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Dec 21, 2021

Two of the biggest transportation issues of our time – climate change and safety– were the center of attention at the December TPB meeting

Nov 23, 2021

At its November 17 meeting, the Transportation Planning Board approved more than $6.6 million in federal grant funding for projects that expand mobility options for seniors and people with disabilities.

Oct 26, 2021

Last month, the City of Alexandria took the bold step to eliminate all fares on its DASH bus system. Behind the scenes, the TPB's Transportation Land-Use Connections (TLC) program played an important role in making that change happen.

Oct 26, 2021

At its October meeting, the TPB approved a resolution calling for the optimization of land around high-capacity transit stations and the elevation of Equity Emphasis Areas in the planning process.

Sep 28, 2021

After a summer focused on the update of the region’s long-range transportation plan, the TPB dug into some other meaty topics at its September 22 meeting, including climate change and high-capacity transit station areas.

Sep 28, 2021

The TPB’s household travel survey, the Regional Travel Survey (RTS), collected detailed demographic and travel behavior information from about 16,000 randomly selected area households.

Aug 3, 2021

Following several months of intense debate, the dust seems to have finally settled after the TPB voted on July 21 to include Maryland’s I-270/I-495 widening project in its air quality conformity analysis.​

Jun 22, 2021

At its June meeting the TPB approved inputs for the Visualize 2045 air quality conformity analysis and removed the I-270 project. The TPB also committed to a more climate-friendly planning process. Find out what happened at the meeting.

Jun 7, 2021

In September 2020, we asked people in the region their opinions about our transportation system. The Voices of the Region survey is a part of the update to Visualize 2045. This public opinion survey will help planners and decisionmakers think about what kinds of improvement people in the region want for the transportation system in the future. In this third instalment of our series on the survey, we’re exploring what people in the region have to say about the TPB’s aspirational initiatives.