The state Senate has passed the first long-term reform to Virginia's floundering 27-year-old system for funding repairs and upkeep of its 58,000-mile network of highways. The 25-15 vote sends to Gov. Bob McDonnell what would be the defining policy legacy in the fourth and final year of the single, non-renewable

The Coalition for Smarter Growth has launched an advocacy campaign called "Get Maryland Moving," BethesdaNow.com reports. The effort is intended to prod lawmakers in Annapolis to provide transportation funding for projects designed to ease congestion. Read the original article here >>

Please accept these comments on behalf of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. We are a regional organization based in the District of Columbia focused on ensuring transportation and development decisions are made with genuine community involvement and accommodate growth while revitalizing communities, providing more housing and travel choices, and conserving

The Coalition for Smarter Growth has released the following regarding Rapid Transit in Montgomery County: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21st, 2013 Contacts:  Stewart Schwartz, Coalition for Smarter Growth, (703) 599-6437 Montgomery Planners Propose 78-Mile Rapid Transit system  Today, Montgomery County planning staff present to the Planning Board a 78-mile version of the proposed

My smart growth buddies have issued a critique of the compromise transportation-funding deal. Among the highlights in the press release issued jointly today by the Coalition for Smarter Growth and the Piedmont Environmental Council: Cutting gas taxes by up to one-third reduces the tie between transportation use and funding. “Transportation,