- At Public Hearing, Montgomery County Residents Say They Are Ready for Rapid Transit
- PRESS RELEASE: Coalition for Smarter Growth Recognizes Developer Jerry Halpin with its 2013 Livable Communities Leadership Award
- Research Fellowship
- Virginia Pushes For ‘Outer Beltway’ That Critics Say Isn’t Needed
- Tips for testifying in support of transit before the Montgomery County Planning Board
- ‘Outer Beltway’ in D.C. Suburbs Meets Opposition From Residents, Lawmakers
- White Flint: From Drag to Desirable
- Walking Tour of White Flint
- Should Virginia Build Another Highway? Study for “Outer Beltway” Released
- How to fix parking: Price it right, and don’t play favorites
- How to Help People Park (by Charging Them More)
- Sustainable transportation consultant Jeff Tumlin presented in Richmond and DC
- A North-South Highway for Northern Virginia
- Getting Parking Right
- Group Offers Walking Tour Of White Flint
- Letter to Stephen Walter, Parsons Transportation Group Re: I-66 Tier 1 Draft EIS, Comments by the Coalition for Smarter Growth
- The North-South Divide
- Why Tolls Will Be Waived On One Virginia Highway This Weekend
- Testimony before the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board, Support for McMillan Sand Filtration Plant Master Plan Update
- Transit Advocates Pushing For Support In Bus Rapid Transit Debate
- Press Statement: Maryland Senate Passes Transportation Funding Bill
- Activists say transit priority essential to traffic relief
- Montgomery County’s population reaches 1 million
- Smart growth key to Montgomery County’s future
- Testimony to Ms. Lynn Robeson, Esq., Zoning Hearing Examiner Re: 4831 West Lane LLC, Local Map Amendment G-954 and Development Plan Amendment DPA 13-01
- Over 1,000 Prince George’s Residents Request Placement of New Hospital at Metro Station Petition Presented to County Executive Baker
- Arlington is Booming, And Traffic Fantastically Remains at 1970s Levels
- Helping Virginia grow — wisely
- Manassas battlefield must be protected from traffic
- VDOT’s Outer Beltway
- D.C.-region smart-growth organization releases transit report
- Transit, Purple Line Activists Hit Annapolis For Lobby Day
- Deal is near to shift traffic out of Manassas battlefield park
- Why It May Soon Become Harder To Park In Some D.C. Neighborhoods
- Community Meeting on the Proposed Outer Beltway
- D.C. Considering Lifting Mandatory Parking Minimums
- Morning Read: Big Week for Maryland Legislature
- What’s our vision for a next generation of transit?
- Coalition For Smarter Growth Report Calls For A Next Generation Of Transit
- Westphalia developer floats bus plan to lure FBI to Prince George’s County
- Building a bypass
- Pageland Lane residents see renewal of old fight against Bi-County Parkway in Pr. William
- Testimony before the Hon. Muriel Bowser, Chair, Committee on Economic Development and Housing Council of the District of Columbia regarding: DMPED Performance Oversight – affordable housing in public land deals
- CSG Releases New Report, “THINKING BIG PLANNING SMART,” Calling for Next Generation of Transit
- Thinking Big Planning Smart
- Don’t Get Tripped Up by TRIP! If Most Maryland Roads are in Bad Condition, Then Focus Funds on Maintenance First AND Provide Transit as an Alternative to Sitting in Traffic
- Virginia’s Transpo Future: Charge Drivers Less to Build More Roads
- McDonnell pushes through landmark transpo bill – Sequester rhetoric ratchets up – W.H. warns states of cuts – Will you change your travel plans?
