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Nov 26, 2012

A new website and smartphone application to help visitors of the federally-owned cultural, historic, and recreational attractions in the Washington region find ways other than by car to get to those sites could become a reality if the Transportation Planning Board and the National Park Service receive a federal grant for which they jointly applied earlier this year.

Nov 14, 2012

The COG Board was briefed on findings and recommendations in a draft report on Verizon 9-1-1 service gaps during and following the June 29, 2012 Derecho storm. Click on this link to view the draft report.​

Nov 14, 2012

The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments today named Chuck Bean, currently president of the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington, as its executive director. Board members praised Bean’s long record of building regional partnerships, his intense focus on preparedness, and his role as a successful problem-solver. He will succeed David J. Robertson, who is stepping down from the post after 10 years.

Nov 12, 2012

At 7.7 miles, the average length of a one-way trip by car in the Washington region is well within the range of a typical electric vehicle on a single battery charge, according to a recent Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments report assessing the region's readiness for more widespread use of electric vehicles.

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.