Volpe News: Rights-of-Way Considered for Innovative Uses, Volpe Engineer Receives Award, Research on Alternative Jet Fuel Production, and more.

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Rights-of-Way Increasingly Being Considered for Innovative Uses

Some states are exploring the implementation of alternative energy technologies and alternative fuel facilities along publicly-owned highway rights-of-way to curb the impacts of climate change and achieve other benefits. In a report prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, Volpe researchers describe...more
Kevin Green

Volpe Engineer Kevin Green Receives Prestigious SAE Award

Volpe engineer Kevin Green recently received SAE International's Barry D. McNutt Award for Excellence in Automotive Policy Analysis. This distinguished award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of improved federal automotive policy...more
Kristin Lewis

Research Provides Snapshot of Alternative Jet Fuel Production

A recent analysis by staff at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, aims to identify whether and to what extent industry-planned alternative jet fuel production can contribute to aviation carbon neutral growth goals...more

Steven Flynn

Resilient Infrastructure Can Take a Licking and Keep On Ticking

"Overcoming adversity used to be part of the American DNA. Can we build that back into our national character?" It's more than a philosophical question for Stephen Flynn, co-founder of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security and professor of political science at Northeastern University...more
David Jeong

Cracked Up—Broken Rails are Serious Business

Nearly all cracks in rails are hidden—so says Dr. David Jeong, senior mechanical engineer at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center. Jeong and his colleagues, in support of the Federal Railroad Administration, have been examining the mechanics of metal fatigue and crack growth in the country’s network of rail steel...more

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Wednesday, March 20, 12:00 p.m.: Fuel Economy Standards: How Did We Get Here? Where Are We Going? Kevin Green, Chief, Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program Office, Volpe. 

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