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Oct 8, 2019

The Community Leadership Institute, or CLI, is a free program designed by TPB staff to engage participants (community leaders) in discussions about transportation planning in the Washington region. Through role-playing and mapping activities, CLI participants learn about how transportation projects are planned, funded, and implemented. One goal of the CLI is to empower community leaders by helping them learn about the transportation planning process.

Oct 7, 2019

COG Transportation Planner Jon Schermann makes an impact on the region’s transportation system, through his work on roadway safety and managing freight deliveries.

Oct 3, 2019

COG, the Board of Trade, and the Consortium of Universities unveiled Connected DMV, the brand for their program to help the region work together on digital technology solutions.

Sep 26, 2019

COG in partnership with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) launched the first-ever regional learning cohort of more than 100 local government staff and mangers from 11 jurisdictions to advance racial equity and opportunities for all.

Sep 25, 2019

Metropolitan Washington has received global recognition as one of four regions in the United States leading the way on mitigating climate change. The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) supported by the European Union’s (EU) International Urban Cooperation (IUC) Program and Bloomberg Philanthropies, named COG and its member governments a “Regional and Metro-Scale Climate Leader.”

Sep 24, 2019

Preliminary data from Commuter Connections’ triannual State of the Commute survey are out. Survey responses show how important it is for our region to provide its residents more options for commuting, and to support policies that focus on moving more people, not cars, throughout the region. The responses show that these efforts are working. And that the region needs to continue to support regional policies that support TPB Aspirational Initiatives.

Sep 24, 2019

At its September meeting, the TPB approved an amendment to the District of Columbia Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to update funding information for the District Department of Transportation. The board also received briefings on preliminary findings from the state of the Commute survey, safety activities in Maryland, and an update on staff activities related to the Aspirational Initiatives.

Sep 18, 2019

Drive-alone commuting continues to decrease, while alternative modes of transportation, including transit and telework, are on the rise among commuters in the D.C. region, according to the new Commuter Connections’ 2019 State of the Commute Survey Report .

Sep 12, 2019

Commuter Connections is teaming up with the American Lung Association and the American Heart Association to encourage commuters across the D.C. region to take the pledge to go car free or car-lite on Saturday, September 21; Sunday, September 22; and/or Monday, September 23, 2019, to celebrate Car Free Days. Car Free Day, extended to three days this year, is an annual event that encourages more environmentally- and health-friendly ways of traveling to work, school, errands, etc.

Sep 11, 2019

Today at COG officials from the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia adopted three regional targets on housing, agreeing to collaboratively address the area’s production and affordability challenges.​