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Feb 17, 2014

A new report from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments provides a toolkit of strategies designed to strengthen the region's Activity Centers -- by expanding economic and social opportunity for the people who live, work, or do business in them.

Feb 10, 2014

Earlier this year, the Transportation Planning Board's Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee, made up of planners from several of the region's local jurisdictions, unveiled a list of the top unfunded bicycle and pedestrian projects from a regional perspective.

Feb 3, 2014

More than a dozen planners and engineers from the Transportation Planning Board recently attended a gathering of transportation professionals from around the country and the world to share their latest research and learn from others about recent advances in transportation planning and engineering practice.​

Jan 31, 2014

Walz served as the Director of Virginia’s Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy during the administration of Gov. Timothy Kaine and was the former governor’s energy policy advisor. He currently serves as the Director of Regional Energy Planning for the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC.) He also is widely recognized for his work on water quality, air quality, climate, waste disposal and open space issues.

Jan 31, 2014

Region Forward Coalition Vice-Chair & District of Columbia Planning Director Harriet Tregoning and Transportation Planning Board Member & Bowie City Councilman Todd Turner appeared with COG Executive Director Chuck Bean on NBC4’s public affairs talkshow Viewpoint this past Sunday. They discussed our newest planning reports Place + Opportunity and the Regional Transportation Priorities Plan . These reports work together to plan land use activities alongside transportation infrastructure. Watch their discussion below.

Jan 29, 2014

Who does not like a shorter commute? Communities throughout Metropolitan Washington have worked diligently to create a network of Activity Centers that dexterously increase livability –including less time spent on congested roads and packed Metro cars- while enabling our economy to grow. Activity Centers are places that concentrate jobs housing retail and amenities. This approach helps each community get more benefit out of major investments like roads transit service development incentives​

Jan 28, 2014

One approach to ensuring a healthier environment in the District of Columbia and our local waters involves constructing enormous tunnels to collect stormwater and sewage from select portions of the city so that it can be treated at the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant rather than overflowing into our waterways. This approach is described in DC Water’s Clean Rivers Project .

Jan 28, 2014

Last Friday the Region Forward Coalition met for the first time in 2014 to celebrate the completion of the Place + Opportunity report and to identify the areas of focus for the new year. Greenbelt Mayor Emmett Jordan and District of Columbia Planning Director Harriet Tregoning – Co Chairs of the Coalition – started the conversation by discussing how new investments in infrastructure can be leveraged to support our shared regional goals.

Jan 28, 2014

Region Forward Coalition Vice-Chair & District of Columbia Planning Director Harriet Tregoning and Transportation Planning Board Member & Bowie City Councilman Todd Turner appeared with COG Executive Director Chuck Bean on NBC4's public affairs talkshow, Viewpoint, this past Sunday. They discussed our newest planning reports, Place + Opportunity and the Regional Transportation Priorities Plan .

Jan 27, 2014

Not all of the top strategies for addressing the Washington region's most significant transportation challenges will require traditional infrastructure expansions, things like road widening, adding more transit service, or installing new bike lanes or sidewalks. Earlier this month, when it approved the Regional Transportation Priorities Plan, the Transportation Planning Board reiterated the important role that changes in land-use can play in alleviating roadway congestion and transit crowding, t​