Pages tagged with development
Planning a High-Density, Transit-Oriented Future for Waldorf, Maryland
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
When high-capacity transit comes to downtown Waldorf, Maryland -- as the Maryland Transit Administration has been discussing for several years -- local planners want the site to be ready to handle the new development that they hope will accompany it. A 2010 study funded under the Transportation P
Montgomery’s Green Guide for Residents, Fairfax’s Environmental Agenda, and more Earth Month Highlights
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Read the first and second round-up of Earth Month posts. Region Forward’s third and final week of celebrating Earth Month 2012 featured a collection of green initiatives from some of metro Washington’s largest and smallest jurisdictions. Montgomery County developed an online guide, My Gr
Observations from China on Governance, Sustainability, Future Global Partnership
Friday, April 27th, 2012
This March, Jeff King, a Principal Environmental Planner at MWCOG, and Rick Cole, City Manager at the City of Ventura, California, traveled to the cities of Beijing, Xi'an, and Chongqing in China as part of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) China Center initiative. As p
How to solve our regional and national infrastructure deficit? (Part 2)
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
This is part two of a two-part series on infrastructure funding and financing. Part one highlighted examples of our “infrastructure deficit” as discussed at a recent forum on regional and national infrastructure needs and part two focuses on infrastructure banks as potential ways to help better
How to solve our regional and national infrastructure deficit? (Part 1)
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
In a globalized world, falling behind on infrastructure means falling behind economically. That’s a point we’ve made before here on The Yardstick and it was one of the key messages repeated by leaders at a recent forum on the potential for infrastructure banks to help solve our regional and nati
Connecting people to the transportation planning process
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Twenty community leaders from around the Washington region recently attended a two-day workshop hosted by the Transportation Planning Board to learn about how transportation decisions are made in the region and how to become more involved in the decision-making process. Now in its sixth year, the