The undersigned organizations call on the National Capital Transportation Planning Board (TPB) to commit to full disclosure of the forecasted climate change impact of the 2014 Constrained Long Range Plan (CLRP), and to take action to align the CLRP with the region’s climate change goals. One of the most important national and
multi-national public policy issues of our time, climate change must be tackled by every city, county, region, state, and nation. Given that our region has already adopted important goals, it is past time to begin implementing them.
Category: Resources
Support for Sherwood Hall Lane bike lanes and traffic calming
We the undersigned organizations are writing in support of the proposal to include bike lanes and other traffic calming measures on Sherwood Hall Lane between Fort Hunt Road and Route 1 as part of the repaving project. The project is an excellent opportunity to improve safety for all users, including those who walk, bicycle and drive along Sherwood Hall Lane. Today the road offers overly wide travel lanes for extended stretches, inviting speeding and putting pedestrians, cyclists, joggers and other drivers at risk.
Testimony: Takoma Metro Redevelopment
Please accept these comments, reiterating our support on behalf of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. The Coalition for Smarter Growth is the leading organization in the Washington, D.C. region dedicated to making the case for smart growth. Our mission is to promote walkable, inclusive, and transit-oriented communities, and the land use and transportation policies and investments needed to make those communities flourish.
DC AHA Briefing: Local Rent Supplement Program
LRSP is a tool being used to provide housing for District residents with extremely low incomes, including those with special needs. It does so by preserving and producing affordable housing, and by providing direct rental assistance in the form of vouchers.
DC AHA Briefing: Zoning for Housing Choices
After decades of decline, DC is growing rapidly. Last year, the city added 13,022 residents. Housing permits in the last few years have jumped — 3,200-4,600 units/year for 2011 to 2013, up from the peak of 2,800 in 2005.
DC AHA Briefing: Shared Equity – Ensuring DC homeownership benefits residents
Shared equity defined: A shared equity approach balances two competing but valid public objectives in affordable homeownership programs: wealth creation and preservation of housing affordability.
DC AHA Briefing: Public Land Dispositions
Over the last decade, DC has lost half of its low-cost rental units and more and more residents now pay more than 50 percent of the income on housing—a severe burden that leaves them more vulnerable to homelessness.
DC AHA Briefing: New Communities Program
The Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development administers NCP. NCP is the District’s major redevelopment initiative slated to re-develop four low-income public housing complexes in the following neighborhoods:
DC AHA Briefing: Inclusionary Zoning
DC Zoning Commission adopted Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) regulations, and the DC Council and Mayor enacted the program into law in 2006. The final regulations for the law went into effect on August 14, 2009. Due to the recession and grandfathering, IZ units did not appear on the market until 2012.
DC AHA Briefing: Commercial Linkage Program
Commercial linkage programs charge large commercial developments one-time fees which help pay for the affordable housing needed by the people employed by commercial developments. The cities of Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle as well as a number of Washington area suburban jurisdictions collect linkage fees from commercial developments that meet or exceed significant size thresholds. These fees are charged on a per square foot basis.