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Before the Transportation Planning Board votes later this year to approve an annual update to the region's Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP), including six major additions and changes, it will conduct two detailed analyses, one that forecasts future changes in travel patterns under the proposed update, and another that quantifies the air quality impacts of those changes.

NOTE: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that a majority of public comments received on the I-66 proposal sought more details and greater commitments from VDOT related to the multimodal aspects of the proposed projects. Many, though not a majority, of the comments expressed such sentiments.​

In 1989, the Washington region was growing quickly, with new and mounting demands being placed on its transportation system. Funding was tight, and planners and elected officials at the Transportation Planning Board were looking for ways to do more with less. In December of that year, a successful national policy researcher from the Urban Institute named Jerry Miller joined the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to serve its department of transportation planning and the TPB.

Solar energy is booming. Just last month, national news outlets ran headlines proclaiming incredible job growth in the solar industry, dropping installation prices, and improved resale value for homes with solar.

The Transportation Planning Board recently approved the appointments of 15 members -- five each from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia -- to serve on its Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) for the coming year. It also appointed eight alternate members.

On January 29, COG’s Ronald F. Kirby Training Center was packed with participants attending the Green Purchasing Vendors’ Fair. More than 120 representatives from local governments, school systems, and utilities joined over 30 vendors representing a wide variety of environmentally friendly products and services. COG is sharing resources and tools from the fair to help members implement green purchasing programs