TPB News 2014 CLRP Maps Hundreds of Highway and Transit Improvements Planned Through 2040 TPB Weekly Report Sep 22, 2014 More than 300 regionally significant improvements to the Washington region's highway and transit system through 2040 are detailed in the final draft of this year's update of the Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP), available for public comment through October 11.
TPB News Final 2014 CLRP Public Comment Underway TPB Weekly Report Sep 15, 2014 Elected officials, transportation agencies, and the public have one last opportunity to comment on this year's update of the region's Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP) before the Transportation Planning Board considers it for final approval on October 15.
TPB News Regional Solicitation Underway for Federal "Enhanced Mobility" Grant Funding TPB Weekly Report Sep 8, 2014 The Transportation Planning Board recently began accepting applications for funding under a new federal program aimed at addressing the transportation needs of persons with limited mobility resulting from old age or physical or mental disability.
TPB News Metroway, Region's First BRT Line, Gets Start With TIGER Help TPB Weekly Report Sep 1, 2014 The Washington region's first bus rapid transit line, known as Metroway, recently opened to passengers in Northern Virginia, with help in part from a federal TIGER grant received by the Transportation Planning Board.
TPB News Millions Worldwide to Go Car-Free or "Car-Lite" on Monday, Sept. 22 TPB Weekly Report Aug 25, 2014 "Put it away. Uncar for a day."
TPB News Fauquier County Becomes TPB's Newest Voting Member TPB Weekly Report Aug 18, 2014 The Transportation Planning Board recently welcomed Fauquier County, Virginia, as its newest voting member, now that a small portion of the county has been designated under federal law as part of the TPB's official planning area.
TPB News The Silver Line: Expanding Travel Options and Strengthening Activity Centers TPB Weekly Report Aug 11, 2014 It took almost 50 years for Metro's new Silver Line to turn from long-range planning idea into reality. The project entered the region's Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP) in 1999, marking the point at which funding was reasonably expected to be available for the project.
TPB News TLC Supporting Regional Focus on Activity Centers and Walking, Bicycling, and Transit TPB Weekly Report Aug 4, 2014 By next summer, seven local jurisdictions in the Washington region will be one step closer to realizing their aspirations for better pedestrian, bicycle, and transit connectivity between and within Activity Centers in their jurisdiction.
TPB News Commuter Connections Marks 40 Years Serving the Washington Region TPB Weekly Report Jul 28, 2014 The effects of the October 1973 oil embargo hit Washington area commuters hard. Gas prices topped 50 cents a gallon for the first time ever. Long lines formed at gas stations as fuel supplies dwindled. Getting to and from work by car suddenly became much more expensive -- in some cases, prohibitively so.
TPB News Council of Governments to Dedicate "Ronald F. Kirby Training Center" TPB Weekly Report Jul 21, 2014 The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) will dedicate one of its most important meeting spaces to the life and work of Ron Kirby, who served as COG's director of transportation planning for more than 26 years until his sudden, unexpected death in November 2013.