Volpe Center Honored at FRA's 35th Annual Awards Ceremony
The Volpe Center has a long history of supporting FRA programs that impact commercial and passenger rail. (
Volpe Center photo)
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recognized the Volpe Center's contributions to several FRA teams at the organization's 35th Annual Awards Ceremony held recently at U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Markos and David Tyrell of the Physical Infrastructure COI and John Pollard of the Human Factors Research and System Applications COI were recognized for their efforts on the FRA Passenger Equipment Emergency Systems Rulemaking Team. The team performed exemplary legal and technical work leading to the agency's final rule on passenger emergency response.
Robert Adduci of the Physical Infrastructure Systems COI was recognized for his exceptional contributions to efforts of the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA's) FrontRunner Commuter Rail Start-Up Team. The team assisted UTA in addressing safety issues and establishing risk reduction programs prior to launching Front Runner in revenue service.
Building Partnerships to Educate and Empower
Children of Volpe Center employees pause for a picture during "Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day". The children were treated to a fun day at the Center where they learned about their parents' exciting transportation work.(
Volpe Center picture)
Fred Mottley of the Physical Infrastructure COI was recognized for his key contributions to the FRA's Railroad Safety Advisory Committee's Door Safety Task Force Team that audited the safety features of passenger side doors on several U.S. passenger rail properties, enhancing FRA's work on Passenger Equipment Safety Standards.
Michael Coltman and Jeffrey Gordon of the Physical Infrastructure Systems COI received awards for their contributions to the FRA Research and Project Development Team that developed and implemented the Office Research and Development project selection process, enabling the rating and ranking of candidate R&D projects to achieve maximum safety benefit of the R&D portfolio.
Drs. Jordan Multer and Joyce Ranney of the Human Factors Research and System Applications COI and Rachel Barolsky of the Multimodal Systems Research and Analysis COI were recognized for their leadership of the FRA Risk Reduction Program Team that will develop a National framework that promotes the adoption of innovative risk reduction methods to improve railroad safety and enhance safety culture.
