The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the region, and plays an important role as the regional forum for transportation planning. The TPB prepares plans and programs that the federal government must approve in order for federal-aid transportation funds to flow to the Washington region.
The TPB's planning activities must follow regulations and meet standards set forth in federal law. The TPB works with more than 20 local jurisdictions, two states and the District of Columbia, and multiple transportation agencies to develop a policy framework that will guide transportation decision making in the National Capital Region for decades to come.
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January 21, 2014
On January 15, the Transportation Planning Board unanimously approved the Regional Transportation Priorities Plan, the culmination of a multi-year effort to...
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January 15, 2014
At its January meeting, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) approved a new plan of transportation strategies to inform area...
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January 14, 2014
Barring any major changes to current funding trajectories, the region’s Metrorail system will face more crowding and less reliability in coming years, which...
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December 18, 2013
TPB analysis measures how well the projects and programs in the region’s long-range transportation plan will meet the increased demands of future population and...
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December 16, 2013
2013 COG Chairwoman Karen Young delivered these remarks at last week’s Annual Meeting: Shaping Our Region’s Economy for The Metropolitan Revolution.