Pages tagged with smart growth
Global Fridays: Are countries “cheating” to reduce emissions? What role does urban planning play in race relations?
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Happy Friday! To get your weekend off to a great start, here are a few international news clips related to climate change, bike sharing, energy efficiency, and a reminder on the role of land use plays in how people interact with one another: “Very few countries have cut their carbon emissions
Talking sustainability with experts from Germany and Denmark
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Metropolitan Washington has made much environmental headway to be proud of. For example, by 2011 the District of Columbia was the “state” with the most LEED certified green building per capita and it also beat out New York City as the U.S. city with most green buildings. In 2011, Sustainable
New tools to measure and predict the region’s travel patterns
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Recent updates to the tools used by the Transportation Planning Board (TPB) to forecast future travel patterns in metropolitan Washington will provide more accurate predictions of where, when, and how the millions of current and future residents of the region will travel in coming decades. The ch
Rising gas prices = More Washington area drivers searching for commuting alternatives
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
When prices at the gas pump are on the rise, more Washington area commuters turn to the region's Commuter Connections program in search of information about joining carpools or vanpools or finding other ways to save money on their monthly commuting costs. In 2011, Commuter Connections received 20