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Feature on Transportation Engineer Andrew Burke focuses on how COG got into the business of bike counting for its member governments. It began back in 2007, after The Washington Post did a feature on COG’s travel monitoring studies, which count people and vehicles entering the region’s core and help inform planning efforts.

The Urban Land Institute-Washington and Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments are encouraging local governments to apply for a new round of Technical Assistance Panels-or TAPs.

The 2015 State of the Region: Infrastructure Report was featured in a Capital Business commentary by COG Executive Director Chuck Bean. In addition, a panel of COG experts discussed the report on NBC4's Viewpoint show.

Nine projects to receive $2.7 million in funding through federal program. The TPB has been funding locally-developed projects for several years that make a difference in the everyday lives of people with disabilities or older adults from wheelchair accessible cabs to door through door transportation.​

2015 State of the Region: Infrastructure Report covers transportation, water, energy, public buildings, and public safety communications systems. Throughout 2014, the COG Board of Directors held discussions with experts from across the infrastructure provider spectrum.

District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, who proposed COG’s focus on infrastructure while serving as Chairman of its Board of Directors in 2014, has helped promote the effort through a variety of media appearances and interviews as well as a COG video podcast.

Alexandria Mayor Euille has served on the COG Board of Directors since 2006. The COG Board also elected its 2015 Vice Chairs-- Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner and District of Columbia Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie.