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Mar 13, 2013

Expansion of the Cooperative Purchasing Program to include the Baltimore region will increase the program’s purchasing power.

Mar 13, 2013

Report by local 9-1-1 directors and government officials focuses on preventing outages to the vital service, such as the one that occurred during and after the June 29, 2012 Derecho storm. Report makes recommendations to Verizon and informs state and federal regulatory efforts.

Mar 11, 2013

In 2012, the Transportation Planning Board funded three planning studies to look at ways to make commercial and residential areas near transit stations in the Washington region safer and easier to use, or to make those areas more affordable places to live.

Mar 11, 2013

District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and Councilmember Mary Cheh announced today that D.C. has secured $375,000 in funding to match a federal grant and ensure that the rollDC pilot continues to provide wheelchair accessible taxi service to the public.

Mar 7, 2013

In 2012 the Transportation Planning Board funded a study to evaluate the risk that development pressure and rising property values might permanently “price out” lower-income households near ten transit stations in the Washington region.

Mar 4, 2013

Starting this year, under a provision in the latest version of the federal law authorizing the flow of transportation dollars to states and localities in the region, the Transportation Planning Board will decide what projects receive a portion of funding intended for "alternatives to traditional highway construction."

Feb 27, 2013

2012 was busy for the Region Forward Coalition with several key projects being completed such as the first Region Forward Progress Report and an updated Activity Centers map outlining priority growth areas for the region.

Feb 25, 2013

The annual process of updating the region's constrained long-range transportation plan, or CLRP, started last October when the Transportation Planning Board called on state, local, and regional transportation agencies to submit their proposed additions and changes.

Feb 25, 2013

Leaders at the Council of Governments said the Virginia transportation funding bill is a much needed compromise that will give local jurisdictions the chance to allocate new local funds while increasing the state’s total support for roads and transit.

Feb 22, 2013

Nicole Steele Alliance Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy & Julia Allman Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments