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Sep 23, 2013

By 2040, regional planners expect a two-thirds increase in the amount of freight cargo traveling to, from, within, or through the Washington region, outpacing forecast population and job growth by a two-to-one margin.

Sep 18, 2013

Freight traffic is forecast to increase by 66 percent, about 400 million tons and 151% in value. Over the next 30 years trucks will account for about 90 percent by both weight and value shipped. This will put a strain on rail, road, and air capacity as global shipping patterns affect the Southeastern United States.

Sep 17, 2013

Commuter Connections is going viral with social media on Car Free Days this September 20 through 22. This year, the program will tweet event info, take pledges online, and collect images from participants via Instagram, to encourage the region’s travelers and commuters to try green, convenient commute options by eliminating or reducing drive-alone commuting for one, two, or three days.

Sep 17, 2013

The Anacostia Watershed has suffered hundreds of years of environmental neglect and lost forest and wetland habitat due to agriculture and development. The Watershed is highly urbanized and experiences water runoff from roads parking lots buildings and other paved-over surfaces. This runoff and debris in addition to polluting the river also warms the water and adversely affects the aquatic life in this freshwater system.

Sep 16, 2013

The results of the latest "State of the Commute" survey, conducted earlier this year by the Transportation Planning Board's Commuter Connections program, confirm that the travel mode people use to get to and from work each day depends in large part on where they live. In the region's core jurisdictions, the District of Columbia, Arlington, and Alexandria, less than half of commuters drive alone to work each day, while more than a third take transit, a figure that is twice the regional average. E​

Sep 11, 2013

On the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a panel of area leaders discussed how governments, non-profits, and private partners have worked together to strengthen metropolitan Washington’s emergency preparedness.

Sep 9, 2013

A regional network of express toll lanes on area highways -- giving drivers and transit vehicles a way to bypass traffic back-ups in regular lanes, especially during peak hours -- could garner enough public support to be implemented in the Washington region, according to a two-year study by the Transportation Planning Board.

Sep 2, 2013

"Park it. For a whole day or more."

Aug 27, 2013

A new mobile phone app is offering local consumers an easy way to locate places to refill their reusable bottles with free tap water. The “TapIt Metro DC” app is now available for free at the Apple iTunes app store and will be available later this week at the Google Play store or at freetapwater.org. The app identifies participating businesses within the Washington region using a map interface.

Aug 26, 2013

The Transportation Planning Board in June approved more than $3 million in grants for a number of initiatives in the Washington region to assist low-income individuals and persons with disabilities in meeting their everyday mobility needs.