About Us

COG is the one place in metropolitan Washington that regularly brings leaders together to develop solutions to the region's major challenges. COG prepares plans enabling the region to receive federal funding, provides members with research and data to inform decision-making, and offers a wide range of programs, including commuter services, cooperative purchasing, technical assistance and grants, and public outreach campaigns.

Transportation

Through the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), area officials, planners, and engineers ensure a well-managed and maintained transportation system. 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.

Environment

COG's work engages leaders in various environmental fields from water quality experts to climate scientists. Together, they are advancing regional efforts to restore local waterways, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change, promote recycling, and enhance and preserve green space and agriculture.

Community

Area officials and experts, including planning and housing directors and child welfare and health officials, work together with their counterparts at COG to help shape stronger communities throughout the region.

Homeland Security & Public Safety

COG brings police chiefs, fire chiefs, emergency managers, and other leaders together as part of its work to strengthen regional public safety coordination, homeland security planning, and emergency communication.

Systems Performance, Operations and Technology Subcommittee

The Systems Performance, Operations and Technology Subcommittee (SPOTS), formerly the Management, Operations and Intelligent Transportation Systems (MOITS) Technical Subcommittee, advises the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board on matters of performance outcomes of the transportation system; transportation operations and management, including considerations of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies in improving those operations; and emerging transportation technologies. The Subcommittee also provides a regional forum for coordination among Transportation Planning Board member agencies and other stakeholders on these topics.

SPOTS also advises development of the Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture in accordance with the National ITS Architecture. For more information, please see www.mwcog.org/itsarch.

In 2010, a Strategic Plan for the MOITS Planning Program was developed. The full report as well as an Executive Summary are available at www.mwcog.org/moitsstrategicplan. The Strategic Plan identifies projects and actions that will support effective M&O in the region, and advises member agencies on management, operations, and technology deployments for meeting common regional goals and objectives. The MOITS Technical Subcommittee advised the development of the Strategic Plan.

SPOTS activities also are coordinated with the regional Congestion Management Process (CMP). For CMP documents and more information, please see www.mwcog.org/cmp.

The Subcommittee meets generally the second Wednesday of every month except August, at 1:00 PM.

Systems Performance, Operations and Technology Subcommittee

Committee Members

Staff