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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January 21, 2026
Commuting in metropolitan Washington is shifting back toward pre-pandemic norms, though hybrid schedules remain a fixture for many workers, according to newly...
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January 7, 2026
The application period for the Transportation Land-Use Connections (TLC) Program and the Regional Roadway Safety Program (RRSP) is open through February 27,...
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January 7, 2026
2025 Board Chair Rodney Lusk shares some examples of how COG brought our region together in the past year.