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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July 1, 2024
On April 25, 30, and May 2, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) held its first Community Leadership Institute (CLI) in five years....
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June 20, 2024
The Transportation Resilience Improvement Plan is one of the first of its kind in the nation.
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June 11, 2024
Yesterday, the regional task force overseeing DMVMoves, a joint initiative of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and the Washington...