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Coalition for Smarter Growth presses for Maryland transit funding
The Coalition for Smarter Growth has launched an advocacy campaign called "Get Maryland Moving," BethesdaNow.com reports. The effort is intended to prod lawmakers in Annapolis to provide transportation funding for projects designed to ease congestion. Read the original article here >>
Testimony before the Hon. Muriel Bowser, Chair, Committee on Economic Development and Housing Council of the District of Columbia regarding: DHCD Performance Oversight – Inclusionary Zoning
Please accept these comments on behalf of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. We are a regional organization based in the District of Columbia focused on ensuring transportation and development decisions are made with genuine community involvement and accommodate growth while revitalizing communities, providing more housing and travel choices, and conserving
Coalition for Smarter Growth Speaks Out on Rapid Transit
The Coalition for Smarter Growth has released the following regarding Rapid Transit in Montgomery County: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21st, 2013 Contacts: Stewart Schwartz, Coalition for Smarter Growth, (703) 599-6437 Montgomery Planners Propose 78-Mile Rapid Transit system Today, Montgomery County planning staff present to the Planning Board a 78-mile version of the proposed
The Smart (Growth) Crowd Weighs In
My smart growth buddies have issued a critique of the compromise transportation-funding deal. Among the highlights in the press release issued jointly today by the Coalition for Smarter Growth and the Piedmont Environmental Council: Cutting gas taxes by up to one-third reduces the tie between transportation use and funding. “Transportation,
New bus rapid transit proposal centers around Route 355
Route 355 is the only road in Montgomery County that could support a two-way bus lane, county planners said Thursday as they presented a scaled-back bus rapid system to the county's Planning Board. Planners are pitching a 78-mile system that would include eight corridors in the center and downcounty regions.
