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Sep 28, 2012

The Metropolitan Washington Gang Conference brought together local and national gang experts, elected officials, law enforcement officers, and youth advocates.

Sep 27, 2012

Several locations throughout metropolitan Washington are accepting drug "take backs" this Saturday, September 29, to encourage proper disposal of medications.

Sep 26, 2012

Christine Godward Green Greater Washington D.C. Regional Policy Manager Safe Routes to School National Partnership

Sep 25, 2012

Officials are encouraging voters to visit new regional site, MetroDCVote.org, for local voting information in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

Sep 24, 2012

More express and local transit buses that operate on the region's highways could eventually, in select locations and under certain traffic conditions, be allowed to use shoulders to bypass especially bad congestion in regular travel lanes if a new task force set up by the Transportation Planning Board finds that it would be safe, practical, and advantageous to do so.

Sep 17, 2012

A current Transportation Planning Board effort to identify the region's top transportation infrastructure needs and ways to pay for those improvements is, according to a report released last week by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, one of five key ways the Washington region can help make its economy stronger and more competitive.

Sep 13, 2012

Over the past few weeks we’ve been discussing the role of updated Activity Centers in metro Washington . Now we’re going to take a look at some specific Centers starting with Crystal City.

Sep 12, 2012

Economy Forward calls on area leaders to act or risk being outperformed by other regions in U.S., world. The report is the culmination of the COG Board's 2012 focus on economic growth and competitiveness.

Sep 12, 2012

In 2011, violent crime dropped by 9.7 percent in 2011 while property crime declined by 5.8 percent.

Sep 11, 2012

Pedestrian safety officials from the District of Columbia and Montgomery County recently participated in a COG video chat featuring a wide-ranging discussion of issues related to pedestrian and bicyclist safety.