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Jan 20, 2011

Yesterday’s Morning Measure focused on the impacts of the collapse (of part) of the housing market on land use in the localities hardest hit by that collapse. In summary while far-flung single-family homes have lost significant value over the past few years housing in compact urban walkable neighborhoods has largely held steady or increased in value.

Jan 19, 2011

Housing has caused a lot of headaches in the past few years. After being the cause of the massive boom and bust housing has taken a beating – so much so that federal officials are looking into how to “protect” housing from a repeat of the recent market collapse. What was for a long time referred to as part of the American dream turned into an American nightmare for a lot of folks. It didn’t have to be that way and it doesn’t have to in the future.

Jan 14, 2011

Transportation. Transporte. 交通. Vervoer. Mezzi di transporto. Kuljetus. Транспорт. Usafiri. Transportasyon.

Jan 13, 2011

In December we wrote that the concept of smart growth needed to be revamped to be more comprehensive taking social justice and access to jobs education health care etc. into account as well as the more traditional smart growth focus areas (the intersection of land use transportation and the environment).

Jan 12, 2011

Frank Principi of Prince William County and Phil Mendelson of the District will serve as Vice Chairs

Jan 12, 2011

The Washington Post waded into the high-speed rail debate today with an editorial urging the reconsideration of federal investment in California’s planned high-speed rail system that would eventually connect the state’s two largest metropolitan areas Los Angeles and San Francisco. With a tone of skepticism towards the notion of bringing Western European-esque high-speed rail to the U.S. The Post argues “It’s unclear that the public benefits attributed to high-speed rail – reduced carbon

Jan 10, 2011

Chiefs offer fire safety tips and information for area residents.

Jan 10, 2011

In the National Capital Region we are fortunate to have so many livable walkable communities. Region Forward recognized livable walkable communities are in high demand and provides a number of targets intended to meet this demand as we grow over the next 40 years.

Jan 7, 2011

When it comes to land use and transportation Australia and the United States are fairly similar. They share an expansive geography marked largely by low-density development and a few major cities (out of 239 nations and territories measured the U.S. is the 178 th densest while Australia is the 233 rd ).

Jan 6, 2011

Debate has broken out on Capitol Hill regarding the proper way to fund transportation. As concerns about government spending and the federal deficit persist some leaders are arguing that any investment in transportation must be paid for by revenues collected through the fuel tax rather than being paid for by borrowing (despite the fact that a new report shows that the fuel tax has proven woefully inadequate for funding transportation particular roads over the past 60 years). Others contend ​