- Bumper to Bumper: Transportation groups ally to campaign for state funding
- Follow the money in Virginia’s transportation bill
- Volunteers
- Historic Transportation Bill on its way to Virginia Governor
- STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION FUNDING BILL (HB2313)
- Senate Vote Passes $880 Million Highway Reform
- Coalition for Smarter Growth presses for Maryland transit funding
- Testimony before the Hon. Muriel Bowser, Chair, Committee on Economic Development and Housing Council of the District of Columbia regarding: DHCD Performance Oversight – Inclusionary Zoning
- Coalition for Smarter Growth Speaks Out on Rapid Transit
- The Smart (Growth) Crowd Weighs In
- New bus rapid transit proposal centers around Route 355
- Planners Say Rockville Pike Could Handle Major Bus Rapid Transit System
- Why the Transportation Bill is Bad Public Policy and a Bad Deal for Virginia
- Montgomery Planners Propose 78-Mile Rapid Transit system
- Advocates Form Coalition To Push For Purple Line Funds
- Group Introduces New Coalition To Push Transit Funding
- NCRTPB votes to consider new access roads for Dulles airport
- New group pushing for Maryland transportation funding
- Get Maryland Moving: Newly Unified Groups from Baltimore to Washington Call on Governor and General Assembly to Make Transportation Funding a Top Priority This Session
- New group forms to push for Maryland transportation funding
- Chevy Chase Lake, Police Update, Smart Growth On Agenda Tuesday
- Next Generation of Transit: The Key to Montgomery’s Green Future
- Roger Berliner: Saving Purple Line requires governor’s involvement
- Montgomery scales back dedicated lanes on BRT
- STATEMENT: Coalition for Smarter Growth Statement on COG Population Projections for Metro Region
- Residents Seek Answers About ‘Outer Beltway’ During Forum
- Move to moveDC Saturday, and more on the calendar
- what’s up the pike: rising rents, falling buses
- White Flint groups drum up support for ‘hip,’ urban vision of the neighborhood
- House transportation bill to face Senate Democrats
- Coalition for Smarter Growth joins fight for transit dollars in Montgomery County
- PRESS STATEMENT: Washington D.C. Region Number One for Congestion? That’s Not News. What is News Are the Solutions.
- The Next Generation of Transit: the Key to Montgomery’s Green Future
- More bus service may come to 16th Street’s southern half
- Group Argues New Transit Options Key To Growth In Bethesda, Montgomery
- Where will Prince George’s hospital go?
- Background Memo on Virginia Transportation Funding
- A few steps can fix Inclusionary Zoning
- Plans in place for White Flint Mall
- A Very Happy Hour!
- Friends Of White Flint Hosts “Kick-Off” Happy Hour
- Strategies Detailed to Remedy DC’s Affordable-Housing Crisis
- Miller gooses debate about transportation funding
- Testimony before the D.C. Zoning Commission: Support Case No. 04-33F Text Amendments: PUDs and Inclusionary Zoning – Termination of Affordability Controls upon Foreclosure
- Hospital case studies point the way for Prince George’s
- Congestion Pricing Draws Skepticism From Area Commuters
- Smart Growth Forum Reveals Stunning Land Value Increases in DC
- DC Commuters Want Less Traffic, More Transit — And No Congestion Pricing
- Walkable Neighborhoods: How to Make Them for Everyone
- McDonnell’s transportation pitch seeing support from Northern Va. leaders
- On the calendar: Parking! Walking! Bicycling! Controversy!
- McDonnell Pitches Tax Plan
- Testimony to the Montgomery County Council re County Executive Ike Leggett’s Request for Supplemental Appropriation for Study of Rapid Transit System
- New owner projects 200-plus new jobs at Clinton hospital
- Washington Studies a VMT Tax. Where Is Virginia?
- No Tax on Gasoline? A Terrible Policy for Transportation and our Economic Competitiveness
- Virginia Governor Proposes Eliminating State Gasoline Tax
- Coalition for Smarter Growth: McDonnell’s Gas Tax Proposal “exactly the wrong market signal”
- McDonnell Proposes Higher Sales Tax To Replace Gas Tax
- Case Studies in Design Excellence for Mid Sized Urban and Inner Suburban Medical Centers
- Hospital design case studies showcase benefits of urban design and community connections for new Prince George’s Regional Medical Center
- Last Day for Input on 2012 Study on Dulles Bi-County Corridor
- Study: Virginia tops in getting private cash for roads
- Comments on Proposed “North-South Corridor of Statewide Significance” (aka the Outer Beltway)
- Plans for Loudoun-Prince William highway move forward; crossing to Md. under discussion
- Statement on VA Congressman regarding Route 460
- VDOT Plays the Grinch for Northern Virginia Residents
- Public transportation use on the rise in D.C. region
- Virginia Governor Promises Action on State’s Transportation Funding Woes
- Fairfax Co. names best workplaces for commuters
- Box Boom
- Smart Growthers Campaigning For Market Urbanism in DC Zoning Reform
- Getting Transit-Oriented Development Right
- In Tysons Corner speech, McDonnell discusses MWAA changes, more transportation funding
- Virginia Transportation Program is Off-Track as Virginia Governor’s Transportation Conference Convenes This Week in Tysons
- Talking D.C. Parking on NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt
- D.C. zoning revamp stokes residents’ fears about changing city
- CSG Garners Two Prestigious Awards
- Status Report: Northern Virginia Bi-County Parkway and North South Corridor of Statewide Significance
- Key Parking Policy Reforms Worth Talking About in D.C.
