News Release Bowie Council Member Todd Turner to Lead Transportation Planning Board in 2012 Jan 18, 2012 Turner says he will work with his colleagues on TPB to draw increased attention to funding the region’s transportation needs.
News Release TPB Releases Update to Region's Long-Term Transportation Plan for Review Jan 18, 2012 Adding new Bus Rapid Transit in Northern Virginia and moving up the completion date for the I-495 HOT lanes are among the proposed additions.
TPB News Tight Funding Crimps Region's Long-Range Plans for Transportation TPB Weekly Report Jan 16, 2012 In the most recent major update to the region's long-range plan for transportation, a number of significant projects to improve the region's transportation system were delayed and others removed altogether in light of updated estimates of how much money will be available for transportation through 2040.
News Highlight CAFN campaign encourages the region's residents to seek free help to avoid foreclosure Jan 12, 2012 The Capital Area Foreclosure Network is currently running an ad campaign encourgaing the region's residents to seek free help to avoid foreclosure.
News Release Frank Principi Elected Chairman of the COG Board of Directors Jan 11, 2012 The Prince William County Supervisor will focus on improving the region's economic competitiveness, transportation issues, and integration of Region Forward into every aspect of COG's work. Phil Mendelson and Karen Young will serve as Vice Chairs for 2012.
News Highlight Metropolitan Washington in 2012: Looking Forward to the New Year Jan 5, 2012 COG Executive Director David Robertson and other regional leaders recently appeared on NBC's Viewpoint program to discuss major issues the region will face in 2012, including the economy, housing, transportation, changing demographics, and more.
Region Forward Blog St. Elizabeths redevelopment; Geoengineering really?; bag taxes; the urban future of India & China; and more! Region Forward Dec 28, 2011 We’ve got a year-in-review post in the works that will highlight some of the most-read and most-shared blog posts from Region Forward over the past year. Look for that next week.
Region Forward Blog Get involved and help make metro DC cleaner greener and more sustainable Region Forward Dec 22, 2011 The last time we put out a call here for public participation you guys responded with lots of inquiries and helped us recruit some great members for the Region Forward Coalition .
Region Forward Blog HIV/AIDS: A major problem the DC region must overcome Region Forward Dec 21, 2011 City rankings are abundant measuring everything from how generous cities are in terms of charitable giving how many dog parks and skate parks there have per capita and how artistic cities are based on concentration of artists.
Region Forward Blog What Does Transit Do For Regional Mobility? Region Forward Dec 16, 2011 One of the best ways to understand the value of something is to take it away and measure the difference. So as part of our “Business Case” for transit study we tried taking away transit to see what happened to the Washington DC region using MWCOG’s Regional Travel Demand Model.