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Jan 25, 2011

Promoting development in activity centers near transit options is a major goal of RF. That doesn’t mean all development has to be in downtown D.C. or in Arlington. Smart growth can take place in many parts of the region including in Frederick one of metro Washington’s outer suburbs.

Jan 24, 2011

There’s been a lot of news on the local development land-use front lately so to kick off the week let’s look at a round-up of some of those major stories:

Jan 21, 2011

Persuasion is often seen as one of the most influential ways to achieve a desired result. As Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler wrote in their bestseller Nudge there are many occasions where you can use persuasion – putting the fruit and veggies at eye/hand level and the chips further way – as a way to try to change behavior without forcing the desired change.

Jan 20, 2011

Yesterday’s Morning Measure focused on the impacts of the collapse (of part) of the housing market on land use in the localities hardest hit by that collapse. In summary while far-flung single-family homes have lost significant value over the past few years housing in compact urban walkable neighborhoods has largely held steady or increased in value.

Jan 19, 2011

Housing has caused a lot of headaches in the past few years. After being the cause of the massive boom and bust housing has taken a beating – so much so that federal officials are looking into how to “protect” housing from a repeat of the recent market collapse. What was for a long time referred to as part of the American dream turned into an American nightmare for a lot of folks. It didn’t have to be that way and it doesn’t have to in the future.

Jan 14, 2011

Transportation. Transporte. 交通. Vervoer. Mezzi di transporto. Kuljetus. Транспорт. Usafiri. Transportasyon.

Jan 13, 2011

In December we wrote that the concept of smart growth needed to be revamped to be more comprehensive taking social justice and access to jobs education health care etc. into account as well as the more traditional smart growth focus areas (the intersection of land use transportation and the environment).

Jan 12, 2011

Frank Principi of Prince William County and Phil Mendelson of the District will serve as Vice Chairs

Jan 12, 2011

The Washington Post waded into the high-speed rail debate today with an editorial urging the reconsideration of federal investment in California’s planned high-speed rail system that would eventually connect the state’s two largest metropolitan areas Los Angeles and San Francisco. With a tone of skepticism towards the notion of bringing Western European-esque high-speed rail to the U.S. The Post argues “It’s unclear that the public benefits attributed to high-speed rail – reduced carbon

Jan 10, 2011

Chiefs offer fire safety tips and information for area residents.