Past Event
Reuters/Lucy Nicholson - Vehicles are seen during rush hour.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
Severe congestion and underfunded public transportation systems in the Washington, D.C. region and nationwide call for a more sustainable way of pricing transportation. To help inform the policy debate on transportation financing and traffic management, Greater Washington Research at Brookings hosted a roundtable bringing together experts from the policy, planning, advocacy, and development community.
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Transportation, Traffic, Highways, Washington DC
UPCOMING EVENT
Thursday, February 26, 2009
2:00 PM to 4:00 pm
Washington, DC
The Metropolitan Policy Program and Greater Washington Research at Brookings hosted a discussion on a new report that examines the local, regional and national factors that led Prince William County, an outer suburb of the nation’s capital, to adopt tough measures against unauthorized immigrants.
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Immigration, Regions and States
SPOTLIGHT: Washington DC
Reuters/Kamenko Pajic - Tower cranes mark the edges of the City Vista development construction site in Washington
David F. Garrison, Alice M. Rivlin, Brooke DeRenzis, Jon Bouker, Julia Friedman and Garry Young, December 18, 2008
Brookings Greater Washington joined with DC Appleseed, Our Nation’s Capital, George Washington University and Arent Fox LLP in a study of what it would take to make the District of Columbia the “best capital in the world.” The Brookings authors review how the city’s special status as a federal district limits its fiscal resources, and discuss the District’s decade of balanced budgets and good management, along with its impressive efforts to rejuvenate the city’s infrastructure.
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Washington DC, Education, Cities, Urban and Inner-city Schools
SPOTLIGHT: Washington DC
David F. Garrison, Margery Austin Turner, Jennifer Comey, Barika Williams, Elizabeth Guernsey, Marni Allen, Mary Filardo, Nancy Huvendick and Ping Sung, September 29, 2008
New analysis by Greater Washington Research at Brookings, the Urban Institute and 21st Century School Fund argues that Washington, DC can become a more family-friendly city by linking its investments and policies in public schools, affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization together.
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Washington DC, Economic Mobility, Education, Cities, Urban and Inner-city Schools
SPOTLIGHT: Economic Mobility
Istock/Lisa F. Young - Adult education class raising hands to ask questions
Brooke DeRenzis, Martha Ross and Alice M. Rivlin, June 06, 2008
Of the 50 largest cities in the United States, Washington, D.C. is the only one without a fully fledged community college. Washington needs a community college in order to provide all District residents with increased opportunities for employment and further education in an affordable and flexible manner, argue the authors of this report, who offer three options for creating a community college in the nation's capital.
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Economic Mobility, Education, Washington DC, Cities, Urban and Inner-city Schools
Research and Commentary
David F. Garrison, November 08, 2007
The federal government is planning to devote the entire 176-acre West Campus of the St. Elizabeths Hospital, a national historic landmark, to the exclusive use of the Department of Homeland Security’s headquarters.
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Research and Commentary
Brooke DeRenzis, January 2008
Evidence from a variety of sources indicates that there is renewed interest in living in the District of Columbia. Brooke DeRenzis reviews changes among D.C.’s population since 2000 and examines movement in and out of the city. She finds that the city has drawn newcomers from across the country. Many of those leaving the District are settling in the Washington region’s suburbs.
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Research and Commentary
Alice M. Rivlin, February 13, 2007
In her testimony before the Council of the District of Columbia, Committee of the Whole, Alice Rivlin presents her views on Mayor Fenty's proposed educational reform act.
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Research and Commentary
Brooke DeRenzis, Martha Ross, March 2007
This paper makes a set of focused recommendations to increase the skills, earnings, and employment of at least 10,500 low-income, less-skilled residents over the next seven years.
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