Growth/development issues were volunteered as the most important long term challenge by 6% of area residents and protecting the environment/Chesapeake Bay by 4%.
The survey also finds that transportation was the #1 or #2 concern of:

The Greater Washington Coalition 2050 is led by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and a “coalition of civic, business and environmental stakeholders.” It is chaired by Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova. For more information on the Coalition and survey, click here.

The survey was conducted by OpinionWorks of Annapolis, MD. The firm describes itself as the polling organization for the Baltimore Sun. Its clients include: Maryland State Arts Council, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Washington’s Metro System, the Wilderness Federation and National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The wording of the question from which the above results were collected was as follows, “Just based on your own opinion, what is the most important long term issue or challenge facing the Washington Region – I mean the one you would most like to see the region’s leaders do something about?...And what is the second most important?

The survey, conducted for the Greater Washington Coalition 2050 and released today, finds that most area residents identify transportation as the first or second most important long term challenge facing the metropolitan Washington region. This frequency is greater than that of the second and third answers combined.