Region Forward Blog Connecting economic competitiveness & transportation funding July 6, 2011 The Daily Measure recently featured a video clip highlighting a debate on the region’s short- and long-term transportation priorities . The debate...
Region Forward Blog Greenspace launches as a central hub for green development in metro Washington July 5, 2011 What originally began as GreenHOME whose mission was to make affordable housing and its neighborhoods green has evolved into Greenspace NCR with the mission of...
Region Forward Blog What's the Role of Government and Planning in the 21st Century? July 2, 2011 With endless partisan gridlock in Washington creating uncertainty on seemingly every front (the debt limit talks being the most recent example) the role of...
Region Forward Blog Planning for people vs. Planning for cars: Why have the US and Europe pursued different paths? June 29, 2011 In Monday’s post we linked to a fascinating piece (with an unfortunately biased headline) in The New York Times that outlined some of the differences in...
Region Forward Blog Cut wasteful subsidies and use funds to spur innovation and growth June 28, 2011 While The Yardstick has urged against hasty spending cuts for the sake of spending cuts in the past it’s clear that as a country we have to make some tough...