What's New?
The Transportation Element provides policy guidance to support a regional multimodal transportation system that promotes responsible land use and development and contributes to a high quality of life for residents, workers, and visitors, while improving regional mobility, transportation access, and environmental quality. The updated Element includes a supporting Addendum which details Transportation Demand Management and Transportation Management Plans.
Major changes to the Element and Addendum include raising the L’Enfant City parking ratio from 1:5 to 1:6, and the introduction of charging for parking as a Transportation Demand Management strategy. All policies can be found in the Policy Summary. Maps of the updated parking ratios for Historic Core and the National Capital Region can be found at the links above.
The update includes revisions to the Submission Guidelines that reflect changes made to the policies in the element. The Submission Guidelines include a description of the process by which applicants may request a deviation from parking policies for individual projects, information on updating Transportation Management Plans to address the changed parking ratios, as well as an outline of the new monitoring process for agencies. The program was introduced in the element, with details in its addendum. The effort is intended to acquire up-to-date metrics from federal installations/facilities as transportation demand management strategies are implemented and will occur on a biennial basis.
The following guiding principles serve as the element’s organizational framework:
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Advance an interconnected transportation system that meets regional planning goals and objectives
How can the federal government coordinate with regional and local agencies and other stakeholders on a range of transportation planning activities to meet mutual goals? -
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Integrate a range of equitable mobility options to improve transportation access throughout the region
How can the federal government reduce reliance on automobiles and support equitable access to multimodal transportation solutions? -
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Connect transportation and land use to encourage responsible development patterns
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Promote efficient and sustainable travel to federal destinations
How can the federal government reduce reliance on single-occupancy vehicles for travel to federal destinations and manage transportation demand?
Timeline
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Commission Meeting
The Commission released the draft Transportation Element and Addendum for public comment. The Commission also released an update to the Submission Guidelines to accompany the element.
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Public Comment Period Opens
The comment period begins with the official notice published in the Federal Register.
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Open House
NCPC hosts an open house for the public to learn more about the updates to the Federal Transportation Element.
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Public Comment Period Closed
NCPC accepted public comments on the Transportation Element through November 12, 2019.
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Commission Meeting
The Commission heard an information presentation on a Transportation Management Plan monitoring program, which was introduced in the draft element.
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Commission Meeting
The Commission adopted the Transportation Element and Addendum. The Commission also adopted the Submission Guidelines to accompany the element. These documents will be in effect 60 days following the notice in the Federal Register.
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