TPB Access for All Advisory Committee

The Access for All (AFA) Advisory Committee advises the TPB on transportation issues, programs, policies, and services that are important to low-income communities, minority communities and people with disabilities. The mission of this committee is to identify concerns of low-income and minority populations and persons with disabilities, and to determine whether and how these issues might be addressed within the TPB process. The committee is chaired by a TPB member, currently Catherine Hudgins from the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Northern Virginia. Membership of the committee includes approximately 25 community leaders from low-income communities, minority communities and persons with disabilities.

Each year the AFA comments on the long-range plan. The AFA received a presentation on the significant changes to the Draft 2009 CLRP at its February 23, 2009 meeting. In contrast to previous years, there are no significant new projects proposed for 2009 CLRP update; instead most of the changes for the plan update will delay the completion dates of projects already in the plan. Therefore, the AFA had few comments on projects in the plan, but during a roundtable discussion raised concerns about how transportation services and the mobility of low-income communities, minority communities and people with disabilities may be impacted by the economic downturn.

The AFA Meeting Calendar and other information is available from the committee's page on the MWCOG website.