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CSG primer: Visualize 2050, our region's 25-year transportation plan

CSG primer: Visualize 2050, our region’s 25-year transportation plan

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The draft Visualize 2050 plan, our region's long-range transportation plan, has too many highway and arterial road expansions that will increase driving and climate emissions. We will miss our region’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 – even if there’s a rapid switch to electric vehicles.
VICTORY! M-83 Highway is Removed from Montgomery County Plans

VICTORY! M-83 Highway is Removed from Montgomery County Plans

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Advocates spanning the generations celebrate our win at the Council Office Building on Tuesday, July 29!   On Tuesday, the County Council voted 10-1 to remove the unbuilt portion of Mid-County Highway Extended (M-83) from county plans.  This was a victory decades in the making!  Left on the books since the 1960s but

CSG in the News: County Council votes to abandon M-83 highway plan

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July 29, 2025 | Ginny Bixby | Bethesda Magazine An advocacy group that lobbied against the highway plan praised the council’s decision Tuesday in a press release. “Plans for M-83 were based on obsolete planning assumptions that are out of sync with what we know today about effectively meeting transportation
RELEASE: Montgomery County Council votes to remove the unbuilt northern portion of the M-83 highway from Master Plan

RELEASE: Montgomery County Council votes to remove the unbuilt northern portion of the M-83 highway from Master Plan

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The Montgomery County Council voted today to remove the unbuilt northern portion of M-83 from the Master Plan of Highways and Transitways, a move strongly supported by the Coalition for Smarter Growth and local leaders in the TAME Coalition.

CSG in the News: Critics press their concerns as vote on I-495 Southside Express toll lanes plan looms

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July 30, 2025 | Scott McCaffrey | FFXnow “From the beginning, VDOT’s study has been fatally flawed,” said Stewart Schwartz, executive director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. Without more analysis, there is no logical reason for the proposal to move forward, he said. “The project is not ready,” Schwartz said.