Transportation

Planning Areas

Through the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), area officials, planners, and engineers ensure a well-managed and maintained transportation system both now and into the future. The TPB is the federally established Metropolitan Planning Organization for the National Capital Region, staffed by COG, and it conducts the metropolitan transportation planning process for the region and ensures the uninterrupted flow of federal transportation funds to area jurisdictions to implement transportation projects and programs.
 
The Transportation Planning Board's work to provide mobility and accessibility for all spans a wide range of transportation modes, such as highways, transit, walking, and bicycling, as well as planning related to the region's freight movement and three major airports. The TPB also addresses some of the region’s most significant issues like transportation resilience, the economy, public health, traffic safety, emerging technologies, land use, and funding.

News & Multimedia

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    Early Summer 2026 TPB Highlights

    July 10, 2026

    The TPB's May and June meetings included approvals of Transportation Land-Use Connections and Regional Roadway Safety Program projects, a review of the updated...

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    Commuter Connections announces top area employers for commuter benefits

    June 30, 2026

    The Commuter Connections program at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) celebrated three local employers and two organizations today for...

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    TPB's freight planning activities support a region on the move

    June 25, 2026

    A closer look at the National Capital Region's freight planning activities and the TPB Freight Subcommittee.

Visit the Transportation news page for more.