Newsroom

Jul 17, 2013

Today the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) voted unanimously to include 12 major transportation projects into the region’s Constrained Long Range Transportation Plan (CLRP).

Jul 17, 2013

For the Regional Transportation Priorities Plan , survey participants identified transit crowding, roadway congestion, and Metro and highway maintenance as top challenges for officials to address.

Jul 15, 2013

More of the Washington region's workforce is working from home or from remote work centers than ever before, according to the most recent "State of the Commute" survey conducted by Commuter Connections, a program of the Transportation Planning Board. The survey included telephone interviews with 6,335 residents of the Washington region.

Jul 12, 2013

The overall number of area children in foster care has declined according to the COG 2012 Foster Care Annual Report. The report, which was presented at Wednesday’s COG Board meeting, found that in 2012 there were 3,349 children in foster care throughout the region, down from 4,601 in 2008 – a reduction of 27%. This figure outpaces the national rate of children in foster care, which saw a 20% decline between 2007 and 2011.

Jul 11, 2013

Calling attention to the Council of Governments’ work to address regional transportation coordination Congresswoman Donna Edward (D-MD 4 th District) addressed the COG Board today highlighting the critical need to “have a lot of cooperation across jurisdictional lines.” Representative Edwards who lives in Prince George’s County captured the complex issues affecting the densely populated Washington Metro areas as “a region where people live one place work someplace else take their children to​

Jul 10, 2013

At the July COG Board of Directors meeting, Donna Edwards (D-MD 4th District) stressed that “all Metro stops must be ready to embrace transit-oriented development so we all have a shared equity in where jobs are located.” Transit-oriented development is a centerpiece of the Council’s Region Forward initiative, which works with the area’s cities and counties to encourage concentrating transportation, retail outlets, housing and employment in Activity Centers, instead of encouraging sprawl across​

Jul 10, 2013

Alexandria Police Chief Earl Cook, D.C. Metropolitan Police Assistant Chief Patrick Burke, and Metro Transit Police Strategic Executive Officer Amy Philips presented the report to the COG Board and noted that the crime rate has dropped from 25.01 crimes per 1,000 persons in 2011 to 23.65 crimes per 1,000 persons in 2012.

Jul 8, 2013

Washington area drivers are encountering less traffic and spending less time stuck in it, according to a recent Transportation Planning Board study that found significant declines in travel delay on area roads between 2010 and 2012.

Jul 5, 2013

Board Member's op-ed in Washington Business Journal highlights Economy Forward , the Council of Governments' call to action for a more competitive metropolitan Washington. As COG Board Chairman, Principi led the Economy Forward effort in 2012. He is a member of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.

Jul 1, 2013

Today COG is releasing our climate change adaptation report for the Region. Spurred by a technical assistance grant from EPA in 2010 COG began meeting with member jurisdictions to discuss adaptation planning strategies. The report serves to not only identify the direct effects of climate change but also to advance a dialogue for local resiliency plans in the region.