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2027-2028 Community Advisory Committee Member Application

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MONDAY December 7, 2026
Community leaders and interested residents from across the metropolitan Washington region are invited to apply for membership on the 2027-2028 Community Advisory Committee (CAC) to the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB).

What is the CAC?
The CAC is a group of people that represents diverse viewpoints and provides advice to the TPB on regional transportation issues. The TPB coordinates transportation planning for the entire metropolitan Washington region. The TPB includes elected officials, representatives from transportation agencies, and other key officials. Staff for the TPB is provided by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG).


The mission of the CAC is:
  • to promote public involvement in transportation planning for the region,
  • to advance equitable representation in regional transportation planning, and
  • to provide independent region-oriented community advice to the TPB on transportation plans and issues.


Applicants:
Should complete this application.
  • Must reside in one of the TPB member jurisdictions. https://www.mwcog.org/transportation/about-tpb/jurisdictions/
  • Should be willing to serve for a two-year term and be able to attend monthly committee meetings.
  • Should declare any ongoing business with COG/TPB.
  • Should not work as a planner or engineer for transportation and planning agencies of TPB members.

Meetings will be conducted online or will be hybrid (combination of in-person and online). Meetings are typically held from 6:00 -8:00 P.M. one Thursday a month. In-person meetings are held at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments located at 777 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002.


ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THOSE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH SKILLS
Alternative formats of the application form are available upon request. Please contact Laura Bachle at lbachle@mwcog.org or (202) 962-3273 or (202) 962-3213 (TDD). Please allow five working days for preparation of the material.
To read the Accommodations Policy in different languages, click on this link.
For more information, to submit your application or request a paper application, please contact:
Laura Bachle, AICP
777 North Capitol Street NE
Suite 300
Washington, DC
20002
(202) 962-3273
lbachle@mwcog.org



1.What is your first name?(Required.)
2.What is your last name?
3.What is your street address?
4.What is your email address?
5.What is your phone number?
6.In which TPB Member Jurisdiction do you live? If you don't see your city or municipality on this list, please check your county.
7.Are you a current or former member of the CAC?
8.If you answered yes to the question above, what years did you serve?
9.Have you completed TPB's Community Leadership Institute?
10.If yes, what year did you graduate?
11.How do you normally commute to work/school?
12.Why are you interested in serving on the TPB's Community Advisory Committee?
13.Please list any associations, committees, nonprofits, or other groups you have served on, volunteered for, or worked with. These do not have to have to be transportation groups.
14.Are you a transportation professional, a planning professional, or a graduate/undergraduate student in a transportation or planning program?
15.If you answered yes to the question above, please briefly describe your current work.
16.Is there anything else that you'd like us to know related to your interest in serving on the CAC?
17.Members of the CAC are required to avoid conflicts of interest. If selected to serve on the CAC, are you prepared to disclose all possible conflicts of interest and recuse yourself from discussion or action should a conflict of interest arise?
18.How did you learn about the CAC opportunity?
19.DEMOGRAPHICS
Collecting demographic information for committees helps the TPB understand who is participating in the regional transportation planning process.
This data will be kept confidential and if reported will not be used to identify any specific individual.

What is your age?
20.Ethnicity or race (choose all that apply)
21.Do you have a disability?
22.Do you speak a language other than English?
23.If you answered "yes" to the question above, please specify the language(s) you speak other than English.
24.What is your gender?