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Nov 6, 2012

Cheryl Cort Policy Director Coalition for Smarter Growth

Nov 5, 2012

Many motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians whose evening commutes last week occurred in the daylight will for the next several months be commuting in the glare of the setting sun or after dark thanks to the end of Daylight Saving Time and the earlier sunsets that accompany both it and the start of winter.​

Oct 30, 2012

Nine studies aimed at promoting the integration of transportation and land-use planning at the local level will kick off around the Washington region in the coming weeks.

Oct 22, 2012

It's time again for transportation agencies in the Washington region to identify new projects or programs to include in the region's constrained long-range transportation plan, or CLRP, which goes out to the year 2040, or in the six-year transportation improvement program, known as the TIP.

Oct 17, 2012

New COG report offers recommendations to address barriers to greater electric vehicle usage.

Oct 15, 2012

This fall, the Transportation Planning Board will forecast vehicle-related emissions of ozone-forming pollutants in the Washington region for the year 2015. The forecasts are required under a new, more stringent federal standard for ground-level ozone concentrations that was first proposed in 2008 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and finalized in May of this year.

Oct 9, 2012

Frank Principi Chairman COG Board of Directors

Oct 8, 2012

NOTE: The information in this article was accurate as of the date of publication. Specific details about routing and scheduling may have changed slightly since that time. Be sure to check WMATA.com for the latest information.

Oct 5, 2012

Metropolitan Washington is one of the most affluent communities in the world yet families and children are living in poverty as profound as in some developing countries. And despite the best efforts of many people over the years including VPP things aren’t getting better they are getting worse.

Oct 1, 2012

More than 600,000 people in the Washington region telework "at least occasionally" and another 500,000 say they "could and would" work remotely if given the opportunity, according to the results of a 2010 Transportation Planning Board survey of commuters' travel patterns. That's nearly half of the region's 2010 workforce of around 2.4 million people.