Fatal crashes are increasing, but nearly all of them are
theoretically preventable. Volpe recently hosted NHTSA Administrator Mark
Rosekind to talk about strategies and actions to achieve zero deaths on
America’s roads.
New
ridesharing technologies and transportation demand management strategies mean
that how people travel to and from their college campuses may be changing. A
recent report identifies innovative practices that universities have used to
reduce auto traffic and parking, and discusses how those practices can be used
by state, regional, and local transportation agencies. Read the full story.
As
much as ever, transportation technologies are shaping America’s cities.
Technology is changing quickly, and smart, sensible transportation is part of
realizing an inclusive American dream, said Harvard University economics
professor Edward Glaeser during a recent talk at Volpe. Read the full story.
Through U.S. DOT’s SBIR program, Mainstream Engineering Corporation developed a free
vehicle-monitoring app that performs trip diagnostics that could lead to major
money-saving alterations for drivers and motor carriers. Small businesses can
apply for SBIR funding through the current solicitation until December 21, 2016.
Learn more.
Volpe staff were featured at the following
events in November:
Eli Machek, Scott Smith,andstaff fromFHWA and NHTSA represented U.S. DOTat the Japan
Cabinet Office’s Cross-Ministerial
Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP)Workshop on Connected and Automated Driving Systems2016, held November 13–19 in Tokyo,
Japan. Smith was the U.S. speaker and a participant in the impact assessment
session. Machek was the U.S. speaker and a participant in the Next Generation transport
session. Machek also served as U.S. DOT co-chair for the EU-US-Japan Automation
in Road Transportation Working Group meeting.
Larry
Barr
participated in the NASA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic ManagementConvention,
held November 9-10 in Syracuse, New York. Volpe’s work in this area includes
identifying and analyzing future safety risks for integrating and operating
low-altitude unmanned aircraft systems in civil airspace.
Karen
Van Dyke and Dr. Andrew Hansen participated in
discussions at the 11th meeting of the International Committee on
Global Navigation Satellite Systems, held November 6-11 in Sochi, Russia. Volpe’s
work monitors and assesses civil global navigation satellite systems and
evaluates tolerable power levels to adjacent radiofrequency bands. Under the
auspices of the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, the committee
focuses on interoperability and compatibility of global satellite navigation
systems to include the U.S. global positioning system, Russian GLONASS system,
Chinese BeiDou system, European Galileo system, and regional systems from Japan
and India.