Volpe Center Highlights - November/December 1999
Mobility
Director's Notes |
Focus |
Safety |
Mobility |
Human and Natural Environment |
Economic Growth and Trade |
National Security
Ensure that the transportation system is accessible, integrated and efficient, and offers flexibility of choices.
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"Ideas for Action" Proceedings of the Volpe Center's Spirit of Innovation in Transportation Conference Published
Ms. Annalynn Lacombe of the Transportation Strategic Planning and Analysis Office has completed the proceedings of the Spirit of Innovation in Transportation conference held at the Volpe Center on June 24 and 25, 1999. The main topics and results of the conference are described in the Director's Notes on the lead page of this issue of Highlights. The conference proceedings, Ideas for Action, highlight the role played by key participants such as Rodney E. Slater, Secretary of Transportation, William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce, and John P. Podesta, White House, Chief of Staff, as well as academic and industry leaders and innovators. The proceedings capture the overriding objectives of the conference:
- Identifying how we can use technology to meet our transportation challenges,
- Initiating a strategy and framework for innovation that moves technology forward from ideas to implementation, and
- Creating a climate for innovation that speeds the absorption of new technologies.
Ideas for Action is a first step in an ongoing collaborative process with the transportation and technology communities. It is hoped that the proceedings will stimulate the exchange of ideas on the innovation process. The proceedings are available on the conference Web site at http://www.volpe.dot.gov/spirit/index.html, and the site features an opportunity for Innovation Feedback where transportation professionals can communicate with each other through focused chat sessions and through an on-line forum.
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