Transportation, land use and housing for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive city. Four Goals: 1. Keep our city inclusive, walkable, and livable by growing smartly near Metro stations and along high-capacity…
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Letter to Muriel Bowser in Support of DCHA’s Affordable Housing Proposal
We support DCHA’s proposal for 1125 Spring Road to create 200 rental homes, 90% of which would be affordable. We support the proposed wide range of affordability, including deeply affordable units at 30% AMI that are so desperately needed as market pressure continues to eliminate more and more of the city’s most affordable stock. We also ask that some of the units be use for permanently supportive housing.
Testimony on Need to Set a Target for Reducing CO2 Emissions from Transportation
Recent reports show sea level rise will contribute to flooding of our Monumental Core. Reports on the impacts of climate change are increasingly dire. We are the nation’s capital, the capital of the most powerful nation the world has ever known, and this region is collectively wealthier than 99% of the rest of the world. If we don’t lead on this issue from this region, who will? What will it take to get the leadership we need?
Testimony Concerning the Transportation Gap to CEEPC and MWAQC Committees
The 2014 CLRP performance assessment makes clear that while COG’s regional climate goal is to reduce emissions 80% by 2050 below 2005 levels, that the list of regional transportation projects, if built, will cause emissions to rise rather than fall. We have on our hands a Transportation Emissions Gap – a major discrepancy between our goals, and our regional plans. Our question is, how can we work together to close that gap now? Because transportation decision take so long to implement, getting started now is critical to make the changes needed.
Joint Letter to Montgomery Co. Executive Ike Leggett Concerning White Flint Redevelopment
As property owners, residents, advocates and concerned citizens within the White Flint area and the rest of Montgomery County, we appreciate your steadfast support for our shared vision of the community’s redevelopment. That vision, as articulated in the White Flint Sector Plan, is for a vibrant, walkable, sustainable community, one that will provide economic growth in the county for decades to come. Now however,…
Testimony for the Bicycle and Motor Vehicle Collision Recovery Amendment Act of 2014
We are submitting comments in support of the Bicycle and Motor Vehicle Collision Recovery Amendment Act of 2014 and for Council member Grosso’s amendment to cover pedestrians in addition to cyclists with this bill. The District of Columbia’s continued use of contributory negligence presents major barriers for cyclists and pedestrians alike to recover damages in the event of a collision, and widespread misunderstanding and uneven enforcement of bicycle and pedestrian laws only compounds the problem.
CSG Testimony to DC Zoning Commission on Parking
We are submitting comments regarding ZC 08-06A Subtitle C – Vehicle Parking, related to two matters:
(1) further support for “1 per principal dwelling when alley available” for one family dwellings
requirement; and (2) evidence regarding the added cost from parking minimums that raise the price of
housing and make new housing unfeasible.
JOINT LETTER: CSG joins concerned stakeholders in letter to Senators and Virginia officials
Dear Senators, Delegates, Supervisors and Director:
We understand that the next public meetings have been delayed to October and that analysis work is continuing, but wanted to communicate to you three key issues of concern.