The Council of Governments ensures a well-managed and maintained transportation system through its support of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), the federally designated metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for metropolitan Washington. The TPB, which is staffed by COG, conducts the federally mandated transportation planning process for the region and ensures the uninterrupted flow of federal transportation funds that area jurisdictions receive.
The Transportation Planning Board's work spans a wide range of transportation modes, such as highways, transit, walking, and bicycling, as well as planning related to the region's freight movement and three major airports. The TPB also addresses some of the region’s most significant issues like equity, climate change and the environment, transportation resilience, the economy, public health, traffic safety, land use, funding, and emerging technologies.
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August 14, 2024
Your Ride, Your Choice: Embrace Alternative Transportation on Monday, September 23
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July 26, 2024
The TPB approved Maryland Transportation Alternatives Set Aside and Carbon Reduction Program funding for 12 projects and also approved the September 23 Car Free...
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July 19, 2024
On this episode of Think Regionally, host Robert McCartney speaks with COG Executive Director Clark Mercer and WMATA General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke about...