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Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
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U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology |
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Transportation infrastructure
can be a catalyst for change, connecting city residents to opportunity.
In fact, transportation may be the most important way we have to address disparities in
income and wealth, according to Ben Hecht, president and CEO of Living Cities,
who spoke as part of Volpe’s Future of Transportation series.
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Joint Panel on Urban Mobility
Thursday, September 29
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Advancement
in automation continues at an unprecedented pace, and automated vehicles are
coming fast.
Robin Chase, co-founder and former CEO of ZipCar,
Buzzcar, and GoLoco, and co-founder of Veniam; and Anthony Townsend, PhD,
senior research scientist at New York University, will participate in a joint
panel on urban mobility as part of Volpe's Future
of Transportation series.
Volpe is pleased to welcome Dr. Austin Brown, assistant
director for Clean Energy and Transportation at the Office of Science and
Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President, as the panel
moderator.
Register now.
Government at the Speed of Silicon Valley
Thursday, October 6
12:00
- 12:45 p.m.
Can the
federal government possibly keep pace with private-sector innovators?
In this
talk, U.S. DOT Chief Innovation Officer Chris
Gerdes will discuss prototyping as a technique for rapid learning and
describe a number of ways in which U.S. DOT is harnessing this approach to
improve safety and provide opportunity.
Register
now.
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As pollinators and insect consumers, bats generate $3 billion each year in economic value. However, the population of a key species has declined by nearly
half since 2005—due, in large part, to human disturbance. A new federal strategy will help facilitate conservation of these bats while delivering road projects faster. Read the full story.
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Residential density, intersection density,
public transport density, and number of parks are physical elements that can
have real, positive impacts on a city’s residents, according to Jeff Risom,
partner and managing director of Gehl Studio in the U.S., who recently spoke as
part of Volpe’s Future of Transportation series. Read
the full story.
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Volpe is hiring for multiple internship and entry-level positions in a variety of transportation fields and will speak with students at 15 career fairs at
campuses throughout Massachusetts this fall. Read
on for event dates and locations.
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Volpe seeks a dynamic leader to
serve as the Deputy Director for Research and Technology. This position leads
Volpe’s four technical centers, which encompass all of the research,
innovation, technology, and transportation program analysis functions performed
by Volpe for federal, state, local, and international organizations with
transportation-related missions. Each of these centers encompasses five to
seven divisions, and the combined federal staffing across all four centers is
500 employees. Learn more and apply now on USAjobs.
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Volpe Staff at U.S. and International Events
Volpe staff were featured at the following events in September, including the following:
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Alex Epstein gave a talk on a panel titled “Leveraging City Fleets and
Purchasing Power for Vision Zero” at the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ annual
conference, Designing Cities
2016, held September 26-29 in Seattle, Washington.
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Yan Zhang and Frank Wang presented updates
regarding data collection and analysis in support of safe wake separation on
closely spaced parallel runways at the MITRE Center for Advanced Aviation
System Development in Virginia on September 22-23.
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Luisa
Paiewonsky and Joe Sanford facilitated a workshop
with state Departments of Transportation and auto manufacturers to improve
industry-government collaboration on vehicle-to-infrastructure applications in
McLean, Virginia, on September 22-23.
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Adrian Hellman
participated on a technical panel related to the prevention of railroad
trespass fatalities at the DuPage
Railroad Safety Council Conference in Oak Brook, Illinois, on September 14.
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David Read participated
in technical discussions on the development and maintenance of international regulations
and guidance materials related to aircraft noise certification at the International Civil Aviation Organization’s
Committee for Environmental Protection in Cologne, Germany, on September
11-17.
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