Rail Research Highlighted, Event Series Starts Sept. 18, and MPO Strategies for Megaregions

Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

View Online

Volpe The National Transportation Systems Center
 

U.S. Department of Transportation
Office of Research and Technology

September 17, 2015

 
     
 
 

Announcing Beyond Traffic 2045: Reimagining Transportation 

 

Delve into the trends that will transform transportation with Volpe’s new speaker series—Beyond Traffic 2045: Reimagining Transportation—starting September 18. The series kicks off with a special video introduction from U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and opening remarks by Assistant Secretary Gregory Winfree.  

The series will open with Dr. Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist and co-founder of the Initiative on the Digital Economy at MIT and co-author of The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Transportation.

A graphic promoting "Beyond Traffic 2045: Reimagining Transportation."
Full Story
gray border image
 
 

Events 

A photo of a flying drone.

Friday, September 18, 2015
12:00-1:00 p.m. (ET)

Kicking off Volpe’s newest speaker series, Beyond Traffic 2045: Reimagining Transportation, Andrew McAfee, PhD, will present  “The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Transportation.” 

With a special video introduction from U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and opening remarks by Gregory Winfree, U.S. DOT Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology.

Dr. McAfee is a principal research scientist and co-founder of the Initiative on the Digital Economy at MIT and co-author of The Second Machine Age.

Join us via webinar or in person.


News
 

Interested in viewing all of our articles? Visit our news page.


Volpe Home Volpe Linked In Volpe Linked In
GovDelivery
A photo of a train.

Rail Innovations Throttle Up at Volpe

From energy efficiency to fuel tank standards, Volpe’s range of rail expertise was on display at the 2015 Joint Rail Conference. Read on for brief summaries of seven Volpe papers presented during the conference, which examined A Century of Innovation: Heavy Haul to High-Speed Rail...more


A graphic of a cityscape with panes, trains, cars, and ships.

Planning Across Borders: Transportation Strategies for Megaregions

A report by FHWA and Volpe highlights noteworthy practices from metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) working with emerging megaregions...more


A photo of a commercial pilot sleeping.

New Book Offers Tools for Addressing Worker Fatigue and Transportation Safety

Edited by Volpe’s Dr. Stephen Popkin, a new book by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society provides policy makers, practitioners, and researchers with real-world, practical guidance for addressing worker fatigue and transportation safety...more


A graphic of a laptop with various modes of transportation on its screen.

Looking Forward to Beyond Traffic, Recapping Transportation and the Economy

Volpe’s last speaker series—Transportation and the Economy: Leading Globally, Succeeding Locally—highlighted the forces driving transportation innovation in modern economies. Read the series’ final report to find out how multimodal transportation drives economic growth...more


Volpe Staff at Local and National Events

Volpe staff were featured at key speaking engagements in August and September, including the following:

  • Dr. Aaron Hastings, Christopher Roof, and Eric Boeker presented papers on environmental modeling support tools, a unique acoustic propagation verification and validation data set, and the auralization of moving sources at INTER-NOISE 2015, the 44th Inter-Noise Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, held August 9-12 in San Francisco, California.   

  • Dr. Scott Gabree and Bianka Mejia participated in a panel discussion at the 2015 Right-of-Way Fatality and Trespass Prevention Workshop, held August 4-6 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Gabree discussed potential countermeasures to mitigate suicides on railroad rights-of-way. Mejia discussed the impact of media on suicide rates and what the rail industry can do to encourage responsible reporting.

  • Michael Scarpino participated in the 2015 National Clean Cities Coordinator Training Workshop, held September 1-3 at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois. Scarpino discussed fuel tank cylinder safety standards for natural gas vehicles and industry best practices, as they relate to compressed natural gas transit buses.



Featured Volpe Reports

  Aviation - Human Factors


  Intelligent Transportation Systems



  Railroad Safety


  Transportation Planning


  Vehicle-to-Vehicle Technology