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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July 17, 2013
Today the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) voted unanimously to include 12 major transportation projects into the region’s ...
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July 17, 2013
For the Regional Transportation Priorities Plan , survey participants identified transit crowding, roadway congestion, and Metro and highway maintenance as top...
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May 3, 2013
Contrary to John Slidell’s April 12 Guest Comment claiming that “there is almost no one in this region who wakes up every day thinking about what the region...
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May 3, 2013
Board Chairwoman's op-ed in Washington Business Journal highlights the Council of Governments' ability to bring area leaders together and address key...
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March 5, 2013
Starting this year, under a provision in the latest version of the federal law authorizing the flow of transportation dollars to states and localities in the...