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

Scenario Planning

The TPB uses scenario planning to study the potential impacts of alternative futures for transportation expansion and alternative development patterns for jobs and housing. The TPB Scenario Study Task Force provided policy-level stewardship for the several scenario planning activities in the past, including consideration of opportunities for integration of study findings into TPB planning processes and initiatives.

Previous scenario planning exercises:

News & Multimedia

News

Toll Lanes, Bus Rapid Transit, and Concentrated Growth Combined in Regional "Aspirations" Scenario

February 7, 2012

An alternative vision for the future of the region's transportation system being studied by the Transportation Planning Board would give travelers new options...
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TPB Scenarios Examine How Expanded Use of Tolls, Bus Rapid Transit, and Land Use Changes Impact Transportation Patterns

September 16, 2010

The TPB examined two scenarios and measured their impact on driving, congestion, transportation mode share, and air pollution.
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Highway Congestion Could More Than Double Without Change, Officials Say

October 18, 2006

Adjustments to the region's development patterns and transit plans can help the region avoid more than doubling traffic congestion by 2030, transportation...

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Scenario Planning

News & Multimedia

Toll Lanes, Bus Rapid Transit, and Concentrated Growth Combined in Regional "Aspirations" Scenario

TPB Scenarios Examine How Expanded Use of Tolls, Bus Rapid Transit, and Land Use Changes Impact Transportation Patterns

Highway Congestion Could More Than Double Without Change, Officials Say