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 Safety Subcommittee

Overview

Since 2012, the TPB’s Transportation Safety Subcommittee has served as a forum for local transportation practitioners to exchange best practices, learn about emerging trends and developments in roadway safety, and coordinate on regional roadway safety matters. The Subcommittee additionally advises on the maintenance of the safety element of the constrained long-range transportation plan.

Transportation Safety Subcommittee participants typically include:

Transportation staff from local jurisdictions in the TPB region (TPB member jurisdictions are featured on the following map)
Staff from MDOT, VDOT, and DDOT
COG/TPB transportation planning staff
Transportation-related consulting firms

Meetings

The Transportation Safety Subcommittee meets bi-monthly, typically on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings feature presentations on member safety projects and studies; academic research from transportation, public health, and other related fields; as well as TPB presentations on relevant planning activities or programs.

Related Publications and Programs

The Transportation Safety Subcommittee complements several other roadway safety initiatives and activities undertaken by the TPB, in coordination with its state and local partners. These include Street Smart, a regional roadway safety education campaign; the Regional Roadway Safety Program, a regional technical assistance program; the setting of federally mandated annual roadway safety performance targets and evaluation of progress towards those targets; and regional safety data studies.

The TPB’s commitment to preventing roadway fatalities and serious injuries on the region’s roadways in a fair and equitable manner is encapsulated in TPB Resolution R3-2021 (July 22, 2020).