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Wenjing Pu was among the first to use “big data” for transportation research purposes, and he brought this expertise with him when he joined COG as a transportation planner in 2009. Today, as a transportation engineer, he develops the Congestion Management Process Technical Report and the quarterly National Capital Region Congestion Management Process Technical Report and the quarterly National Capital Region Congestion Report, and "tells the story" of these findings.

Metro, in partnership with Complete Coach Works (CCW), and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), hosted a demonstration on August 24 of a Zero Emission Propulsion System (ZEPS) all-electric bus at WMATA’s Carmen Turner Facility in Landover, Maryland.

Laura Zeilinger, Director of the Department of Human Services for the District of Columbia, led discussion on homelessness with area officials gathered for the 2015 Annual Council of Governments Leadership Retreat in Cambridge, MD.

Middle-skill jobs can provide a strong foundation for the region’s greater economic competitiveness strategy. This was a key take-away for area officials who attended the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Annual Leadership Retreat, held last month in Cambridge, MD.

The Region Forward Coalition met at The Washington Post and toured global incubator 1776 for their quarterly meeting in July, which focused on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in metropolitan Washington.

Metro, with support of the COG Fire Chiefs Committee, announced the addition of a full-time fire/rescue liaison in its Rail Operations Control Center. The liaison, a uniformed fire officer, will serve in the “nerve center” of the Metrorail system 40 hours a week to help coordinate emergency communication between Metro and first responders.

At their July meeting, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) approved funding for 16 projects to improve pedestrian and bike access and support transit-oriented development throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, spoke before the Council of Governments Board of Directors at their July meeting, outlining his plan for a New Virginia Economy and expressing his support for regional collaboration.

Since 2010, the number of violent and property crimes has declined 8 percent in the National Capital Region, according to the 2014 Annual Report on Crime & Crime Control.