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Mar 19, 2012

Recent updates to the tools used by the Transportation Planning Board to forecast future travel patterns in metropolitan Washington will provide more accurate predictions of where, when, and how the millions of current and future residents of the region will travel in coming decades.

Mar 16, 2012

Fuller explains that the region must take a cooperative approach to planning for slower growth and promoting economic diversification in light of likely cuts in federal government spending and employment.​

Mar 16, 2012

COG Board Chair Frank Principi said the proposed reduction in funding will “severely affect badly needed capital and safety improvements demanded by the National Transportation Safety Board, the Tri-State Oversight Committee, and WMATA itself.” He went on to warn it also “opens the door to additional federal or state funding cuts during the balance of the ten year authorization.”

Mar 15, 2012

As we’ve discussed many times on the blog significant cuts in federal spending are right around the corner. And metro Washington more than any other region in the nation will feel a major impact from them.

Mar 14, 2012

Metropolitan Washington has been an economic outlier since the Great Recession hit the United States in 2008. While other regional economies across the country suffered greatly, the steady presence of the federal government shielded metropolitan Washington from the worst effects of the recession. According to Dr. Stephen Fuller, that trend is changing.

Mar 12, 2012

When prices at the gas pump are on the rise, more Washington area commuters turn to the region's Commuter Connections program in search of information about joining carpools or vanpools or finding other ways to save money on their monthly commuting costs.

Mar 9, 2012

Uncertainty is a term that’s been used with much frequency since the beginning of the Great Recession a few years ago. While initially related to the economic sector the lexicon of uncertainty has spread to other areas as well including climate and energy policy.

Mar 9, 2012

In a Washington Post opinion piece, COG Board Chair Frank Principi and Nonprofit Roundtable President Chuck Bean urge Virginia state lawmakers to dedicate funding from the recent National Foreclosure Settlement to foreclosure prevention programs. The D.C. region will receive a combined $136.7 million from the settlement.

Mar 5, 2012

A year after the late-afternoon snowfall of January 26, 2011, brought traffic on the region's roadways to a standstill during the evening commute and left thousands of homes and businesses without power, the Transportation Planning Board is supporting ongoing regional actions that have already strengthened coordination and preparedness protocols for such disruptive events.

Feb 28, 2012

In metro Washington across the US and around the world waste continues to be a major contributor to climate change. In the last 35 years the amount of waste produced per person nationally has nearly doubled from 2.7 to 4.4 pounds per day and about 54 percent of this – 136 million tons – is still thrown away in landfills!