- Testimony to D.C. Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force
- Connaughton’s Study is Part of Push for New Potomac Bridges
- The big question is where to put the bridge
- Virginia Considers Future of Potomac River Crossings
- Potomac River Crossings The Object Of VDOT Study
- Lest we Forget … State of Virginia is at Fault for High Dulles Tolls
- P.G. lawmakers consider fast-tracking transit projects
- Zoning Commission Chairman: No One Bikes to the Grocery Store
- HOT Express Lanes On 495 Set To Open Nov. 17
- Testimony on Babe’s Billiards Redevelopment in Tenleytown
- Remarks to Fairfax Bike Summit
- Passionate testimony fills 4-hour Housing Task Force hearing
- FABB Hosts First Ever Bike Summit at GMU Saturday
- Video: Apartments and Condos Fueling Construction Boom in DC
- Board approves financing for U.S. 460 toll-road project
- Board greenlights $900M-plus for stretch of U.S. 460
- GMU Report Flawed; Would Lead Region Down Unsustainable Path
- Public Land for Public Good
- Coalition for Smarter Growth Releases Report on D.C. Public Land Use for Affordable Housing
- Walking and Water in Merrifield/Dunn Loring
- Testimony in Support of the future redevelopment of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site
- Testimony in Support for Zoning Commission nominee Robert E. Miller
- Comments on Draft Programmatic Agreement for the Tri-County Parkway in Prince William and Loudoun Counties, Virginia
- Testimony before Rockville City Planning Commission:Support for Site Plan Application STP 2012-00112, 1900 Chapman Ave
- What’s the Best Way to Build New Highways: Private? Public? Tolls? Magic?
- Comments on Arlington County’s Columbia Pike Plan and Streetcar
- Public Hearing Testimony Regarding Montgomery County Bus Rapid Transit Proposal
- Testimony Regarding Residential On-Street Parking Management Issues Before the Committee on the Environment, Public Works, and Transportation
- Testimony before the D.C. Zoning Commission in support of the Hine Junior High School project
- Support of proposed ZTA revising the requirements for permitting accessory apartments
- Pro-DC: Modernizing D.C.’s Zoning Code: What Does It Mean for Our City
- Presentation to Montgomery County Council A Network of Livable Communities (full text of prepared remarks)
- Affordable Housing Production on Public Land for the District of Columbia
- Testimony in Support for McMillan Sand Filtration Plant Master Plan
- Connecting the Dots: An Outer Beltway Before You Know It
- Testimony to Alexandria Planning Commission on Beauregard Small Area Plan
- Letter Supporting CB-2 “Adequate Pedestrian and Bikeway Facilities” to Prince George’s Council
- Testimony on SB 971 – Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Investment Act of 2012
- Testimony Regarding Leveraging the Value of D.C.’s Public Land Dispositions to Build Housing Affordable to D.C.’s Low- and Moderate-Income residents
- Support for Support CB-2-2012, Adequate Public Pedestrian and Bikeway Facilities in Centers and Corridors
- What’s Affordable “Workforce Housing” for the District of Columbia?
- Principles Linking Smart Growth & Stormwater
- Where and How Should Prince George’s Grow?
