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Sep 17, 2012

A current Transportation Planning Board effort to identify the region's top transportation infrastructure needs and ways to pay for those improvements is, according to a report released last week by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, one of five key ways the Washington region can help make its economy stronger and more competitive.

Sep 13, 2012

Over the past few weeks we’ve been discussing the role of updated Activity Centers in metro Washington . Now we’re going to take a look at some specific Centers starting with Crystal City.

Sep 12, 2012

Economy Forward calls on area leaders to act or risk being outperformed by other regions in U.S., world. The report is the culmination of the COG Board's 2012 focus on economic growth and competitiveness.

Sep 12, 2012

In 2011, violent crime dropped by 9.7 percent in 2011 while property crime declined by 5.8 percent.

Sep 11, 2012

Pedestrian safety officials from the District of Columbia and Montgomery County recently participated in a COG video chat featuring a wide-ranging discussion of issues related to pedestrian and bicyclist safety.

Sep 10, 2012

Making the most of the Washington region's existing transit system by promoting development near underutilized rail transit stations only makes sense, especially at a time when future funding for transportation is uncertain and significant expansions of the transit network are unlikely anytime soon.​

Sep 4, 2012

Three years and eleven short-term extensions after the previous funding act expired, Congress in June passed a new law authorizing the expenditure of federal funds for transportation through September 2014.

Aug 30, 2012

Last week Sophie Mintier a Housing Planner at MWCOG provided an overview of the Activity Centers 2012 Update and asked readers to submit ideas for how these Centers can best be used to guide sustainable development in metro Washington . This week Sophie gives us more detail on how the new Centers differ from previous versions.

Aug 27, 2012

This time next week, many travelers who use the region's freeways may be facing another significant "back-to-school" jump in congestion-related travel delays, following two months -- July and August -- that usually bring a temporary reduction in traffic back-ups in the Washington region.

Aug 20, 2012

Carpool to the game. Ride Metro to a museum. Bike or walk to the grocery store. Combine errands. These are just a few of the ways that organizers of the Washington area's 2012 Car Free Day -- scheduled for Saturday, September 22 -- say people can reduce or eliminate their use of private automobiles in celebration of the diversity of transportation modes available in the region.