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May 21, 2012

The elected officials and transportation agency representatives who sit on the Transportation Planning Board agree: designing, building, and operating streets that enable safe access for all users and potential users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit riders of diverse ages and abilities, should be a goal of every local jurisdiction and transportation agency in the Washington region.

May 21, 2012

COG hosted a workshop on planning for the local impacts of climate change on May 21. It focused on water, land use, and transportation planning implications of potential changes in precipitation patterns, sea level rise, flooding, and water quality in metropolitan Washington.

May 18, 2012

Commuters swapped gas pedals for bike pedals in the metropolitan Washington region today, as 12,700 cycled to work for the annual Bike to Work Day event. More people than ever before participated in this year’s event which promotes bicycling as a healthy, low cost commute alternative.

May 16, 2012

Presentation at May Transportation Planning Board meeting highlighted findings from a household travel survey of subareas throughout metropolitan Washington, such as Logan Circle in the District, Frederick, Maryland, and Woodbridge, Virginia, showing how area residents commute (drive alone, carpool, transit, walking, biking, other) as well as other household data.

May 16, 2012

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) approves a policy aimed at creating streets that accommodate auto, transit, walking, and biking users.

May 16, 2012

More governments are advancing renewable energy projects and adopting green building and fleet policies according to the Climate and Energy Workplan: 2011 Progress Report .

May 14, 2012

When high-capacity transit comes to downtown Waldorf, Maryland -- as the Maryland Transit Administration has been discussing for several years -- local planners want the site to be ready to handle the new development that they hope will accompany it.

May 14, 2012

From downtown Washington, D.C. to the region's outer suburbs, over ten thousand people will commute on two wheels instead of four on Friday, May 18, 2012. Nearly 60 "pit stops" across the region will welcome commuters with coffee, food, and prizes.

May 9, 2012

As the number of homeless people in families in the region has risen, the number of homeless single adults and unaccompanied youths has declined. The report, Homeless in Metropolitan Washington , contains the results of the annual count of the region’s homeless population as wells as an analysis of each jurisdiction.

May 7, 2012

An extensive research effort by the Transportation Planning Board and other groups in the Washington region over the past two years has informed a series of actions by area jurisdictions and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) that change how the transit system is governed.