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How can the DC area ease traffic? Task force releases suggestions
The Traffic Incident Management Enhancement Task Force outlined several action plans that local leaders can begin acting upon right way.
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Life expectancy varies dramatically depending on where you live in DC area
There’s a 27-year difference in life expectancy among people living in different parts of the D.C. area, according to a study evaluating census data. Here’s what the study found.
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Jobs coming to DC, but more housing needed
By 2045 the D.C. region will see an additional 990,000 new jobs. But unless there’s a push to build new housing, the employees coming to fill those jobs will struggle to find a place to live.
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Surprising stats: How many people bike to work around DC and more
The percentage of commuters in D.C. biking to work is now among the highest in the nation. Still, biking to work has been slow to pick up in the suburbs. Here’s a look at where people in the D.C. region are biking to work and the logistics of biking in the ‘burbs.
2 years ago -
In suggesting Metro fixes, LaHood plans to focus on consensus
Former transportation secretary LaHood asked the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to decide how to address cost structure, governance and who will fund billion-dollar funding for Metro fixes.
2 years ago -
Report: DC area’s immigrant population nearly doubles
Almost 30 years ago, immigrants made up just 12 percent of the local population. That percentage has nearly doubled in recent years, to 23 percent, a new report says.
2 years ago -
STEM jobs key to area economic growth
The region’s economic growth depends on STEM jobs and being able to fill them, according to a COG report released Wednesday. Find out what the top jobs are in key economic clusters.
2 years ago -
Local leader dismisses Metro fare increase possibility
Although Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said rising fares tend to be accepted as part of life in the transportation industry, a local government official disagreed.
2 years ago -
Local officials want more answers for rise in homicides
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson asked, “We’ve had illegal firearms for decades so what’s different about last year?”
2 years ago -
Can you hear me now? Not inside Metro tunnels
WASHINGTON — There are new calls this week for Metro to work more quickly on improving cellphone coverage inside tunnels across the system. A study earlier this year from the Council of Governments found that…
3 years ago -
Where do buses park in D.C?
WASHINGTON — Ever wonder where buses park after you’re dropped off in Washington, D.C., and before you are picked up? The Council of Governments has been studying this issue and it’s a difficult answer. Some…
4 years ago -
Report: Transportation in the region woefully underfunded
WASHINGTON — A new report from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments this week finds that transportation is underfunded, needing at least $24.5 billion to catch up with basic needs for roads, bridges and rails.…
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Memorial Bridge, 175 others bridges ‘deficient’ with fixes in limbo
Fixing 176 area bridges that are in structural disrepair
could take longer than expected, according to a new report.4 years ago -
COG ends gun control controversy
A dispute over gun control that threatened to weaken the Washington area Council of Governments has been defused.
6 years ago -
Changing the length of marathon commutes in Washington
More than a quarter of America\’s 600,000 mega-
commuters, or those who take 90 minutes or longer
to get to work, are from the Washington area.6 years ago
