News Highlight Leaders Discuss Post-9/11 Emergency Preparedness Progress, Encourage Personal Preparedness Sep 11, 2013 On the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a panel of area leaders discussed how governments, non-profits, and private partners have worked together to strengthen metropolitan Washington’s emergency preparedness.
TPB News Public May Be Open to More Tolls on Area Roadways, But New Federal Rules Limit Scope TPB Weekly Report Sep 9, 2013 A regional network of express toll lanes on area highways -- giving drivers and transit vehicles a way to bypass traffic back-ups in regular lanes, especially during peak hours -- could garner enough public support to be implemented in the Washington region, according to a two-year study by the Transportation Planning Board.
TPB News Annual Car Free Day Event to Span Weekend of Sept. 20-22 TPB Weekly Report Sep 2, 2013 "Park it. For a whole day or more."
News Release TapIt Campaign Goes Mobile with Free App for Finding Free Tap Water in Metro DC Aug 27, 2013 A new mobile phone app is offering local consumers an easy way to locate places to refill their reusable bottles with free tap water. The “TapIt Metro DC” app is now available for free at the Apple iTunes app store and will be available later this week at the Google Play store or at freetapwater.org. The app identifies participating businesses within the Washington region using a map interface.
TPB News TPB Approves Grants to Improve Travel Options for Low-Income Individuals and Persons With Disabilities TPB Weekly Report Aug 26, 2013 The Transportation Planning Board in June approved more than $3 million in grants for a number of initiatives in the Washington region to assist low-income individuals and persons with disabilities in meeting their everyday mobility needs.
TPB News TPB Selects 15 Local Projects to Receive Federal "Transportation Alternatives" Dollars TPB Weekly Report Aug 19, 2013 Fifteen local transportation projects in the Washington region will receive funding under a new, consolidated federal program aimed at supporting projects that expand travel choices like bicycling and walking, or that make other enhancements like mitigating the environmental impacts of transportation facilities.
News Highlight Executive Director Chuck Bean Highlights the Importance of Regional Coverage After Bezos's Acquisition of the Washington Post. Aug 14, 2013 Washington Post columnist Bob McCartney writes about Jeff Bezos's buying of the Post and other local newspapers, capturing COG Executive Director Chuck Bean's perspective.
TPB News Maryland and Virginia Using New Transportation Revenues to Accelerate Projects TPB Weekly Report Aug 12, 2013 Earlier this year, the state legislatures in Maryland and Virginia each approved measures that would raise upwards of $800 million a year in new revenue for transportation, the first statutory increases in two decades or more.
Region Forward Blog Charles County Energy Tour Highlights Renewables and Reduced Emissions COG Charles County Staff at the Morgantown Power Generating Plant. Aug 6, 2013 Council of Governments Executive Director Chuck Bean and staff took a tour of regional energy assets in Charles County Maryland in July which highlighted the integration of power sources that keep the lights on in Metropolitan Washington. From a recently installed solar farm to the wind turbine in Newburg the tour showed that energy production in Charles County is also increasingly sustainable. County Commissioner Ken Robinson was pleased to share that in Charles County “citizens can be extr
TPB News Action Taken to Update Region's Long-Range Transportation Plan TPB Weekly Report Aug 5, 2013 The Transportation Planning Board in July approved 20 major roadway or bicycle and pedestrian projects in Virginia and the District of Columbia to add to the region's constrained long-range transportation plan, or CLRP.