TPB News, Visualize Vehicle census shows what's on our region's roads Mar 13, 2018 What kinds of cars and trucks are on our region’s roads? TPB planners are interested in understanding the current characteristics of cars, trucks and buses in our region. Knowing this information helps them more accurately forecast mobile emissions and see if our region is meeting its air quality goals.
Region Forward Blog Q&A: Loudoun County Supervisor Matt Letourneau Mar 8, 2018 In this Q&A, COG Board Chairman Matthew Letourneau discusses his regional focus areas for the year, including managing traffic incidents and securing local government buildings.
News Highlight State legislatures consider new Metro legislation Mar 8, 2018 Will 2018 be the year for Metro dedicated funding? The next few days and weeks hold the answer, and COG continues to do its part to help advance the regional effort.
News Highlight Journal highlights COG efforts to improve communication among first responders Mar 6, 2018 COG's Interoperable Communications Regional Programmatic Working Group discussed its efforts to improve efficiency and reliability of interoperable communications during emergency response in an issue of the DomPrep Journal.
TPB News, Visualize Here's how we use growth forecasts for transportation planning Mar 5, 2018 Before the TPB approves its new long-range transportation plan, Visualize 2045, staff will complete two analyses. One will test the financially constrained element for its effect on the region’s air quality and the second will quantify forecasted changes in the transportation system.
TPB News Play the Transportation/Land-Use Connections (TLC) Program mapping game! Mar 5, 2018 The Transportation/Land-Use Connections (TLC) Program supports planning for vibrant and accessible communities. The TPB created the TLC program in 2006 to assist local jurisdictions in identifying ways to help make the region’s transportation system and the built environment support one another more effectively. The TLC program has provided technical assistance for more than 100 projects around the Washington region. To make it easier to learn about them, we’ve developed a mapping tool.
News Highlight COG Board Chairman Matt Letourneau talks infrastructure, transportation on Kojo Nnamdi Show Feb 20, 2018 COG Board Chairman and Loudoun County Supervisor Matt Letourneau discussed regional issues, including infrastructure and transportation on The Kojo Nnamdi Show.
TPB News Enhanced Mobility grants will help older adults and persons with disabilities get around Feb 13, 2018 Every two years the TPB selects and awards federal grant funding to projects throughout the region aimed at improving mobility for older adults and persons with disabilities. Each selection is very competitive–this year the TPB received grant applications totaling $13 million in requests–over two times the federal funding available.
News Highlight Heart of COG: Andrew Meese Feb 7, 2018 For 24 years, COG’s Andrew Meese has focused on compiling and analyzing data, best practices, policies, and more to measure the performance of the metropolitan Washington region’s transportation system.
Region Forward Blog Region's leaders strategize for the coming electric vehicle revolution Feb 7, 2018 Behind the scenes at the Washington Auto Show, leaders from metropolitan Washington gathered to strategize about readying the region for plugging in to a coming “revolution”—the electrification of transportation.