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In this Q&A, COG Planning Directors Technical Advisory Committee Chairman Eric Shaw discusses the committee’s focus for the year, which has included exploring how to bring jobs and housing closer together.​

Registration is now open for the region’s annual Car Free Day event sponsored by the COG's Commuter Connections program. This year, Commuter Connections has extended the event to two days—Friday, September 21 and Saturday, September 22.

COG public safety members traveled to Israel to learn firsthand from subject matter experts in the fields of counter-terrorism, cybersecurity, and emergency management.

New greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory results for metropolitan Washington show emissions decreased by 10 percent between 2005 and 2015, despite continued population and economic growth during that period. This puts the region just halfway to its goal of reducing GHG emissions by 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020; the region’s long-term goal is to reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050.

The TPB approved more than $1.2 million in funding for four bicycle and pedestrian projects in Maryland through the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). The TAP program provides funding to transportation projects other than traditional highway construction, including bicycle, pedestrian, trail, and Safe Routes to School projects.

At it’s July meeting, the TPB continued its ongoing discussions about how to support projects, programs, and policies to implement the seven initiatives it endorsed in the winter. At the meeting, board members held an open discussion of ideas from each jurisdiction with the goal of finding out what it would take to implement the seven ideas throughout the region.

The Transportation Planning Board (TPB) approved more than $1.2 million in funding for four bicycle and pedestrian projects in Maryland through the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). The TAP program provides funding to transportation projects other than traditional highway construction, including bicycle, pedestrian, trail, and Safe Routes to School projects.

COG Department of Environmental Programs Director Steve Walz, Anacostia Watershed Restoration Partnership Chairman Adam Ortiz, and National Capital Parks - East Superintendent Tara Morrison joined NBC's News 4 Your Sunday to talk about the Year of the Anacostia.

Among life’s most basic essentials – clean air and water, food, and shelter – food and agriculture have been underrepresented in our planning for a more livable, prosperous, accessible, and sustainable region. Together, with members and partners, COG is working to reinforce the value that regional collaboration brings to supporting this essential part of our lives and economy.