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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May 16, 2007
The TPB voted at its monthly meeting in May to move forward with incorporating new projects into the region's transportation plan, including HOT lanes on...
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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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March 15, 2006
The District of Columbia has submitted one billion dollars worth of new transportation projects to the Transportation Planning Board (TPB)...
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October 19, 2005
The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) today unanimously approved regional transportation plans that include two major transportation...
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April 20, 2005
TPB to determine how HOT lanes and other projects would affect area's air quality if they were added to the region’s long-range transportation plan.