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Volpe Staff at Local and National Events

Volpe staff were featured at key speaking engagements in June, including the following:

• William Lyons and James Andrew discussed the U.S. approach to transportation policy and planning; major trends and emerging issues; planning for accessibility and healthy communities; asset management; transit management and performance; and the role of new technology during the June 23-26 South Africa Workshop for Tomorrow’s Transportation Leaders in Johannesburg, South Africa, which coincided with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s visit to South Africa. 

• Eric Boeker discussed aircraft noise modeling at the European Civil Aviation Conference, held June 23-24 in Trondheim, Norway. Boeker reported on Aviation Environmental Design Tool results that will be included in two international aircraft noise modeling documents.  

• Jason Glaneuski discussed regulatory compliance challenges facing system developers and operators of remotely piloted aircrafts at the Devens Robotica 2015 on June 15 in Devens, Massachusetts.

• William Lyons discussed the use of accessibility as a key metric in transportation planning and decision making at the International Subconference on Accessibility-Based Evaluation, held June 15-16 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• Mike Dinning and Tim Weisenberger facilitated discussions on the state of multimodal payments convergence at the 2015 Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council Meeting, held June 9-10 in Washington, D.C.

• Dr. Scott Gabree discussed Volpe’s research on suicide mitigation strategies with a focus on media guidelines for responsibly reporting suicide incidents on rights-of-way at Caltrain’s Bay Area Rapid Transit Media Roundtable on June 9 in California.

• Dr. Stephen Popkin presented on fatigue management at the International Symposium on Shiftwork and Work Time, held June 8 in Elsinore, Denmark. Dr. Popkin’s presentation was part of a satellite conference focused on research efforts to improve the safety and well-being of shift workers. 

Hazard Analysis

• Review and Analysis of Potential Safety Impacts of and Regulatory Barriers to Fuel Economy Technologies and Alternative Fuels in Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Human Factors

• Identifying Representative Symbology for Low Visibility Operations/Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (LVO/SMGCS) Paper Charts

Railroad Safety

• Highway-Rail Intersection Crash Taxonomy for Connected Vehicle Safety Research
• Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) Lessons Learned Baseline Phased Report
• An Investigation of Passing Stop Signals at a Passenger Railroad

Transportation Planning

• Benefits and Costs of Programmatic Agreements
• Integrating Climate Change in Transportation and Land Use Scenario Planning: An Example from Central New Mexico
• Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Maryland: Traffic Safety Plan
• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area: Confluence Area Shuttle Plan
• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area: Shuttle Market Analysis
• Cross-Modal Project Prioritization: A TPCB Peer Exchange
• Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge: Transit Planning Study

Vehicle-to-Vehicle Technology

• Independent Evaluation of the Transit Retrofit Package Safety Applications: Final Report