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Nov 8, 2010

Drive-alone commuters are sought for enrollment in the incentives program.

Nov 8, 2010

The health of the Chesapeake Bay is an immediate regional concern. However as the country’s largest estuary – a fancy word for a partly enclosed water body connecting to the sea – it should also be a national concern. Nearly 17 million people live within the Bay’s 64000 square mile watershed over 1/3 of which live in the metro Washington region.

Nov 5, 2010

The height limit on D.C. buildings is a topic that arises every once in awhile generates some discussion and then subsides into the background. A New York Times article today summarizes many of the pros and cons usually raised during debates on the issue.

Nov 4, 2010

Najuma Thorpe Public Affairs Specialist DC Department of Housing and Community Development

Nov 4, 2010

With the midterm elections having come and gone talk has now shifted to what it means for the parties’ policy agendas. The question of how a divided government will impact climate and energy legislation health care and immigration is receiving a lot of attention in the media.

Nov 3, 2010

The metro Washington region has some of the best schools in the country located just a few miles away from consistently low-performing schools. This disparity must not be allowed to persist for the sake of continued economic competitiveness and the promotion of regional cohesion.

Nov 2, 2010

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post about the economy today’s Morning Measure asks a tough question: in a very strained economic environment how should limited transportation funds be allocated? ​

Nov 1, 2010

Area leaders interviewed on adoption and foster care

Oct 29, 2010

Urbanization and rapid global population growth are two trends that are set to dramatically alter society and the planet we live on. Most projections indicate a rise in the world’s population from about 6.8 billion people today to 9 billion or more by 2050. At the same time more and more of these billions – primarily in developing countries – are moving to cities in droves in search of jobs. A recent article at the BBC notes the substantially negative impacts the combination of these two tr

Oct 28, 2010

Livability is a broad concept – for a reason. Although Livability has specific targets in RF it can be influenced by a wide variety of factors – housing transportation education safety health environment etc. – nearly everything that RF is focused on. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently spoke at-length to Grist about his conception of livability the department’s agenda for the nation’s transportation and the impact of the political climate on that agenda.