Documents

Plastic Bag Report

The Washington region has become a national leader in single-use carryout bag management. Concern over bag pollution, particularly for plastic bags, sparked efforts to regulate the bags about five years ago, primarily on the West Coast. During the last three years, two large local jurisdictions have passed bag-fee laws making the area nationally unique in its application of fees to limit use of both paper and plastic bags. This report reviews recent local and national developments.

The Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (2012)

The Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan, or CLRP, identifies and describes all regionally significant transportation projects and programs that are planned in the Washington metropolitan area between 2012 and 2040. The CLRP is updated annually and this year's update was adopted on July 18, 2012.

Wise Water Use Landscaping Guide

A wise water use landscaping and watering guide for the COG region.

Final Report of 9-1-1 Service Gaps During and Following the Derecho Storm

Report by local 9-1-1 directors and government officials focuses on preventing outages to the vital service, such as the one that occurred during and after the June 29, 2012 Derecho storm. Report makes recommendations to Verizon and informs state and federal regulatory efforts.

Final Report of the Incident Management and Response Oversight Committee

A follow-up to the November 2011 Report of the Steering Committee on Incident Management and Response (IMR), which offered recommendations to improve regional coordination, communication, preparedness, and decision]making during incidents and emergencies. After the report's release, the group continued to meet and track progress on its recommendations as the IMR Oversight Committee. The Oversight Committeefs April 2013 final report highlights significant progress in several areas, including information sharing among officials, messaging to the public, updating employee release policies, and

Washington DC-MD-VA 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request

This document demonstrates that PM 2.5 air quality in the Washington DC-MD-VA area will remain compliant with the 1997 PM 2.5 NAAQS, as measured by a monitoring network that meets all federal requirements.

Summary of Potential Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Strategies

A synopsis of lessons learned from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ climate adaptation planning initiatives from 2010 – 2012

Summary Brochure for The Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (2013)

Air Quality Conformity Determination of the 2013 CLRP and FY 2013-2018 TIP for the Washington Metropolitan Region

This report documents the assessment of the 2013 Constrained Long Range Plan (CLRP) and the FY 2013-2018 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) with respect to air quality conformity requirements under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. The assessment used criteria and procedures contained in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final conformity rule, published in the November 24, 1993 Federal Register, with subsequent amendments and additional federal guidance published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The assessment is a responsibility of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB).

What Do People Think About Congestion Pricing?

A report of a study on the public acceptability of congestion pricing in the Metropolitan Washington Region. The TPB carried out the research for this study in partnership with the Brookings Institution. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provided grant funding for the research through its Value Pricing Pilot Program. The TPB also engaged the non-profit organization AmericaSpeaks to guide the design and implementation of the five deliberative forums that were the primary research vehicle for this study.

TPB Version 2.3.52 Travel Model Documentation

Documentation of the TPB Version 2.3.52 Travel Model includes a User's Guide (Volumes 1 and 2) and a report on the Highway and Transit Networks based on the 2013 CLRP and FY 2013-2018 TIP. The Version 2.3.57 Travel Model was officially adopted by TPB action on October 17, 2014. It was succeeded by the TPB Version 2.3.57a Travel Model on October 21, 2015.

Assessment of the Feasibility of Bus On Shoulders (BOS) at Select Locations in the National Capital Region

Regional Mental Health and Substance Abuse Resource Directory

This directory is designed to provide service providers and public health professionals with an easy-to-use reference of mental health and substance abuse support services in the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia and Suburban Maryland.

Place + Opportunity: Strategies for Creating Great Communities and a Stronger Region

Place + Opportunity: Strategies for Creating Great Communities and a Stronger Region is an initiative by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) to strengthen Activity Centers, the places that will accommodate much of the region’s growth in coming decades. This project identifies goals, strategies, and tools to assist local governments and other regional stakeholders in making investments in Activity Centers that enhance quality of life and strengthen the local and regional economy.

Regional Transportation Priorities Plan

The Regional Transportation Priorities Plan identifies strategies with the greatest potential to respond to our most significant transportation challenges. It identifies those strategies that are “within reach” both financially and politically - recognizing the need for pragmatism in an era of limited financial resources and a lack of political will to raise significant amounts of new revenue.

Ending Homelessness Together: A Summary of 10 Year Plans to End Homelessness in the Metropolitan Washington Region

BPSA Long Term Planning Study 2013

The information and analysis developed in this report is intended to identify the flow projections for the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant and associated Potomac Interceptor. It is also intended to aid the IMA-RC in identifying those actions needed to ensure that the long-term (Year 2040) wastewater management plans continue to address their individual and collective wastewater capacity and transmission needs in the BPSA, and to comply with the 2012 IMA capacity allocations.

2011 Base Year Emission Inventory for the Washington DC-MD-VA 2008 Ozone NAAQS Nonattainment Area

This document contains a detailed explanation of the 2011 base year emissions inventory for stationary, area, nonroad, and mobile anthropogenic sources as well as biogenic sources.

Protecting Local and Regional Water Quality: Stormwater Management in the Metropolitan Washington Region

This fact sheet provides an overview of the challenges, accomplishments and financial implications of local government stormwater programs in the region, as well as a sense of the many deadlines that these programs are operating under.

Joining Forces to Combat Foreclosure: A Look Back at the Capital Area Foreclosure Network