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Feb 21, 2013

The two regional organizations have sent a joint letter urging Congress to avoid the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts.

Feb 20, 2013

The final vote on the 2013 update to the Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP) will take place in July.

Feb 19, 2013

In 2005 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said our region was not meeting its fine particle (PM 2.5) pollution standards. This meant pollution levels were too high and that area leaders through COG’s Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee needed to devise a plan to clean the air.

Feb 18, 2013

On a December evening in 1992, a group of Washington area residents gathered for the first meeting of the Transportation Planning Board's Citizens Advisory Committee.

Feb 14, 2013

New forecasts released yesterday show metropolitan Washington’s population growing by more than 30% over the next few decades reaching nearly seven million by 2040 .

Feb 13, 2013

Projected growth underscores the need for well coordinated land use and transportation decisions in metropolitan Washington.

Feb 12, 2013

Washington, D.C. – Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) CEO and General Manager Richard Sarles spoke before the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors today, addressing long term funding issues and plans that will relieve congestion on the bus, rail, and regional road networks.

Feb 11, 2013

For the fourth year in a row, the Washington region was named "worst in the country" in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute's annual ranking of metropolitan areas based on how much time they say drivers spend "stuck in traffic" each year during the morning and afternoon commutes.

Feb 4, 2013

In a December letter to state leaders, the Transportation Planning Board urged immediate action to increase funding for transportation in the Washington region, citing recent analysis showing that the transportation improvements currently planned through 2040 -- given existing revenue streams -- won't be enough to keep up with expected population and job growth in coming decades.

Feb 1, 2013

Metropolitan Washington regularly finds itself at or near the top of a lot of lists. Some of these distinctions are good such as being the most educated region in the country and some of them are bad such as being one of the most expensive places to live.