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Recently, a team at the Volpe Center developed and launched the SaferBus app—the first mobile application developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)—for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to enable users to view the safety records of bus companies...more
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The United States is at a challenging juncture for transportation infrastructure investment. "Our transportation system, built largely in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, is deteriorating faster than our ability to keep up," said Kirk T. Steudle, president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and director of the Michigan Department of Transportation...more
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Increasingly, humans are being asked to interact with complex automated transportation management and control functions in all modes of transportation. A panel of leading experts convened at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, on April 13 to discuss key safety and policy issues pertaining to the planning, implementation, and unintended consequences of automated transportation systems...more
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Trains Magazine recently featured Volpe senior research engineer and train crashworthiness expert David Tyrell in an article on crash energy management. Cited as an expert on crashworthiness, safety standards, and regulations, Tyrell offers insights into how Volpe's simulation and crash modeling work informs design, which helps the Federal Railroad Administration set standards and ultimately save lives...more
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Creating and maximizing a shared infrastructure like those used in carsharing ventures may hold an answer to low-cost transportation innovation. In today's fast-paced information age, innovating with excess capacity—assets that have already been purchased but that sit idle when not in use—can achieve speed and scale in the transportation sector, said Robin Chase, founder and former CEO of Zipcar and GoLoco...more
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Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, recently hosted Eisenhower Fellows from Colombia, Indonesia, and China to engage on a number of critical global transportation issues. Each year, the Eisenhower Fellowships select two groups of outstanding mid-career Fellows drawn from nearly 50 countries to travel to the U.S. to participate in an intensive, individually designed program in the Fellows' field of expertise...more
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Tuesday, May 22, Straight from the Source Event with George Naccara, Federal Security Director, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
Tuesday, June 26, Transportation Trajectories Event with Gary Ritter, Director of the Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center...And more
During a recent technical exchange, Diana Gomez, deputy district director of operations at Caltrans, shared her perspectives on transportation system management and "practicing the pyramid," California's efforts to manage the transportation system from planning through operations and maintenance to improvement...more
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