Imagine that a car ahead of you on the highway sends an alert to your vehicle, warning you of upcoming slippery conditions that are causing drivers to slam on their brakes. This situation is an example of wireless technologies currently being tested that could transform automotive safety by enabling vehicles to exchange messages...more

The results of a pilot program intended to increase nonmotorized transportation showed that people walked or biked an estimated 32 million miles that they would have otherwise driven, suggesting that community planners should seriously consider "active" transportation as an integral solution...more

Transportation planning in the United States is facing a compelling need to add a significant focus to meet the growing demands of "megaregions." According to the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, megaregions are typically defined as "large networks of metropolitan centers and surrounding areas connected through cultural, environmental, [and] economic characteristics as well as infrastructure"...more

"There is nothing quite like the Seaway," said Craig H. Middlebrook, Acting Administrator for the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), speaking recently as part of Volpe's Straight from the Source transportation thought leadership lecture series...more