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.

Transportation

TPB Comment Form

The Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is a public entity and is always interested in hearing about the concerns and interests of the residents of the National Capital Region.

Dates	Current Public Comment Opportunities

Visualize 2050	The next Visualize 2050 comment period will take place in 2025. For ongoing information, please visit the Visualize 2050 website. You may also subscribe to the TPB News/Visualize 2050 newsletter mailing list for updates.
Ongoing	Public comments are accepted on transportation issues under consideration by the TPB at their monthly meeting. Instructions on how to provide comment are below.

TPB Meeting Public Comments

Interested members of the public will be given the opportunity to make brief comments on transportation issues under consideration by the TPB. For any member of the public who wishes to address the board on the day of a meeting, they may do so by emailing written comments to TPBcomment@mwcog.org with the subject line “Item 1 Public Comment Opportunity”, by calling and leaving a phone message at (202) 962-3315, or by using the form below. Comments will be summarized during the meeting and comments in full will be shared with TPB members as part of their published meeting materials. These statements must be received by staff no later than 12:00 P.M. (Noon) on the Tuesday prior to the board meeting, to be relayed to the board at the meeting.

The TPB accepts written or voicemail comments for all meetings. In-person comments are an option when the board meets in person. Requests to address the board in person must be received by staff no later than 12:00 P.M. (Noon) on the Tuesday prior to the board meeting.

Options for comment:

Using the online form below (Please upload files for comments longer than 1,000 characters.)
Sending an email to TPBcomment@mwcog.org
Leaving a voicemail at (202) 962-3315 (messages can be up to 3 minutes long)
In-person comment (In-person meetings only with advance notice per above.)
Writing to the TPB Chair at:

National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board
777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20002-4239

This comment is being submitted on behalf of:

An individual
A government body
A non-profit
A business

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First Name *

Last Name *

Address 1

Address 2

State *

City *

Zip/Postal Code *

Phone

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Do you have any other comments that you want to share with the TPB?

Comments longer than 1,000 characters in length may be submitted by uploading a Word or PDF document below.

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TITLE VI NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) operates its programs without regard to race, color, and national origin and fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations prohibiting discrimination in all programs and activities. For more information, to file a Title VI related complaint, or to obtain information in another language, visit mwcog.org/nondiscrimination or call (202) 962-3300.

El Consejo de Gobiernos del Área Metropolitana de Washington (COG) opera sus programas sin tener en cuenta la raza, el color, y el origen nacional y cumple con el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964 y los estatutos y reglamentos relacionados que prohíben la discriminación en todos los programas y actividades. Para más información, presentar una queja relacionada con el Título VI, u obtener información en otro idioma, visite mwcog.org/nondiscrimination o llame al (202) 962-3300.