Pages tagged with housing
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
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
Sustainable suburbs, solar power boom in Germany, and transit innovation (passes the US by)
Friday, February 24th, 2012
Building a sustainable suburb Diana Lind has a piece in Next American City that’s getting a lot of attention this week. In the piece she argues that it’s not constructive to blame the housing crisis on the suburban housing boom which predated it. Whether we like it or not, Lind argues that su
Region Seeks Federal TIGER Funding for Access Improvements at 16 Rail Stations
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
On March 19, the Transportation Planning Board will apply for $20 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to make a number of high-impact bicycle and pedestrian access improvements around 16 Metrorail and commuter rail stations in the Washington region. The proposed project
Implementing Region Forward: Q & A with RF Leaders
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
We asked two leaders who are guiding the implementation of Region Forward to comment on the progress that’s already been made, what they’re looking forward to accomplishing in the coming year, and how RF impacts their own communities. Eric Olson is the Chairman of the Region Forward Coalition