned aircraft systems—more commonly known as drones—ever take over delivery of packages to our homes and businesses? The TPB’s Freight Subcommittee recently learned more about how consumer demands for greater choices, lower prices, and fast and free delivery are changing the way businesses distribute their products.

Registration for Bike to Work Day (BTWD) 2017 is officially open. Celebrating its 16th anniversary this year, BTWD is again expected to break participation records as commuters embrace bicycling as a clean, sustainable, and healthy transportation method. The event will be held on May 19.

Overuse, misuse, and abuse of legally obtained opioids, along with the steady availability of low-cost heroin, fentanyl, and other illegally-obtained narcotics, has resulted in a public health crisis touching every community in the country, including in metropolitan Washington. Regional Primary Care Coalition Executive Director Sharon Zalewski discusses how well-coordinated regional strategies could combat this crisis.

At the March COG Board of Directors meeting, The Community Foundation and DC Appleseed released the Maximizing WIOA’s Potential Report, which analyzes the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) plans in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.