- Happier, Healthier, Sexier, and Smarter: Transportation and the Secret of Life
- Testimony: Support for D.C.’s West End Library and Fire Station project
- DC: Support for Howard University Central Campus Master Plan
- Testimony: Support for D.C.’s Tenley Campus Law School Relocation and Construction Plan
- Testimony: Support for D.C.’s 15th Street NW revised concept/nine story apartment building
- Testimony: Charles County Comprehensive Plan Update – draft scenarios
- Building Better Neighborhoods with Transit-Oriented Development: Community Design & Process
- Rail~Volution Film Festival
- Equitable Transit-Oriented Development: The Case of Langley Park and the Purple Line
- D.C.’s Inclusionary Zoning
- Letter to Secretary Ray LaHood and Secretary Sean Connaughton
- Fairfax: Testimony to the Planning Commission Tysons Corner Committee on Financing Transportation Improvements
- Get the Scoop! Polls, Demographics, and Demand for Smart Growth
- Groups Urge Virginia to Stop Unnecessary Highway and Save Historic Battlefield
- Testimony: before the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board in support of the Hine Junior High School project
- Restoring Streams Along the Richmond Highway Corridor
- Fairfax County: Recommendation against mandate for 36 foot wide streets in residential neighborhoods
- Testimony: Support for Local Map Amendment for the Chelsea School, Silver Spring
- Young Planner Showcase
- Testimony before the Montgomery County Council supporting the Takoma/Langley Crossroads Sector Plan
- Testimony for the Alexandria Commercial Add-on Tax
- Arlington: Testimony in Support of the East Falls Church Area Plan
- Restoring Streams, Revitalizing Communities Along the Richmond Highway Corridor
- Maryland: Comments in Support for Senate Bill 623: Transit Review and Evaluation
- Letter to Secretary Connaughton and the Commonwealth Transportation Board
- Maryland: Testimony on Transportation Trust Fund
- DC: Testimony regarding DDOT Oversight Hearing
- DC: Comments on the Process of Public Land Dispositions
- DC: Testimony in Support of Inclusionary Zoning
- Transportation Funds for a Strong Maryland
- Route 460 Would Waste Billions of Dollars and Divert Scarce Revenues From Higher Priority Needs
- On Track to Prosperity: The Market Potential of Transit-Oriented Development in Prince George’s County
- Urban Design & Transportation Principles for Capitol Gateway Retail Site
- Map: Help Shape the Future of Fairfax
- Urban Hipsters and Long-time Residents Unite! Housing Strategies to Preserve Mixed Income Neighborhoods as D.C. Grows
- Background on Governor McDonnell’s Borrowing Plan and the VDOT “Found” Money
- Montgomery County: Testimony Regarding the Falkland Chase Plan
- Future of Fairfax Forum and Fundraiser
- Letter to Governor McDonnell concerning the 95-395 HOT lanes
- Testimony before the D.C. Zoning Commission regarding: SUPPORT for Case No. 08-06 (Comprehensive Zoning Regulations Review: Parking)
- Fair Funding and Smart Fixes for Transportation in Northern Virginia
- Life without a car: Possible and Popular in D.C.
- Fast & On Time: The Next Generation of Priority Metrobus Service for the District
- Montgomery County: Testimony regarding the White Flint Development Tax District Transportation Infrastructure Improvements
- PRINCE GEORGE’S – Building Stronger Communities
- White Flint Walking Tour
- Route 1/Richmond Highway Corridor Forum in Fairfax
- Testimony to the COG/BOT Commission on WMATA Governance
- Invest Prince George’s – A Resource for Investors
- Smart Growth Platform 2010 for Prince George’s County
- Alexandria: Comments on BRAC Transportation Issues
- Virginia: Commonwealth Transportation Board 2011-2017 Six-Year Plan
- D.C. – New Resources for Housing and Homelessness Advocates
- Green Power Platform
- Groups Express Concern Over Possible Change in NoVa WMATA Representation
- Map: The Future of Richmond Highway
- Review of the Loudoun Countywide Transportation Plan
- Proposal for a Comprehensive Visioning Process for the Richmond Highway/Route 1 Corridor
- Fairfax County: Comments on the Draft Tysons Corner Comprehensive Plan
- Recommendations on the Loudoun Transportation Plan
- Cool Communities
- Prince George’s County: Letter to Chairman of the Planning Board
- Request to WMATA Jurisdiction Leaders to Give Their Fair Share to Metro
- DC: Metro Budget Hearing Testimony
- Fairfax County: Draft Plan for Tysons Corner Redesign
- From Mean Streets to Main Streets
- DC: Skyland Shopping Center
- Maryland Transportation Authority Response to ICC Tolling FOIA
- Maryland State Highway Administration Response to ICC FOIA
- Request for ICC Toll Revenue Forecasts
- Transit and Highway Safety Statistics
- Montgomery County: White Flint Sector Plan
- Ward 3 Vision Sustainability Working Paper
- Montgomery County: Gaithersburg West
- Getting On Track: Record Transit Ridership Increases Energy Independence
- D.C. – Presentation on Implementing Inclusionary Zoning
- D.C.: Support Bill 18-191 the Sidewalk Assurance Act of 2009
- The Redesign of Tysons Corner: Streets, Buildings, and Public Spaces
- 120 Stimulus Spending Report – VA
- Maryland: Testimony regarding the Takoma/Langley Crossroads Preliminary Sector Plan
- 120 Day Stimulus Spending Report – D.C.
