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COG outlines 'DMV Moves' funding plan, asks College Park to endorse regional transit funding
Summary
COG and Metro officials briefed the College Park City Council on 'DMV Moves,' a regional plan that calls for $460 million per year in new, dedicated funding to modernize Metro, expand bus priority corridors and coordinate regional transit. COG asked jurisdictions, including College Park, to endorse the plan and share legislative materials.
Tom Harrington, multimodal planning program director at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, told the College Park Mayor and Council on Jan. 13 that DMV Moves is a regional, multi‑agency effort to stabilize and modernize transit across the Washington-Baltimore region.
"DMV Moves offers a path forward for the region's transit system," Harrington said, asking local governments to help secure the dedicated funding the plan calls for. He told councilors that the Metro component of the plan would provide $460,000,000 per year in new funding, growing at roughly 3 percent annually, to allow Metro to bond for long‑term…
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