The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the region, and plays an important role as the regional forum for transportation planning. The TPB prepares plans and programs that the federal government must approve in order for federal-aid transportation funds to flow to the Washington region.
The TPB's planning activities must follow regulations and meet standards set forth in federal law. The TPB works with more than 20 local jurisdictions, two states and the District of Columbia, and multiple transportation agencies to develop a policy framework that will guide transportation decision making in the National Capital Region for decades to come.
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February 12, 2013
Washington, D.C. – Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) CEO and General Manager Richard Sarles spoke before the Metropolitan Washington...
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January 17, 2013
Released for Public Comment: Draft 2013 Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP) and FY13-18 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)...
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January 15, 2013
Between now and 2040, the share of people who drive alone to and from work each day is expected to fall while the share of people who choose to carpool,...
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January 8, 2013
When local planners gathered more than 20 years ago to forecast how many people would be living and working in the Washington region in 2010, they...
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December 18, 2012
A recent Transportation Planning Board analysis that shows worsening congestion on the region's roadways and transit systems through 2040 also predicts an...