- Prince George’s County: New Carrollton Preliminary Transit District Development Plan and Proposed Transit District Overlay Zoning Map Amendment
- REGIONAL – Urban Land Institute’s “Beltway Burden”
- PBS Frontline Documentary “Poisoned Waters” Featuring Stewart Schwartz
- Stranded At the Station: Transit Cuts and Fare Increases Hurt Communities
- REGIONAL – Toolkit for Affordable Housing Development
- Spending the Stimulus – D.C. Report
- Spending the Stimulus – Virginia Report
- 120 Day Stimulus Spending Report – Background Information
- DC – Support for Giant Rezoning in Ward 3
- Region’s Longest Commutes Show Need for Smart Growth and Transit
- D.C. – Fair Budget Coalition’s Annual Budget Recommendations 2009
- Cheryl Cort Commentary on WAMU
- Stimulus – Don’t Give Blank Check to VDOT and MDOT
- Transit’s Success at the Inauguration
- Statement of Principles to Guide Decisions on D.C. Budget
- DC – Coalition for Community Investment
- Virginia Pedestrian Safety Fact Sheet 2009
- Diverse Coalition Rallies Around Fiscal Crisis
- Maryland: Supporting the Purple Line
- CSG Selected for Second Time as One of Best Charities in Region
- I-81 Brief
- Statement of Material Facts in Support of SJ Motion
- Groups Seek Judgement in I-81 Suit
- DC Council Lauded for Action on Affordable Housing Law
- Montgomery County: Road Code Testimony
- DC – Comments on the Brookland Plan
- 3,000 DC Area Residents Pledge a Car Free Day
- Citizens Campaign for a Green and Sustainable Urban Future for Tysons Corner
- DC: Proposed Changes to Parking Regulations
- Update to D.C.’s 1958 Zoning Code for Parking Offers Better Choices for Residents and Commuters
- Virginia: Draft State Rail Plan
- Grade Inflation Hits Governor O’Malley’s Environmental Ranking
- WalkScore Ranks DC In Top 10 Most Walkable Cities
- Ward 3 Vision Lauds Tenley Library Partnership
- Call for Fundamental Reevaluation of Virginia Transportation and Land Use
- Smart Growth-Conservation Group Honors Business Leader Robert Peck
- New “Welcome to Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve” Signs
- Open Letter to Governor Kaine on Land Use, Transportation and Funding
- Conservation and Smart Growth Groups Weigh-in on Transportation Funding
- Arlington: Accessory Dwelling Units
- TOD Presentation to Prince George’s County Council
- At $80,000 per Space, Proposed Bethesda Parking Garage Needs a Second Look
- D.C.: FY2009 Budget Support Act of 2008
- Pedestrians Unsafe on Washington Region’s “Mean Streets”
- Washington Area’s Mean Streets
- Accelerated Global Warming from the ICC
- Amended I-81 Brief
- ICC Tolls Increase
- Depth of Opposition Grows to Massive I-81 Widening
- Sweetheart Bill for Builders Almost Derailed in Senate
- Joint Statement in Support of a Fix-it-First, Jobs First, Sustainable Stimulus
- City Council Lauded for Action on Affordable Housing Law
- TESTIMONY: Washington D.C.’s Campaign for Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning
- D.C.: Mixed-Income Housing
- DC Region Growth Patterns Contribute to Emissions Problem
- Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change
- D.C. – Compilation of Inclusionary Zoning Regulations
- Fairfax County: Zoning Ordinance Amendments for Large Retail Sales Establishments
- Ensuring Housing Opportunities in Fairfax
- 1000 Friends of Maryland Report on the ICC
- NATIONAL – Center for Housing Policy’s “Heavy Load” Report
- D.C. – Homes for an Inclusive City
- DC – A Working Vision for Downtown Ward 7
- DC – Rhode Island Avenue Parking
- Manassas Battlefield Park Bypass Study Draft EIS
- DC – Affordable Housing Isn’t Cheap: The Status of and Need for Dedicated Local Revenue for Affordable Housing Production and Preservation
- DC – Campaign for Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Fact Sheet
- DC: USA Columbia Heights Parking & Access Recommendations
- DC USA: Proposed Parking Management Strategy to Maximize Sales and Access
- Affordable Housing Progress Report
- Traffic Fatalities and the Built Environment
- DC – Rhode Island Avenue Community Visioning Workshop Results
- DC: Public Transportation Accessibility
- Pedestrian Safety at Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station
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