Board greenlights $900M-plus for stretch of U.S. 460
A state transportation board on Wednesday approved the use of more than $900 million in public bonds for a new, tolled highway out of Hampton Roads.
What’s the Best Way to Build New Highways: Private? Public? Tolls? Magic?
As the opening of the Interstate 495 Express Lanes on northern Virginia’s Capital Beltway draws closer, backers of the $2 billion project say they cannot guarantee the four new HOT lanes will achieve the goal of reducing traffic congestion while simultaneously returning a profit for their private sector operator.
PBS Frontline Documentary “Poisoned Waters” Featuring Stewart Schwartz
PBS's Pulitzer-prize winner journalist Hedrick Smith exposes in his new Frontline documentary "Poisoned Waters" the damage being done to the nation's delicate aquatic ecosystems like Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay. During his investigation, he finds that one of the major sources of the problem is our land use decisions
CSG Selected for Second Time as One of Best Charities in Region
The Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington is proud to announce that the Coalition for Smarter Growth (CSG) has been selected to be featured in the 2008-09 Catalogue. A panel of 60 expert reviewers from area foundations, corporate giving programs, larger non-profit organizations, and the DC government evaluated nearly 200 applications; Coalition for Smarter Growth is one of 68 outstanding nonprofits to be featured this year. CSG was also featured in the 2004 Catalogue.
