Newsroom

There are a number of ways to keep informed about COG, its members, and programs. The Newsroom feed lists news releases and highlights as well as TPB News articles. A variety of content is also available through digital subscriptions.

For story ideas, data inquiries, and to connect with officials and subject matter experts, reporters should contact the Office of Communications. For questions about TPB News, please contact the Department of Transportation Planning.

COG Video Series: Collaboration in Action

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Introducing Collaboration in Action, COG's video series hosted by Executive Director Clark Mercer. The series spotlights COG's work with member jurisdictions and private, nonprofit, and civic organizations on a wide variety of programs and initiatives that improve the quality of life for everyone in our DMV region. Come along as Clark takes you behind the scenes of several of our initiatives, spreading the word about the value of regional partnership and highlighting the leaders and experts in our network that are making a positive impact in our communities.

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COG Podcast

Prior to Collaboration in Action, COG produced a podcast, Think Regionally, to raise awareness about metropolitan Washington's biggest challenges and focus on solutions. The podcast, which was hosted by former Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney, featured local government, business, and non-profit leaders talking about a variety of timely topics, including the region's economy, racial equity, transportation, housing, and climate change.

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Newsroom Archives

News Release

DMVMoves Task Force considers transit funding scenarios

Dec 2, 2024
The DMVMoves Task Force considered transit funding scenarios that have been elevated to the group based on months of meetings and discussions from DMVMoves Government and Community Partners Advisory Groups of area government, business, and civic leaders and transit providers. Four scenarios were presented to the full body ranging from sustaining current service levels and maintenance programs to providing maximized service and modernized trains, buses, and infrastructure to revolutionize transit
TPB News

Fall 2024 TPB Highlights

Nov 29, 2024
The TPB met on September 18, October 16, and November 20, 2024. Key agenda items included briefs on EV infrastructure implementation, the Regional Air Passenger Survey, On-Road Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies, and the Regional Roadway Safety Summit. In addition, the TPB established a new Regional Transportation Resilience Subcommittee.
News Highlight

Officials review preparations, coordination ahead of inauguration events

Nov 19, 2024
At the November 13 COG Board of Directors meeting, officials were briefed by United States Capitol Police Chief of Police J. Thomas Manger, United States Secret Service Washington Field Office Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) William “Matt” McCool, and District of Columbia Assistant City Administrator Christopher Rodriguez on preparations and coordination ahead of the 2025 presidential inauguration, the January 6 certification of electoral votes, and other related events.
News Release

COG statement on Union Station funding

Nov 15, 2024
The following is a statement by Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Board of Directors Chair Charles Allen in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) investment in passenger rail along the Northeast Corridor (NEC), including new funding to support planning activities to expand Washington Union Station.
TPB News

TPB establishes new Regional Transportation Resilience Subcommittee

Nov 13, 2024
The Transportation Planning Board (TPB) approved Resolution R2-2025 on October 16, 2024, establishing the new TPB Regional Transportation Resilience Subcommittee.
News Release

Officials extend Drought Watch for DC region

Nov 7, 2024
Metropolitan Washington remains under a Drought Watch, following several months of low rainfall with dry conditions expected to continue throughout the fall and winter months. The Drought Watch was enacted in July by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG). Area city and county managers were advised today that officials on COG’s Drought Coordination Technical Committee met last week and recommended keeping the region under the Drought Watch.
News Highlight

TPB officials formulating a regionwide approach to improve roadway safety

Nov 6, 2024
On Thursday, October 31, the final day of National Pedestrian Safety Month, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) convened for the Regional Roadway Safety Summit, joined by experts from academia and the federal government to develop recommendations for regional and local action.
News Release

Officials unveil new Slow Down, Life Ahead safety campaign

Oct 29, 2024
October is National Pedestrian Safety Month and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ (COG) Street Smart campaign is educating drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists to keep everyone safe on the region’s roadways through increased traffic enforcement and a new messaging campaign sharing impactful roadway safety tips, “Slow Down, Life Ahead”.
News Release

Kaiser Permanente, COG Host Fourth Annual Regional Homelessness Forum

Oct 24, 2024
Kaiser Permanente, in partnership with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), hosted the fourth annual and first in-person Regional Homelessness Forum on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. This year’s forum marked a critical step forward in addressing housing insecurity and burnout within the workforce that supports unhoused populations across the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore regions.
News Release

Housing Affordability Planning Program awards funding to eight local planning projects for housing near transit

Oct 9, 2024
At its monthly meeting, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors approved $500,000 in grants to support eight local planning initiatives and development projects which address the need for more housing near transit areas, affordable to those with lower incomes.

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