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Nov 4, 2011

Recently the Center for Regional Analysis (CRA) at George Mason University published research quantifying the demand for housing in metropolitan Washington. The results suggest the region will need to create 640299 new housing units to accommodate about one million net new jobs forecasted between 2010 and 2030.

Nov 2, 2011

Lisa A. Sturtevant PhD is Assistant Research Professor at the George Mason University School of Public Policy in the Center for Regional Analysis and Stephen S. Fuller PhD is the Director of the Center for Regional Analysis

Oct 31, 2011

Land use isn’t something that regularly finds itself at the forefront of most peoples’ minds. However because it’s something that impacts everyone’s daily life in a very direct way when the topic of land use does come up folks tend to have very strong opinions about it.

Oct 25, 2011

Infrastructure has been in the news a lot lately. Whether it’s the economic stimulus effect of building new mass transit lines or the safety hazards posed by crumbling bridges infrastructure is getting a lot of play by both the traditional media and the blogosphere.

Oct 21, 2011

There’s a multi-year multi-billion dollar regional effort underway in metropolitan Washington aimed at improving the quality of life of millions of people. No we’re not talking about Metrorail extension to Dulles.

Oct 19, 2011

Proposed projects in $31 million package focus on areas around 16 Metrorail, commuter rail, and streetcar stations in the region. The application is being submitted under the third round of the federal TIGER program.

Oct 12, 2011

The service will provide those in or worried about foreclosure with access to advice, reminders, and alerts through their mobile phones in either Spanish or English. The goals of the campaign are to increase the number of homeowners and renters that get help from a nonprofit housing counselor, and decrease the number of people who drop out of counseling.

Oct 12, 2011

In a weird way among the most frequent themes we return to on this blog when discussing the environment and climate change are the non-environmental and climate benefits of taking action on these issues. Even if we decide to completely neglect the moralistic arguments put forth by environmentalists and/or the scientific evidence put forth by researchers for why we should diversify our energy sources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions there are still two huge reasons to do so: economic growth

Oct 6, 2011

The three largest jurisdictions in the region (Fairfax Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties) are planning for dramatic transformations and showing that density transit and mixed-use development are not antithetical to the suburbs.

Sep 30, 2011

COG advanced regional electric vehicle planning by joining the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), an industry association of vehicle and equipment manufacturers, energy providers, component suppliers and end users.