News Highlight Podcast: How do we move the region toward racial and economic equity? Oct 13, 2021 This inaugural episode explores the social, economic, and racial divisions that are decades—or even centuries—old. It considers how local governments can help overcome the gaps by targeting resources at geographic areas that have lagged behind the rest of the region.
News Highlight At forum, participants highlight importance of local role in Bay restoration Oct 7, 2021 At the 10th annual Chesapeake Bay and Water Quality Forum, federal and state officials stressed the importance of partnership with local leaders while outlining plans to leverage newly available funding to support Bay restoration efforts, address climate change, and prioritize equity within water quality programs.
TPB News A brief recap of the September 2021 TPB meeting Sep 28, 2021 After a summer focused on the update of the region’s long-range transportation plan, the TPB dug into some other meaty topics at its September 22 meeting, including climate change and high-capacity transit station areas.
TPB News Regional Travel Survey (RTS) In-Depth Analysis Sep 28, 2021 The TPB’s household travel survey, the Regional Travel Survey (RTS), collected detailed demographic and travel behavior information from about 16,000 randomly selected area households.
News Release October marks National Pedestrian Safety Month Sep 27, 2021 October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, a time to remind drivers to look out for people walking on the region’s roadways.
News Highlight Equity Emphasis Areas: A tool to prioritize and invest in communities Sep 24, 2021 COG and TPB officials are considering how to best weave equity into planning for the next decade, including the region’s recovery from the pandemic. One way the region could begin to prioritize and invest in communities who have been traditionally underserved would be to utilize Equity Emphasis Areas (EEAs) as a planning tool.
News Release COG and GARE convene more than one hundred government staff members for yearlong racial equity program Sep 23, 2021 COG is convening more than 120 managers and staff from 12 jurisdictions, plus a COG staff team, who will participate in the yearlong program.
News Highlight Officials fund three projects under new Transit Within Reach Program Sep 22, 2021 The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) awarded over $240,000 in technical assistance funding to three local projects that could make it easier to bike and walk to transit.
News Release Last Chance to Take the Pledge for Car Free Day Sep 17, 2021 Thousands of commuters and residents in the metropolitan Washington region have already signed up to go car free or car-lite on Wednesday, September 22, to improve air quality, reduce traffic congestion, and embrace a healthy lifestyle.
News Highlight COG Board discusses transit and equity with FTA Administrator Fernandez Sep 15, 2021 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Nuria Fernandez briefed the COG Board of Directors on September 8 on the current priorities of the administration and how those align with COG and the Transportation Planning Board’s (TPB) goals for the future.